Excerpt from American Biographical Panorama Biography teaches many useful lessons, but as the eye of the indulgent reader glances over the following imperfect sketches, let it be remembered that the pen of the biographer can narrate only the outward acts of man. These are the sole guides to his conclusions. But there is another biographer, whose fidelity can not be questioned, constantly at work, daguerreotyping upon the mind all that is unseen by the world. The name of that historian is Memory, the perusal of whose book in our future existence, will yield honey or wormwood. Whatever may have been the station of the body on earth, Memory will walk with the soul through the open gates of the spirit land; and the portrait which she will there exhibit, will be true to the life. Then, when neither restitution can be offered, nor atonement made, how thrilling will be the comparison which the awakened conscience will draw, between what we might have done, and what we have done! 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.