Excerpt from Memoir of Rev. Nathan W. Fiske, Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy in Amherst College: Together With Selections From His Sermons and Other Writings I have said in the Memoir, that Professor Fishe, in the popular sense of the term, had but little imagina tion. Ishould not wonder, if some of his admirers were to differ from me on this point; and I must con fess, that a more careful reading of his journal and dis courses has led me to suspect, that I have not given him due credit in that particular. I still think, how ever, that his fancy lacked the wings which sometimes bear writers much inferior to him, above his range; but if by imagination is meant vividness of conception, and the power of presenting images vividly to other minds, Professor Fiske certainly was not deficient. I have inserted extracts from his voyage, in the Memoir, of extraordinary vivacity and beauty. 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.