Excerpt from Reminiscences of Amherst College: Historical, Scientific, Biographical and Autobiographical; Also, of Other and Wider Life Experiences, (With Four Plates and a Geological Map) I have now been for months on the bed Of sickness, balancing between life and death. I have, therefore, just sent in to the Trustees, a resignation of my connection with Amherst College, to take effect at Commencement, July 9th, at the close Of my 38th collegiate year. The chief remaining Objection to the publication of this work viz.: my connection with College, seems to me therefore to be taken out Of the way, for although the Trustees did not accept my resignation, I have in fact ceased to have any connection with the Operations of the College. I trust this book will be found to possess an interest extending beyond the affairs and particular friends Of Amherst College, for it contains a large amount of facts, anecdotes and principles, drawn from almost every portion of my life, and almost all parts Of the world, as I have intimated on the title-page. The friends of the College are indeed very numerous and wide spread, but I trust that general readers will find enough here to repay their attention and perusal. The publishers are Of Opinion that my portrait, prefixed to the work, would add to its interest with very many. I cannot agree with them in this Opinion, and had set myself resolutely against any thing Of the kind, but I yield the point with as good a grace as I can. God bless Amherst College, now and in all coming time, with all connected with it, and all its graduates. 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.