Excerpt from Life and Letters of Herbert Spencer, Vol. 2 of 2 The Ethics were laid under contribution for what he calls a remarkable tribute of appreciation - a calen dar of quotations from his works for every day in the year, compiled by Miss Julia R. Gingell, and afterwards published as a volume of Aphorisms. The unauthorised publication of biographical details by those who came in contact with him in home life or in business was naturally looked upon as a breach of confidence. This will explain the earlier portions Of the following letter to a former secretary. 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.