Excerpt from An Address, Delivered Before the Literary Societies of Geneva College, on the First of August, 1843 This relation between us seemed to awaken within me an interest in them, and to establish on their part, some right to such humble services as I could render them. I remembered, too, that like the rich and glorious region around it, this Institution was but opening its energies in youthful effort, upon that long career of usefulness and reputation, which we trust will be its history. 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.