Eureka: A Prose Poem (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Eureka: A Prose Poem[To the few who love me and whom I love - to those who feel rather than to those who think - to the dreamers and those who put faith in dreams as in the only realities - I offer this Book of Truths, not in its character of Truth-Teller, but for the Beauty that abounds in its Truth; constituting it true. To these I present the composition as an Art-Product alone: - let us say as a Romance; or, if I be not urging too lofty a claim, as a Poem.What I here propound is true: - therefore it cannot die: - or if by any means it be now trodden down so that It die, it will "rise again to the Life Everlasting."Nevertheless it is as a Poem only that I wish this work to be judged after I am dead.]It is with humility really unassumed - it is with a sentiment even of awe - that I pen the opening sentence of this work: for of all conceivable subjects I approach the reader with the most solemn - the most comprehensive - the most difficult - the most august.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.