Excerpt from Claudia'i i I. I: writing the following tale, has been to show the distinction between the in tellectual and the spiiitua-l and the insufficiency of mental powers, even though they be of a high order, either to render their possessor wise unto salvation, or to make him a fit instrument to ao complish a lofty mission amongst men. I am pain fully aware that I have not carried out my design as I would have wished, that my work is a very imperfect one, but I humbly commend it to Him whose blessing alone can render it useful, and who knows under what a sense of Weakness I have penned my little story.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.