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Excerpt from Memoir of the Life and Character of Ebenezer Porter, D.D., Late President of the Theological Seminary, Andover The likeness prefixed to the Memoir, though an exact copy of the painting from which it is taken, and which is in most respects a perfect work, exhibits a slight frown which was never observable on Dr. Porter's countenance, unless he was exercised with severe pain, or was engaged in intense study. For this defect in the portrait, he attributed no blame to the artist, who was a master in his profession: but supposed it to be owing to the structure of the room in which he sat for the painting, and to a tempo rary weakness of his eyes which rendered the light painful. The biographical sketch of the Hon. Thomas porter, though somewhat more extended than is usual in such cases, is inserted with the belief that it will render the volume more valuable to the numerous circle who were acquainted both with the father and the son; and with the hope that the intrinsic excel lence of the character, and the obvious bearing of the father's counsels and example on the character and usefulness of the son, will render it instructive to the general reader. 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.