Excerpt from A Memoir of the Life and Labors of Francis Wayland, D.D., LL. D, Vol. 1: Late President of Brown University; Including Selections From His Personal Reminiscences and Correspondence In the preparation of this memoir we have been greatly aided by those whose reminiscences form an interesting feature of the work; by those who have kindly placed letters at our disposal; and by those whose contributions, although not appearing in the words of their authors, contained valuable information, of which we have gladly availed ourselves. For this assistance, always most cheerfully rendered, and for innumerable manifestations of sympathy and friendliness, we return our grateful acknowledgments. 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.