Excerpt from Hancock the Superb: The Early Life and Public Career, Winfield Sion's strife, we have endeavored so to tone and mellow the bitter memories Of that epoch that even those, to whom such memories are especially painful, will admit that the facts we present are excerpts from the history of their nation and Of ours alike, and join with us in accepting the fitness Of the title we have adopted, hancock the superb. That a career so exceptionably perfect should be crowned by the highest gift at the disposal of the people, would seem to be but Simple justice; one of those episodes which sometimes demonstrate the eternal fitness of things. It is, therefore, in no partisan spirit, but with a sense Of broad-viewed, national policy, that we trust one more title, that grandest Of all titles, Elected President of a Republic of Sovereigns, may yet be bestowed upon the noble man whom we now know and respect as Major General winfield scott hancock. With this brief. 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.