Excerpt from Francis Wayland The preparation of this volume was intrusted to my hands as a pupil of Dr. Wayland. It was undertaken in the spirit of gratitude to a teacher for whose character and influence, while living, the author had the deepest reverence, and for whose memory, when dead, a great and growing appreciation. A Memoir of his life and labors had been written in 1867 with pious care by his sons, the Hon. Francis Wayland, of Yale University, and the Rev. Dr. H. Lincoln Wayland, of Phil. 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.