Excerpt from Memoir of Rev. Joseph HarringtonJoseph harrington, junior, was born in Rox bury, Massachusetts, on the 215t day Of February, A. D. 1813. His father was a lawyer, who practised his profession many years in Norfolk and Suffolk Counties, and occasionally held court as a justice Of the peace. His mother still resides at Roxbury, the survivor Of her husband and eldest son, whose life is the subject of this brief narrative.The years Of childhood are not unfrequently passed over as unworthy Of notice. It is true that they are usually wanting in striking incidents, but those are not the only ones to be deemed important which excite the imagination, arouse the feelings, or seem to have been followed by Obvious results.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.