Biographic Sketches of Fenner Bryan Satterthwaite, 1887: Together with the Obituary Proceedings of the Washington Bar, Etc (Classic Reprint) baixar o livro de graça

Excerpt from Biographic Sketches of Fenner Bryan Satterthwaite, 1887: Together With the Obituary Proceedings of the Washington Bar, Etc After a lapse of a decade from his death I begin the arduous task of compiling some biographic sketches, variously collected, of Fenner Bryan Sattkktuwaite. A great man is about to pass beyond the memory of this generation unnoticed. Nor is it sitting in us to so overwhelm ourselves with the business of this impatient epoch, that we bury the remembrance of former achievements, lest haply we be rushing to a future uncertain and experimental. Contrariwise. I judge we ought to pause before each grand structure of the past age and formulate a prudent course for us, observing with equal care the successes and reverses of their fortunes. In particular, does it behoove us to contemplate with respectful minds any remarkable character that has flourished before our very eyes, allied to many in tin's section by consanguinity and the closest relations of personal friendship. For, in viewing such an one, we do not behold them as prophets of a distant time or country, the heroic in whose lives is alone explicated to us, but rather as a familiar acquaintance, full of effect and delect like us. Thus a character of striking similitude to our own, whose successes attracted notice, we can't fail to view without benefit, coupled with a commendable patriotic pride. Nor do I think that any cynics can impugn my motives upon the grounds of consanguinous interest, (for what is that to American boys?) or deem my intentions otherwise than humble and correct. 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.