Excerpt from Plutarch's Lives, Vol. 2 of 6: Translated From the Original Greek; With Notes, Critical and Historical, and a Life of Plutarch For this reason we chose to proceed in writing the lives of great men, and have composed this tenth book, which contains thelife of Pericles, and that of Fabius Maximus, who carried on the war against Hannibal: men who resembled each other in many virtues, particularly in justice and moderation, and who efl'ectually served their respective common wealths, by patiently enduring the injurious and ca pricious treatment they received from their colleagues and their countrymen. Whether we are right in our judgment or not, will be easy to see in the work itself. 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.