Excerpt from Benjamin Lee, 2d: A Record Gathered From Letters, Note-Books, and Narratives of Friends Always he had seemed, with a rare instinct, to hold the balance true between the gifts that life so bounti fully bestowed upon him and those gifts that she demanded of him - even to the complete giving of himself. He was not of those who always seem to be waiting to live; he lived with a zest as he went along, quite conscious of the happiness and beauty of his days: and though there appeared to be so much of satisfaction and achievement in store for him, yet it is almost with surprise that we find ourselves realizing how much he had made his few years tell; and that in the wealth of his experience, the extent and depth of his personal influence, and in the winning of his manhood, he had already lived a well-rounded life, a life that reached the heights of happiness and of honor. 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.