Excerpt from The New Universal Biographical Dictionary, and American Remembrancer of Departed Merit, Vol. 1 of 4: Containing Complete and Impartial Accounts of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Station, but More Particularly Those Who Have Signalized Themselves in AmericaBut it is not from the perusal of the lives of the good alone, that men may be stimulated to the practice of virtuous actions.' The lives of bad men may, likewise, be highlyuseful for whilst on the one hand, We are induced to emulate the conduct of the former, in or der that we may obtain that honest fame, which they have so justly acquired: we are, on the other hand, deterred from pursuing the footsteps of. The latter, lest we should in the same manner, as they, be transmitted to posterity'with infamy.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.