Excerpt from Tribute to the Memory of Henry Wilson, Late Vice-President of the United States In many aspects henry wilson will stand before posterity as one of the most remarkable men of his times. Cradled in obscurity and poverty, and strug gling till he reached mature manhood against the most depressing circumstances, he nevertheless advanced by steady steps to positions of exalted trusts, and finally reached the second place in the gift of the American people. It is rare, very rare, that we see a citizen rising so high from a station originally so low, and making so enduring a mark upon the institutions of his country, despite the blighting influence that surrounded his early years. 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.