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Title:       Julius Caesar
Author:      Abbott, Jacob
Date:        1900

Preface

     It is the object of this series of histories to present a clear,
distinct, and connected narrative of the lives of those great personages who
have in various ages of the world made themselves celebrated as leaders among
mankind, and, by the part they have taken in the public affairs of great
nations, have exerted the widest influence on the history of the human race.
The end which the author has had in view is twofold: first, to communicate
such information in respect to the subjects of his narratives as is important
for the general reader to possess; and, secondly, to draw such moral lessons
from the events described and the characters delineated as they may
legitimately teach to the people of the present age.  Though written in a
direct and simple style, they are intended for, and addressed to, minds
possessed of some considerable degree of maturity, for such minds only can
fully appreciate the character and action which exhibits itself, as nearly all
that is described in these volumes does, in close combination with the conduct
and policy of governments, and the great events of international history.