Excerpt from An Eulogy, Illustrative of the Life, and Commemorative of the Beneficence, of the Late Hon. James Bowdoin, Esquire: With Notices of His Family; Pronounced in Brunswick, (Maine), At the Request of the Trustees and Overseers of Bowdoin College, on the Annual Commencement, Sept; 2d, 1812 As yet however no day brings to remembrance the heroism, sufferings and piety of the expatriated Protes tants Of France. Their descendants have mingled in the mass of our countrymen, and satisfied, as would seem, with enjoying the common blessings of our free dom, aspire to no peculiar distinctions among their fel low citizens, but such as arise from serving the com munity. 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.