Excerpt from Maltbie Davenport Babcock: A Reminiscent Sketch and MemorialHese pages are not designed to afford a philosophic study Of Dr.Babcock's life, nor an analysis of the sources of his remarkable power, but just what the name given them indicates. They took shape first in the form of a biographical sketch, which the writer was requested to prepare for the students of Auburn Theolog ical Seminary, while there two years ago, during the year of Professor Hoyt's absence in Europe, his lifelong intimacy with Dr. Babcock and his family being the reason for the request.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.