Excerpt from Readings in Biography: A Selection of the Lives of Eminent Men of All NationsThe author has lost no opportunity of pointing out to the notice of his readers, the wondrous manifestations of an overruling Providence with which history abounds, and the numerous occasions on which the blind designs of men have been directed to work the will of the Almighty. There is no lesson which history teaches more fully and impressively, than the awful truth Verily there is a God that judges the earth.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.