The Rifle, Axe, and Saddle-Bags, and Other Lectures (Classic Reprint)
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Milburn, William Henry) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from The Rifle, Axe, and Saddle-Bags, and Other Lectures It has come to be somewhat common for new writers to get their books introduced to the world by other hands. The practice is not a commendable one; certainly, at least, it requires strong justification in the character of the book, in the circumstances of the author, or in the relations of both to the public. The present case affords such justification to an ample extent, as the reader who will follow me through a few pages, will freely admit. I have known William H. Milburn from a boy; his early days were spent within a stone´s throw of my father´s house in Philadelphia. He was born in that city, Sept. 26, 1823. In early childhood his eyes were injured; the sight of one was lost irretrievably, and of the other, partially. From that day to this he has lived on, nearly, but not quite, blind; sometimes able to read, painfully and slowly indeed, but yet to read. A blessing has this small share of occasional eye-sight been to him; many a lesson of wisdom from the printed page has that little corner of a wounded eye let in to feed and stimulate the apt and quick-seeing soul behind it; and now and then, a winged arrow from "the golden quivers of the sky," has shot into that small opening of the elsewhere sightless orb always offering itself as a willing target. 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.
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