Excerpt from Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County, Vol. 26 That Mr. Blencowe had succeeded as few men do, in carrying out the determination which he formed at the commencement of his public life, that he would perform to the best of his ability whatever he undertook, is attested by all who watched his career, or were associated with him in the exercise of any public function. Whatever his hand found to do, he did it with his might. But he also gave another convincing proof of his high sense of honour, and of a practical wisdom which meets with few imitators, in laying down as a second rule for his guid ance, that as he grew old, he would exercise a jealous watchfulness over himself, and as soon as he should perceive 9'a symptoms of mental or physical decay, the approach 0 any puzzle-headedness, as he facetiously called it, he would retire into private life. And so, at the age of 72, some suspicion of the kind having arisen in his own mind, though to all appearance his mental powers were as active and as capable of severe tension as ever, he quietly withdrew from the performance of such public duties as in his heart he believed himself unequal to fulfil, and retired to comparative rest, but not to idleness. 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.