Excerpt from Memoir of the Right Honourable George Canning, Late Premier of England: With His Parliamentary Orations, All His Poems, Essays, &C Minister; it proved the greatness of the mind of the one, it rewarded the integrity of the other. There is no apology necessary for offering a Memoir of such a man to the public - it is called for by the universal voice; but it is indeed ne cessary to apologise for the inaptitude of him upon whom the task devolves. The author, how ever, finds consolation in the assurance that there is scarcely any man now living, who is really competent to the task he has undertaken. Amid the many who will attempt it, he is content to take his place; all that unwearied' industry, careful investigation, and strict impartiality, can achieve, he pledges himself to perform: He has also secured the aid of one whose powers are better fitted for the task. Under these circum stances, he feels some confidence in offering this volume to the public, not as a tribute worthy of the memory of him to whom its pages are dedi cated, but as a faithful chronicle of the events of the life of one whose days were too few for his country who yet lived long enough to be esteemed, even by his enemies, as a wit, a scholar, a poet, . An orator, a minister, and a man; who had living no rival, and who dead has left us no hope of beholding his like again. 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.