Excerpt from Selected Writings of Isaac M. Wise: With a Biography At a meeting of the Alumnal Association of the Hebrew Union College, held at Richmond, Va., in the month of December, 1898, it was resolved that the alumni celebrate the eightieth birthday of their teacher, the President of the Hebrew Union College, by publishing a volume of selections from his writings. The task of editing the book was intrusted to the two members of the alumni who are resident in Cincinnati. They were also requested to write a biography of the master as an introduction to the volume. It was hoped that the book would appear on the day of the celebration, March 14, 1899. A number of untoward circumstances, however, prevented this. In the meantime, the great leader has been called to his eternal rest. This volume, therefore, assumes the form of a tribute to the memory of their beloved teacher from his disciples, the graduates of the College. The first part of the biography (pp. 1-58) is from the pen of David Philipson, and Louis Gross-mann has written the second part (pp. 59-111). 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.