Excerpt from Memoir of the Rev. Bernard Whitman The principles which have guided him in the performance of his task, have been, to ex bibit distinctly the materials out of which, and the influences under which the character was formed, and then to set forth the character itself just as it was. He has availed himself, as far as he has been able, of the kindness of friends, because he thought that testimony from others would be more acceptable and would have more weight than what he might himself write. To those friends of whose kindness he has availed himself he would tender his most sincere thanks. 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.