Family-histories and genealogies : containing a series of ...

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COPYRIGHT, 1892 EY EDWARD ELBRIDGE SALISBURY AND EVELYN MeCURDY SALISBURY

" ®ttr calmer fubgnient mill ratl)er tenb to moberate tljon to supprees tl]e pribe of an ancient anir roortlia race. 9[t)e 0atiri0t tnaji langhi tl)^ pljiloBoiiljer mog preacl) ; but reason tjerself aiU res^ject tl)e prejubice anb l)abits tt)l)icl) Ijaoe been consecrateb bg tlie eje^erience of mankinb. . . . 3n tl)e inoesti- gation of past eoents onr curiosita is stimnlateb b^ tlje immebiate or inbirect reference to onrseloes ; bnt in tlie estimate of l)onour xne sbonlb learn to oalue tl)e gifts of nature abooe tl)ose of fortune; to esteem in our ancestors tlje qualities t\)at best promote tl)c interests of societn, anb to pronounce tlje bescenbant of a king less trnls noble tljan tlje offspring of a man of genius, rol)ose toritings mill instruct anb beligl)t tlje latest posteritg "—Edward Gibbon.

COPYRIGHT, 1892<br />

EY<br />

EDWARD ELBRIDGE SALISBURY<br />

AND<br />

EVELYN MeCURDY SALISBURY

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