Excerpt from The Whole Man: Baccalaureate Sermon Preached at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, May 31st, 1891The same divine teacher gives testimony to the wisdom of Solomon. His reign was not only one of material prosperity, but of intellectual ac tivity as well, the king himself being the fore most man of letters in the realm He spake three thousand proverbs, says the historian, a portion of which have undoubtedly been preserved to us in the book of that name, along with proverbs from several other in spired philosophers His songs were a thousand and five. These have all perished, with the possible exception of two or three which may linger in the Book of Psalms. Nor were his teachings confined to economic and religious subjects. Botany and zoology as well received the contributions of his versatile and enterprising mind.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.