Excerpt from Imaginary Conversations, Vol. 2 of 6 Cesar. We have no writer who could keep up long together his severity and strength. I would follow him; but I shall be contented with my genius, if (thucydides in sight) I come many paces behind, and attain by study and attention the graceful and secure mediocrity of Xenophon. Lucullus. You will avoid, I think, Caesar, one of his peculiarities, - his tendency to superstition. 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.