A Discourse Delivered Before the Rhode-Island Historical Society
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Excerpt from A Discourse Delivered Before the Rhode-Island Historical Society: February 6, 1855, on the Life and Times of John Howland, Late President of the Society The Rhode-Island Historical Society, in providing for an annual discourse, expressed a wish that the speaker would take for his theme, the Life of their late President. No theme could be more consonant with my own feelings; though I am fully aware that the relation I have sustained to him, and a comparatively recent acquaintance, may make it difficult to do justice, and only justice, to one whose life covered nearly a century, and yet comprised few changes or personal incidents of a public nature. It has been the fortune, and the choice, of many of our best men, those who have done not a little to make the State and the nation what they are, to lead quiet lives, within a limited sphere, doing nothing to astonish the world, putting forth no claims to a wide celebrity, content to live and die where they were born, toiling for those who most needed and could best appreciate their unpretending service. Of how much greater value, and more enduring result, such a service often is, than that of many whose fame is universal, need not be said. We deem it one of the distinctions of our country, and a glory inferior to no other, that neither wealth, rank, learning, eloquence, or high office, is indispensable, to enroll a name in our proudest annals, and leave a cherished memory in the heart of the community. Whatever may be thought of the life we are now to sketch, there will be but one feeling as to the times on which it fell, and the long procession of illustrious events which it witnessed. 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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