Excerpt from Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Michael Thomas Sadler, Esq. It is on this point that he wishes to offer a single remark. He desires to explain, that although more than six years have passed away since the pur pose was formed, the time actually spent over the present volume has scarcely exceeded an equal num ber of months. This has arisen from various causes, but mainly from the pressure of other literary duties, which seemed of a more urgent character. Very soon after the plan of the present work Was formed, a duty of another but kindred description appeared to be cast upon the wr1ter; and it was accordingly undertaken and discharged. At two subsequent periods the like again occurred. The reason for postponing the Memoir of Mr. Sadler in each case was the same, that something like an urgent call of duty suggested itself, in the preparation of those works, which did not appear so clearly to exist, in point of time, in the case of this Memoir. 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.