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This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work, tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from e...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work, tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from e...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

Excerpt from Life and Letter of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Vol. 2 of 2 How formidable a little cheap knowledge looks to those who are wholly ignorant of its familiar terms! I recollect that the word forwarding made almost a sensation, as Sumner spoke of it. What is for warding It includes all that part of a book binder's work which is necessary for the preservation of a volume. All the rest is finishing, coloring the leather, gilding, and orname...

Excerpt from Life and Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Vol. 1 of 2 It is right for me to say that my friend and cousin, Mr. Justice Holmes, has been most patient and liberal in aiding me, so that the faults of the book, at least, are all my own. 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. Forg...

Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law Relating to Banks and Banking: With an Appendix Containing the National Banking Act of June 3, 1864, and Amendments Thereto Further, I have sought, wherever it seemed desirable, to give a somewhat extended statement of cases, often embodying the language of the court, with the object of giving to this volume in some degree the value which belongs to a collection of cases. The subject is too extensive to be s...

Excerpt from The Life of Alexander Hamilton, Vol. 1 of 2 IT is now many years ago that I first conceived the purpose of writing a Life of Alexander Hamil ton. The undertaking was repeatedly postponed with the intention of awaiting some period of lei sure, but as from year to year the prospect of that period seemed to recede rather than to approach I at last despaired of its ever arriving, and some four years ago entered upon my task without f...

Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 2 of 2 Thus the slaves themselves were forcing the issue, regardless Of politics and diplomacy. With a perfectly correct instinctive insight into the true meaning of the war, they felt that a Union camp ought to be a place Of refuge, and they sought it eagerly and in considerable numbers. Then, however, their logical owners came and reclaimed them, and other commanders were not so apt at retort as General Bu...

Excerpt from John Quincy AdamsHis death in February, 1848, the narrative of his career is compressed within little more than three hundred pages. The proper function of a work upon this scale is to draw a picture of the man.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the...

Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 1 of 2 His ancestors, who were Quakers, went to Virginia from Berks County, Pennsylvania. An effort to identify them with the New England family of the same name ended in nothing more definite than a similarity of Christian names in both families, such as Enoch, Levi, Mordecai, Solomon, Abra ham, and the like. This effort to connect the president with the Lincolns of Massachusetts was afterward carried forw...

Excerpt from The Life of Alexander Hamilton, Vol. 2 of 2 But however inferior were the journals of that day to those of our own, it must be acknowledged that the former enjoyed one great advantage in the custom which prevailed for men of' the highest dis tinction in public life to use them as vehicles for disseminating Opinions among the people. Many in stances of this occur at once to memory, notably the numerous papers constituting the Fede...

John T. Morse's seminal works on American statemen focused on many leaders of the 18th and 19th centuries. This volume, a length biography of Benjamin Franklin, is complete with index.

John T. Morse's seminal works on American statemen focused on many leaders of the 18th and 19th centuries. This volume, a length biography of Benjamin Franklin, is complete with index.

John Torrey Morse Jr. (1840-1937) was an American Lawyer and biographer. His works include: John Quincy Adams (1882), Abraham Lincoln (1893), Alexander Hamilton (1898) and Benjamin Franklin.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...