Excerpt from National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Near Dayton, Ohio: Catalogue of the Putnam Library And those of us who had the honor to serve in the same glorious cause, and have so fortunately survived to enjoy the blessings he died to purchase, may look upon his face (so finely delineated by the artist, ) which adorns the beautiful Hall, where the rich gifts of his loving mother are treasured, and ever revere his memory, and strive to emulate his noble example. At the age of eighteen, writes Dr. Guepin, of Nantes, he returned to us, a young poet, and serious thinker, under the form of a tall, handsome youth, as modest and reserved in society, as firm and courageous in the practice of his duties. His dream for the future had not changed - it was still that of serving the inter ests of his country and humanity, as a historian. 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.