An Eulogy on Silas Wright (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from An Eulogy on Silas Wright Mr. President and Gentlemen: In complying with your invitation, I have only to lament my inability adequately to delineate the life, and portray the character of that great statesman and excellent man, to whose worth the expression, which we have so lately witnessed, of admiration and regret, so general and spontaneous, is a tribute from his country as honorable as it must be sincere. Bound to him by the ties of a personal friendship, which it was ever my pride and happiness to cherish, and regarding with uniform respect his sentiments on all important public questions, I might reasonably distrust my own estimate of his character, and my judgment of his actions. But the narrative of his life, gathered from sources that are authentic; the evidences of his patriotism, his genius, the wisdom of his counsels, and his private virtues, drawn from records readily accessible to us all, will present a picture that friendship need not matter, and individual judgment is unable to exaggerate. This, and this only, it shall be my effort faithfully to accomplish. Silas Wright was born on the 24th of May, 1795, at Amherst, a village in the state of Massachusetts. The scene of his birth is one of those spots whose beauties allure the lover of nature; and the character, pursuits and habits of its people exhibit all the features that mark a community where genius needs no guide nor aid, in its progress to honorable distinction, but industry, integrity, patriotism and a wise ambition. From the hill, on whose sloping side the village rests, the eye wanders over the fertile valley of the Connecticut, which is spread around and below. 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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