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Excerpt from The Centennial Book: One Hundred Years of Christian Civilization in Hawaii, 1820-1920 Events of great moment fix themselves inevitably in our consciousness by more than the mere trick Of similarity in dates. That trick serves some times, however, to popularize recognition of such an event, to focus upon it the attention of the speeding world. To the world of the United States and England 1920 makes imperative appeal to recall 1620, an instinctive reaching-out into the storehouse Of history. To the smaller, but no less vital world of Hawaii, 1920 rings out the startling challenge of 1820. The committee for the Hawaiian Mission Centennial gave voice to the demand of many people that some period during the year 1920 be devoted to worthy consideration of the hopes and prayers, the fortitude and self sacrifice of 1820. Distinguished men and women from the mainland came as guests of the Centennial to lay their tribute upon the altar of the past, to express, too. Their perspective on the tasks Of the future - a perspective not always achieved by those near at hand, not always even by those who labor through the heat of the day, and rarely ever by those others, also near at hand, who labor not. 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.