COMP WRITINGS OF ALFRED DE MUS

Excerpt from The Complete Writings of Alfred De Musset, Vol. 3: A Venetian Night; Andre De Sarto; The Follies of Marianne; Fantasio No Trifling With Love; BarberineNevertheless, despite this judgment, which the German patriarch pronounced, he was the first to give, in art, the example of a toleration truly admirable. Not only did he make it his study to inspire in his friends a deep respect for the work of great men, but he always wished, that rather than be disheartened by the faults of an inferior production, one should look for a spark of life in a book, in an engraving, or in the feeblest and tamest of essays. More than once, hot-headed young people, bold and decisive, at the moment when they were shrugging their shoulders in pity, have heard the following words pronounced by the gray-haired old master, ao companied by a tender smile: There is some good in the worst of things.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.