John Brown 1800-1859: A Biography Fifty Years After (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from John Brown 1800-1859: A Biography Fifty Years After<br><br>SO complex a character as John Brown''s is not to be dis missed by merely likening him to the Hebrew prophets or to a Cromwellian Roundhead though both parallels are not inapt; and the historian''s task is made heavier since nearly all characterizations of the man have been at one extreme or another. But there is after all no personality so complex that it cannot be tested by accepted ethical standards. To do this sincerely to pass a deliberate and accurate historical judg ment to bestow praise and blame without favor or sectional partisanship has been the author''s endeavor.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.