Excerpt from The Life of James A. Garfield This volume is a sketch of the life, character, and public service of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur, nominees of the Republican party for Presi dent and vice-president, for a period of four years, beginning March 4, 1881. NO one can be more sen sible than myself of its incompleteness. It has been prepared since their nomination in June last, at the earnest solicitation of friends, and under the pressure of other engagements. 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.