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Excerpt from Memoir of the Chisholm: Late M. P. For Inverness-Shire They supply not, however, any train of stirring enterprise or varied incident; neither is the mental history which they illustrate remarkable for those sudden changes and contrasts which so often create an interest in the speculative observers of human nature. By those, again, who were not personally acquainted with the subject of this Memoir, and remembered only the general outline of the position which he occupied in the world, he felt that the doubt might possibly be entertained, whether any circumstances associated with his public character could authorize the intrusion of them upon public notice; and this very doubt, he apprehended, would make such persons indifferent to the statements which might be advanced respecting him. 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.