Excerpt from Life of James Sullivan, Vol. 1: With Selections From His WritingsIT is now fifty years since the subject of the following memoir closed his eyes upon the world. Most of his cotemporaries have disappeared from among the living, and other genera tions, with new objects of interest, have taken their place. Should any one be disposed to ask, why remove the veil which time had been silently weaving, let him be patient and see if the narrative does not furnish its own justification.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-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.