Excerpt from Sword and Pen: Or, Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier in War and Literature: Comprising Incidents and Reminiscences of His Childhood, His Chequered Life as a Student and Teacher, And His Remarkable Career as a Soldier and Author, Embracing Also the Story of HisN'o apology will be required from the author for pre~ senting to the public some episodes in the useful career of a self-made man, and while the spirit of patriotism con tinues to animate the sturdy sons of America, the story of one of them who has exemplified this national trait in a. Conspicuous measure, will be deemed not unworthy of record. The lessons it teaches, more especially to the young, are those of uncompromising duty in every relation of life - self-denial, perseverance and pluck while the successive stages of a course which led ultimately to abril liant success, may he studied with some advantage by those just entering upon the business of life. As a soldier, Willard Glazier was without fear and without reproach. As an author, it is sufficient to say, he is appreciated by his contemporaries - than which, on a literary man, no higher encomium can be passed. The sale of nearly half a million copies of one of his productions is no slight tes timonial to its value.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.