Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 11688-h.htm or 11688-h.zip: (http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/1/1/6/8/11688/11688-h/11688-h.htm) or (http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/1/1/6/8/11688/11688-h.zip) 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 …
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