These studies were prepared for the students of Plymouth Institute in the belief that biography is life's wisest teacher, and that the lives of great men are the most inspiring books to be found in our libraries. Contents: Dante and the Dawn After the Dark Ages; Savonarola and the Renaissance of Conscious; William the Silent and Brave Little Holland; Oliver Cromwell and the Rise of Democracy in England; John Milton, the Scholar in Politics; John Wesley and the Moral Awakening of the Common People; Garibaldi, the Idol of the New Italy; John Ruskin and the Diffusion of the Beautiful.