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THE PRINCE - NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI LUIGI RICCI KA...

Of all Machiavelli's works The Prince is undoubtedly the greatest  and a new English edition of
it is likely to be welcome to all those who have not the advantage of reading it in the
classical Italian original. It is customary for those who wish to gain the favour of a prince
to endeavour to do so by offering him gifts of those things which they hold most precious  or
in which they know him to take especial delight. In this way princes are often presented with
horses  arms  cloth of gold  gems  and such-like ornaments worthy of their grandeur. In my
desire  however  to offer to your Highness some humble testimony of my devotion  I have been
unable to find among my possessions anything which I hold so dear or esteem so highly as that
knowledge of the deeds of great men which I have acquired through a long experience of modern
events and a constant study of the past. The results of my long observations and reflections
are recorded in the little volume which I now offer to Your Highness: and although I deem this
work unworthy of Your Highness's notice  yet my confidence in your humanity assures me that you
will accept it  knowing that it is not in my power to offer you a greater gift than that of
enabling you to understand in the shortest possible time all those things which I have learnt
through danger and suffering in the course of many years. Reprint of the great work original
published in english language in 1921.

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