Excerpt from The Posthumous Works of the Late Right Reverend John Henry Hobart, D.D, Vol. 1 of 3: Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of New-York, With a Memoir of His Life IN attempting to sketch the life andcharacter of the distinguished subject of this Memoir, it is im possible to avoid a feeling of embarrassment, both from the difficulty of the task in itself, and from the apprehension that it may not represent him according to the just measure of his fame. The close and intimate relation of the writer to him. 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.