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Excerpt from Select Prose Works of Milton, Vol. 1: Account of His Own Studies, Apology for His Early Life and Writings, Tractate on Education, Areopagitica, Tenure of Kings; With a Preliminary Discourse and Notes, by J. A. St. John These be a work whereon an author might build rational hopes of immortality. Reasons, good or bad, might no doubt be assigned for this proceed ing; but whatever they may be, the result has proved highly injurious to Milton's reputation, and, still more, to our literature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.