Excerpt from In Memoriam: Gems of Poetry and Song on James a Garfield The lowliest sphere was not disdained love could soothe or save, He went, by fearless faith sustained, Nor knew his deeds were brave. The amount of poetic literature at hand at this time has eu abled us to compile a volume of considerable extent and merit, whereby we bring to the literary market no perishable wares, but the immortal productions of poetic genius in its loftiest aspirations, laying its offerings upon the altars of humanity and pure manhood. The volume is beautifully enriched by a most eloquent and faithful eulogy on the character and work of President (larfield, by Rev. R. S. Storrs, of Brooklyn, New York. 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.