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Excerpt from Annals of the American Pulpit, or Commemorative Notices of Distinguished American Clergymen of Various Denominations, Vol. 3: From the Early Settlement of the Country to the Close of the Year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-Five; With Historical Introductions The first two volumes Of this work were issued somewhat less than a year ago. Considering the peculiar character of the work, I could not but await the public verdict upon it with some degree of anxiety, and now that it has been rendered in part, I am not disposed to dissemble the high gratification I have received from it. That my own par tial friends should have looked kindly on the effort, perhaps I had a right to expect; but that the tone Of the press should have been so uniformly indulgent, - ignoring even imperfections of which I was myself painfully sensible, after having done the best that I could, - was certainly more than I could reasonably look for. I hardly need say that I have already realized the good effect of this kindly reception, in the increased vigour and alacrity with which I have been able to carry forward the work. I am indebted to several friends, especially to the Rev. J. L. Sibley, the present Librarian of Harvard College, for directing my attention to a few small errors, chie y in respect to dates, nearly all of which have been already corrected in the stereotype plates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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."