Excerpt from Bible Models IN ancient Rome it was the custom for fathers to put up in the halls of their dwellings statuesof cele brated men, where the children of their households might see them, and thus, perhaps, be in?uenced to follow their example. This was-a wise Ihing to do; for it no. Doubt led many of the Roman boys and girls to admire the famous personages in the past history of their nation, and made them try to become like them. 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.