Excerpt from The Camden Colony or the Seed of the Righteous: A Story of the United Empire Loyalists, With Genealogical TablesMay it not be that heroes are to be blind in the ordin ary ranks of life? And perhaps it may require a century or more to show how real and magnificent was their heroism. Is it wrong to worship heroes? It was to the chagrin of a party, but was it a sin tor a crime that the world was gone after Chist? He attempted the thing that He knew ought to be done. He did it though it cost His life, indeed He did it only by the cost of His life. And He is to - dav the world's greatest hero, and the world most honors itself and uplifts itself by recognizing in His divine pur poses the highest expression of human n'obleness and by worshipping Him. Should not a nation honor itself by enbalming the names of i-ts worthies who have humbly imitated the Christ virtues? To pass on their bright ex amples is a kindness which each age may demand of its people, as the supreme purpose otages, as of individuals, must ever be to attain to the best of which human nature is capable, and the display of human virtues constitutes a step in the upward process.In relation to the his-tory of Canada, too, it may be that the following story has been written none too soon. Indeed it may be regretted by some that it was not writ ten sooner. The old types of pioneer are rapidly vanish ing. In place [of the people who cleared the forest because they woyuld live under the Union Jack, there are coming masses of people who are breaking up the prairie that they may add to their material gains. Once it was con science, now it is convenience. Once it was duty, now it is gain. The new population, like newer strata of rock at the foot of the Laurxenti-ans, is already overlapping the old, and threatening to hide in oblivion its t-oilsome and virtuous enterprises.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.