Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Works of Michel De Montaigne, Vol. 3 of 10: With Notes, Life and Letters; Essays Ambition, avarice, irresolution, fear, and inordinate desires, do not leave us because we forsake our native country. 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.