Excerpt from Modern Scottish Poets, Vol. 3: With Biographical and Critical NoticesPoets are the rulers of men's spirits more than the philo sophers, whether mental or physical. For the reasoned thought of the philosopher appeals only to the intellect, and and does not ¿ood the Spirit the great poet touches a deeper part of us than the mere philosopher ever reaches, for he is a philosopher and something more - a master of thought, but it is inspired thought, thought filled and made alive with emotion. He makes his appeal, not to the intellect alone, but to all that part of man's being in which lie the springs of life.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.