The Project Gutenberg eBook, Alexander the Great,by Jacob AbbottThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Alexander the GreatMakers of HistoryAuthor: Jacob AbbottRelease Date: December 7, 2009 [eBook #30624]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ALEXANDER THE GREAT*** E-text prepared by D Alexanderand the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team(http://www.pgdp.net) Makers of HistoryAlexander the GreatBYJACOB ABBOTTWITH ENGRAVINGS NEW YORK AND LONDONHARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS1902Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousandeight hundred and forty-nine, byHarper & Brothers,in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern Districtof New York.Copyright, 1876, by Jacob Abbott.PREFACE.The history of the life of every individual who has, for any reason, attracted extensively the attention of mankind, has beenwritten in a great variety of ways by a multitude of authors, and persons sometimes wonder why we should have so manydifferent accounts of the same thing. The reason is, that each one of these accounts is intended for a different set ofreaders, who read with ideas and purposes widely dissimilar from each other. Among the twenty ...
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