Excerpt from Sketch of the Life and Some of the Principal Speeches of Henry Clay: Compiled From the Latest and Best Authorities IT is proposed to present a' short Clay, 'as' a fit accompaniment to this editi present anything like a full history of the and the Statesman, Who wasaltogether the most pr during the age in Which he lived, would re Wholly beyond the purpose as well as the sketch. The time indeed is not yet ripe for authoritative commentary on either his own actio or on the political questions With Which his name either as an'advocate or an Opponent 'of them. 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.