Description:Excerpt from The Rochesterian, Vol. 1: Selected WritingsOf one of the friends of the family in those days, who died in 1899, he wrote: As to this [the depth and steadfastness of his friend's sentiments] the writer can speak better, perhaps, than any one outside of the family, and speak from the friendship of a lifetime, which came as a sort of heritage. It is rather curious as you advance well beyond the line of middle life to have a friend who knew you in your cradle, before you found yourself, so to speak, who for the sake of somebody else takes you for granted, who puts aside your perversities and quietly assumes that you must be bright and true and loyal because you are the son of a comrade that he loved - and it is under the influence of such a relation, in which the friendship of two genera tions was gathered, that the writer has begun to drift into these reminiscences. It is as if death 'had touched the world with a stroke of enchantment and called up a vision of the past.Among the various country schools attended for brief terms, one only remained in memory as a source of real inspiration. This was at West Bergen, N. Y., and was taught by Miss E. M. Spencer, whose home was in or near Brockport. Years afterward he found where she was living and visited her, and from that time till her death he maintained a correspondence with her.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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Rochesterian, Vol. 1: Selected Writings (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The Rochesterian, Vol. 1: Selected Writings (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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The Rochesterian, Vol. 1: Selected Writings (Classic Reprint)
Description: Excerpt from The Rochesterian, Vol. 1: Selected WritingsOf one of the friends of the family in those days, who died in 1899, he wrote: As to this [the depth and steadfastness of his friend's sentiments] the writer can speak better, perhaps, than any one outside of the family, and speak from the friendship of a lifetime, which came as a sort of heritage. It is rather curious as you advance well beyond the line of middle life to have a friend who knew you in your cradle, before you found yourself, so to speak, who for the sake of somebody else takes you for granted, who puts aside your perversities and quietly assumes that you must be bright and true and loyal because you are the son of a comrade that he loved - and it is under the influence of such a relation, in which the friendship of two genera tions was gathered, that the writer has begun to drift into these reminiscences. It is as if death 'had touched the world with a stroke of enchantment and called up a vision of the past.Among the various country schools attended for brief terms, one only remained in memory as a source of real inspiration. This was at West Bergen, N. Y., and was taught by Miss E. M. Spencer, whose home was in or near Brockport. Years afterward he found where she was living and visited her, and from that time till her death he maintained a correspondence with her.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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Rochesterian, Vol. 1: Selected Writings (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The Rochesterian, Vol. 1: Selected Writings (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.