Excerpt from The Stripling Preacher, or a Sketch of the Life and Character, With the Theological Remains, of the Rev. Alexander S. Byrne History in general, but especially personal history, or bi ography when written with propriety, abounding so much in incident, and furnishing so much variety to the mim' is an interesting sort of writing to most readers. Ami it must be as instructive as it is interesting. History, 'it has been said, is philosophy teaching by examples. Yet what are the examples in general history so instructive, but instances of individual biography with which it is interspersed, or, we might even say, of which it is composed? 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.