David Lubin: A Study in Practical Idealism (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Agresti, Olivia Rossetti

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331438063 ISBN 13: 9781331438069

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from David Lubin: A Study in Practical Idealism More than fifteen years ago I first met David Lubin. We were in Rome, dining with the Nelson Gays, who invited several notables, political and literary, to meet us. Among these was Lubin, whom I had never heard of before. But during my conversation with him, I was at once impressed by him. He was a man of medium size, well built and with a remarkable head. He seemed to say things of special pertinence to me, and I found myself listening to his remarks when they casually emerged above the general hum. When the dinner broke up I asked my friends to tell me all they could about Mr. Lubin and his ideals, and I heard that he had just had an interview with the King, who had promised to back up Lubin's undertaking. No wonder that he was overjoyed by the certainty that his project was at last to be given an open free trial. "King Victor Emmanuel," he said to me later, "was the fifteenth crowned head, or ruler of a government, to whom I explained my project: and he was the first to see its purport. He is an idealist, a believing idealist, and this gave me a double satisfaction when he saw that my plan was good." Lubin was a very busy man, but I met him soon again, and I had the good fortune to sec him several times during our stay in Rome. I recall especially one evening when he invited me to dine with him at his trattoria, which seemed to be connected with the old-fashioned hotel at Capo le Case, where he had rooms. We sat at a little round table, and the waiter brought us our food, course by course, and weighed the fiasco of wine at the end, as if we were two well-rccognizcd frequenters of the place - as Lubin was. 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 w

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1331438063
• ISBN 13: 9781331438069
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384