A Beautiful Life and Its Associations (Classic Reprint)
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| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from A Beautiful Life and Its Associations In the days when writing was a solemn function, when the only admissible style was imposing and full of dignity, I never could have gained the courage to present my readers with this semi-social, semi-historical book. Nowadays one may be permitted to tell his story in a conversational way - in the simplest language - and I have availed myself of the privilege of the time. It is not that I have anything to relate which you, my friends and fellow-students, do not already know; but the necessity for gathering together a little data, personal and otherwise, concerning those of whom I write, seemed impressed upon me. When I began the work, all of the presidents of the College were living, with one exception. In the short two years intervening, three of them have passed away. I have letters from each of them. The importance of time is shown in this instance, as it has been in many others. In writing of Mrs. Stoddard I have refrained from encroaching upon her family life as much as possible; and I have resisted the temptation to use private letters which would have added much in interest. My original idea was to preserve, in a small pamphlet, the main points of her life. In conference with her, a more extended plan was decided upon. My debt to the friends of my youth herein mentioned is so large that I gladly set about gathering material for the sketches; imperfect and incomplete as the result may be, my intentions have been loving and sincere. If they prove lacking in interest the fault is mine, for my subjects have been worthy of a more graceful pen. Mrs. Stoddard, like the mother of the great Wesley, is one of the women who "underwent" and "overcame." 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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