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Excerpt from The Fighting Preacher Celebrated author thus writes Posterity is under no obligations to a man Who'is not a parent, who has never planted a tree, built a' house, ' nor Written a book. Having fulfilled all these requisites to insure the remembrance of posterity, it remains to be seen Whether the author's name shall escape oblivion. It may be. That a few years Will obliterate the name affixed to this Preface from the memory of man. This thought is the cause of' no concern. I shall have accomplished my purpose if I can in some degree be humbly instrumental in servmg my country and my generation, by promoting the well-being of. 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.