Excerpt from Luther: The Leader<br><br>IN preparing this brief and popular life of Mar tin Luther I encountered two chief difficulties. The first was to select and condense the material. It would have been easier to write two large volumes than a brief account. N o doubt I have related a number of events which some will think might have been omitted, while others may be looking in vain for incidents which, in their judgment, ought to have been included. I have endeavored to present the main features of the life and work of the great leader in accordance with the general object of the series, Men of the Kingdom.<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.