Excerpt from Judge Richard Reid: A Biography This book is the modest history of the quiet life of a scholar and a Christian gentleman - a life so quiet that but for the storm and tragedy in which it ended, it would never, perhaps, have been known to the world at large. No tragedy could make the character more interesting to all who knew it well, nor more attractive to those who came within its elevating influence. Loving, and beloved by all, Richard Reid grew up among the hills of Montgomery County, Kentucky, trod the world for a few brief years, passed out beyond the mountain-clouds of death, "and left behind a light that made them lovely!" Like his Exemplar, his footsteps glorified the land whereon he trod, and which he watered with the blood of his martyrdom. It would require a pen of inspiration to give the life in full - in its purity, its gentleness, its simplicity, its magnificent capabilities, its wide scope of usefulness, its depth of pathos, its strength of heroism in the calamity that suddenly and without warning or cause darkened its close. An artist's divine touch alone could give the proper lights and shades; no human hand can do more than faintly outline and suggest the complex original. 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.