Excerpt from Lessons From Jesus: Or the Teachings of Divine Love It is considered very wrong by many, to publish a book which travels over a path marked by the footprints of the illustrious dead; and by others, unless a work is possessed of so much power and originality that it is likely to stand side by side, in fraternal juxtaposition, with the intellectual and spiritual treasures destined to live so long as this world's literature shall last, it is thought to be a crime to publish. In these sentiments the writer does not share; for however industriously the greatest may have laboured in the field of truth, their inferiors who follow them will frequently find some few ears which it may be useful to gather up; or, to change the figure, it may be their work to give another setting to the thoughts of those who have departed, more adapted to the wants of the age in which they live. 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.