Memoir of the Life of Jeremiah Evarts, Esq.
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Excerpt from Memoir of the Life of Jeremiah Evarts, Esq.: Late Corresponding Secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Herder, speaking of a National Biography, remarks that the names of those only should have a place in it, who have actually contributed something to the well-being of mankind; and that, in regard to such, it should be the biographers chief aim to show how they thus contributed; how they became what they were; what obstacles they had to encounter; how far they went, and what they left to be done by others; and finally how they them selves regarded what they had done - the work of their lives. A true narrative embracing these points, he adds, and derived, as far as practicable, from the lips or the writings of the subject of it, or of those who most intimately knew him, would be like a voice from the grave - like a Last Will and Testament of the deceased, in regard to what was most peculiarly his own and his noblest legacy. The first, at least, of these demands, is fully met in the following pages. Mr. Evarts is to be numbered, beyond all question, among those who have contributed to the well-being of their race. For the rest, the writer can only say that he has studiously endeavored to make such use of the materials within his reach, as not altogether to fail in the particulars mentioned by Herder. It will be found accordingly, that the life of Mr. Evarts, and especially the great employments of his life and his views relating to them, are laid before the reader chiefly in his own language. The selections from his writings, published and unpublished, have been carefully made with constant reference to this object. His published writings have been used the more freely, not only as the best biographical materials, but because they are not of such a nature as to demand separate republication, and it is only in this volume that any adequate record of his views on the important subjects that most occupied him, will be generally accessible. The papers left by Mr. Evarts are voluminous, as he was fond of writing, and much in the habit of preserving every written thing. But in one respect, they might by some be deemed deficient; and this volume may in consequence disappoint expectations. 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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