Excerpt from The Life of Thomas Ken: Bishop of Bath and Wells Hrsronr, like the world, has, for the most part, had sympathy only with success. The men who have stormed the citadel, and planted the flag on the topmost height, have received all the plaudits on their return home from the wars. Little but a few decorous tears has been given to their fellow-soldiers who fell in the thickest Of the fight, whose bodies, living, perhaps, shielded the victors from danger, and, dead, served as stepping-stones to their fame. Bishop Ken's position in the Revolution of 1688 is somewhat akin to these fallen leaders. The first, when time for action came, to protest; the foremost Of the little band in whose hands, perhaps, lay the future liberties Of the state, so far was he from any thought Of profit from success, that for a scruple which we cannot but respect, though we may deem it mistaken, he de prived himself Of even his former state, departing from his episcopal palace as calmly as he had entered a prison. 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.