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Excerpt from The Cabells and Their Kin, Vol. 1: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy "Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee." The interest of people in their kindred is one of the measures of the distances between the races of men. The cultivation of family history is one of the essentials to the welfare of society. The continued existence and prosperity of every nation depends upon the love of country and pride of race, which is true patriotism. We are commanded to honor our forefathers, that our days may be long. Our religion, civilization, and patriotism, alike require us to rescue their memory from oblivion, so that they may not perish forever as though they had never been born. And it is our sacred duty to "gather up the fragments that remain" before their past history has been obliterated by the effacing fingers of destruction and decay. I will give something of "the Cabells and their kin" in England as an introduction; but my especial object will be to give an outline history of an American family in its various branches, showing the contribution of the various members to the history and advancement of their section and of their country. And as Americans are a mixed race, I shall sometimes trace back to emigrant ancestors, and will give the "Seize Quartiers" sufficiently often to convey a fairly approximate idea of the actual percentage of English, Scotch, Huguenot, and other blood flowing in the veins of the kindred, especially of this section, which sent out so many emigrants to other sections of our country. 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.