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Excerpt from The American Journal of Education, 1858, Vol. 4 Tn services of the late Edmund Dwight to the cause of com mon school education were numerous and important enough to earn for him the title of a great public benefactor. During his lifetime, they were but little known beyond the small circle of his intimate friends, and of those who were closely associated with him in his la bors. It was his pleasure that it should be so. His taste was nice even to fastidiousness; and any public mention of what he had done, seemed to grate upon his feelings and to lessen in his Opinion the elli cisney of his work. The agency which is bruited abroad, appeared to him, partly by bringing the motives of the agent into suspicion, and partly by mingling personal considerations with the cause, to lose in force what it gained in notoriety. In reference to the workings of so ciety and government, he was deeply convinced of the truth, that far the most important and beneficial results are produced by that part of are social machinery which is most quiet in its operations, and con sequently attracts the least notice and remark. He made it a condi tion of his numerous benefactions to the cause of common schools, that his name should not be mentioned in connection with them and whatever of personal ad'ort, of time and attention, he contributed to the same end, was in like manner studiously kept back from public cheer vation and acknowledgment. During his lifetime, his friends res pooted his wishes in this particular; but death has removed the seal of scaecy, and the story of what be accomplished ought now to be told, in order to discharge a debt of gratitude from the public, and to set forth a useful example to others. 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.