Excerpt from Popular Works the Nature of the Scholar, the Vocation of Man, the Doctrine of Religion: With a Memoir Zurich. Although the father, who was a man of consider able intelligence, was fully sensible of the benefits which a higher education must necessarily confer upon his family, yet his partner raised such a determined Opposition to his plans, that it required all F ichte's firmness of purpose to maintain his position. These duties occupied him the greater part Of the day, but he also engaged in some minor literary pursuits. His philosophical studies were in the mean time laid aside. At the request of a friend who had sketched out the plan Of a scriptural epos, he wrote an essay on this form Of poetry, with special reference to Klopstock's Messias. He also translated some Of the Odes Of Horace, and the whole Of Sallust, with an introduction on the style and character Of this author. He preached occasionally in Zurich, at Flaach, and at several other places in the neighbourhood, with distinguished success. He likewise drew out a plan for the establishment Of a school Of oratory in Zurich, which how ever was never realised. 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.