Download or read book Unhappy Loves of Men of Genius (Classic Reprint) written by Thomas Hitchcock and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Unhappy Loves of Men of Genius The sketches, therefore, apart from the com mon human interest which they possess, will serve as materials for the study of love in its more refined and elevated form. And if any one who takes up this book is disposed to smile at its contents, let him remember these words of Dr. Johnson: We must not ridicule a passion which he who never felt never was happy; and he who laughs at never deserves to feel - a passion which has caused the change of empires and the loss of worlds - a passion which has inspired heroism and subdued ava rice. 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.