Recreations of Southern Barris

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Excerpt from Recreations of Southern Barris: With an IntroductionIn one of his Imaginary Conversations, Landor dis courses upon the disinclination manifested on the part of contemporaries to render to men of genius the honors justly due them. The fact is universal, and has been frequently referred to. Contemporary judgments and the judgment Of posterity so frequently and so widely differ, that we are not authorized, from the possession of present reputation, even to infer the probable guaranty of future fame. The rule would seem to be just the reverse: that the present and the future are at such discord that he who would se cure the favors Of the present must consent, in large part, to relinquish the honors of the future. But for the Obscu rity Of the shell, the pearl would never have ripened, and all the fame (properly so called) which is worth the hav ing has been strictly posthumous - chiefly the fruit of pre sent Obscurity and toil.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.