Excerpt from Raphael<br><br>OW liberal and kindly heaven. Shows itself sometimes in bestowing on a single person the infinite store of its treasures and all those graces and rarest gifts which it is wont to distribute among many in dividuals in a long space of time, may be clearly seen in the no less excellent than gracious Raphael Sanzio of Urbino; who was by nature endowed with all that modesty and kindness which may sometimes be seen in those who beyond others have added to a refined and gentle nature the beautiful ornament of a charming courtesy, which is wont to show itself ever sweet and pleasant to all kinds of persons and in all manners of things. He was nature's gift to the world, when, vanquished by art in the hands of Michelangelo Buonarroti, she was willing in Raphael to be vanquished by art and manners at once.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.