Excerpt from The Life of Erasmus, Vol. 1I now address my discourse to you, who are my friends; returning you my thanks for all your good offices recommending myself to your favour, whilsti am with you, and my name, when I am gone hence and entreating you to join with me in a wish, That I may pass the evening of a studious and unambitious life in an humble but not a slothful obscurity, and never forfeit the kind continuance of your accustomed approbation.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.