Excerpt from The Emperor Marcus Antoninus, His Conversation With Himself: Together With the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker, as Also, the Emperor's Life, Written by Monsieur D'acier, and Supported by the Authorities Collected by Dr. Stanhope, to Which Is Added the Mythological Picture of Cebes the Theban, &C He always paid a great Regard to his Preceptor:, as being fully fenfible of the Advantages of Education, and'of the Va lue 'of that Pains which had been taken with him. This acknowledging Temper work'd fo far that he erefled Statue: for Fronto, and Ruffian, Which Rnfiien:, and Procnln:, another of hismafters, Herais'd to the Confullhip' And the latter hav 3 be ing no great Fortune, he furnilh'd him higheli with Mony to live up to the Grandeur of his Ofiiee l And as for Rnflicns, ' he al meat. Ways did him the Honour to Salute him lc'piml before the Captain o'f'the But this was not all. f or being convinc'd, that Mony and Preferment, were no fuflicient Return: fur-senfe and'principles which latter Advantages being either the firft Growth, or at leaftthe Improvements of I ffirnetion 5 bewas willing to let the-world know how much be was indebted to the Care of tliefe Great Men The fatisfyihg of this Obligation wasvthe Principal Mo tive which put him upon Writing his ad mirable Meditation: . An extraordinary piece of Gratitude as;'twas an Original inhim 5 To nobody fince has had the Ingenuity to (3p after it. When People have-any good'qualities, they are apt to thank, theaettine. 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.