Harvard Memorial Biographies, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Harvard Memorial Biographies, Vol. 2 But what struck one most in his Character at that time was his love of home, and the entire frankness of his inter course with father and mother, not his own mother, she having died when he was very young, adding to the love of parent and child that of intimate and dear friends. Going out into the world from that home, sweet and sunny with Christian love, he carried with him in its memory and teachings a Shield against the many temptations which beset his impressionable nature. 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.