Author : Frank Preston Stearns
Release : 2018-03-16
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Cambridge Sketches (Classic Reprint) by : Frank Preston Stearns
Download or read book Cambridge Sketches (Classic Reprint) written by Frank Preston Stearns. This book was released on 2018-03-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cambridge Sketches IT has never been my practice to introduce myself to distinguished persons, or to attempt in any way to attract their attention, and I now regret that I did not embrace some Opportuni ties which occurred to me in early life for doing so; but at the time I knew the men whom I have described in the present volume I had no expectation that I should ever write about them. My acquaintance with them, however, has served to give me a more elevated idea of human nature than I otherwise might have acquired in the ordinary course of mundane affairs, and it is with the hope of transmitting this impression to my readers that I publish the present account. Some of them have a world-wide celebrity, and others who were distinguished in their own time seem likely now to be forgotten; but they all deserve well. 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.