Excerpt from The Memoirs, Private and Political, of Daniel O'connell, Esq.: His Times and ContemporariesSeldom indeed, and we may add, never does it happen, that due and proper justice is done to the character of an individual during his life time, and it is only when he is removed from the scenes of this world, that his real dispositions as they dis played themselves, begin to be properly understood and appro ciated. Personal and political animosities have then in a great measure subsided, and the individual is seen through the clear and pellucid medium of truth and impartiality. That such, however, is not always the case, is evident from Scott's Life of Napoleon, and Moore's Life of Sheridan. Two works, which for the reputation of the respective Authors, it were well, if they had never written them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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