Excerpt from Portraits of the High Officers and Professors of the University of Edinburgh: At Its Tercentenary Festival The year that is closing this volume is being completed has been marked by a memorable assemblage Edinburgh. The University in the month of April celebrated the Tercentenary of its foundation by a festival which was attended by men the most eminent in Literature, in Science, and in Art from every quarter of the world. In time to come, when the vivid impression of this great event has passed away, and the recollection has become a tradition, men may ask, Who were they at whose invitation these illustrious persons came to accept hospitality in the ancient capital of Scotland? This volume will answer the question. 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.
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