Excerpt from Robert J. Burdette: His Message This biography was undertaken at the request of many friends of Mr. Burdette, and because I believe what James Whitcomb Riley wrote to me: Robert, your husband and my friend, a man with a divine gift, deserves this presentation of a lasting memorial, which he so courageously built up by his own life. To present truly a character dowered with a genius so out of the ordinary that the Creator never bestowed upon another an identical gift, I am persuaded that the only way is to collate the expressions he himself gave to it. Therefore, I have endeavored to set forth the life of my late husband, Robert J. Burdette, by these excerpts from his writings. 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.