Excerpt from Memoir of George Boardman BoomerI desire to offer an apology for so long delaying the accomplishment of this little volume. One reason has been already assigned, the lack of material, the other is kindred to it, the want of time. In days like ours, when women must work for their country while their loved ones fight for it, private claims for time must be laid aside.I am aware that this simple narrative has little merit. It is only hoped that the reader will see an earnest, honest, upright purpose in this life, so poorly portrayed.The world is more powerfully affected by one true life than by many theories and principles. The one is an ideal, the other a reality, the one is a precept which appeals to the understanding, the other an example which touches the heart, strengthens the hopes, and kindles with new ardor the purposes of the soul.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.