Excerpt from The Life of John Howard: With Comments on His Character and Philanthropic Labours Yet, though a Christian, and walking so worthily of that holy name as far to surpass his fellow-men, he shared their frailty. Howard was imperfect, and faithfulness dares not conceal defects. Nor will his life be less instructive, or less profitable, to themselves and society, if men, who emulate his virtues, shall learn to avoid his mistakes. The Author's early and continued study of Howard's works enabled him to make frequent reference to them in his publications on Prison Discipline. Many of his Opinions he had imbibed from that Philanthropist, who, whilst the unflinching advocate of just punishment, was emphatically the prisoner's friend. This biography may therefore be considered in some measure as supplemental to those volumes, since longer experience gives the power of additional illustration, and of adducing further proofs of the wisdom and policy of many of Howard's plans. At the same time, this Memoir will be a complete work in itself, imparting what desirable information has been preserved of his private life, and describing his official and more voluntary labours of philanthropy in the several characters he sustained, - as a land lord, a magistrate, and the visitor of hospitals and prisons through out the greater part of the civilised world. 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.