My life : a record of events and opinions - Wallace-online.org
My life : a record of events and opinions - Wallace-online.org My life : a record of events and opinions - Wallace-online.org
VIPREFACEAll the illustrations have been retained which arein any way referred to in the present work, and Itrust that the result will be to render it acceptable toa new body of readers.Broadstone,October i, 1908.
PREFACE TO THE ORIGINALEDITIONThe presentvolumes would not have been writtenhad not the representatives of my English andAmerican publishers assured me that they wouldprobably interest a large number of readers.I had indeed promised to write some account ofmy early life for the information of my son anddaughter, but thiswould have been of very limitedscope, and would probably not have been printed.Having never kept a diary, except when abroad,nor preserved any of the earlier letters of my friends,I at first thought that I had no materials for any fullrecord of my life and experiences. But when I setto work in earnest to get together whatever scatteredmemoranda I could find, the numerous letters Ipossessed from men of considerable eminence, datingfrom my return home in 1862, together with a few ofmy own returned to me by some of my correspondents,I began to see that I had a fair amount of material,though I was very doubtful how far itwould interestany considerable number of readers.As several of my friends have assured me thattrue record of a life, especially if sufficiently full as toillustrate development of character so far as that isa
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PREFACE TO THE ORIGINALEDITIONThe presentvolumes would not have been writtenhad not the representatives <strong>of</strong> my English <strong>and</strong>American publishers assured me that they wouldprobably interest a large number <strong>of</strong> readers.I had indeed promised to write some account <strong>of</strong>my early <strong>life</strong> for the information <strong>of</strong> my son <strong>and</strong>daughter, but thiswould have been <strong>of</strong> very limitedscope, <strong>and</strong> would probably not have been printed.Having never kept a diary, except when abroad,nor preserved any <strong>of</strong> the earlier letters <strong>of</strong> my friends,I at first thought that I had no materials for any full<strong>record</strong> <strong>of</strong> my <strong>life</strong> <strong>and</strong> experiences. But when I setto work in earnest to get together whatever scatteredmemor<strong>and</strong>a I could find, the numerous letters Ipossessed from men <strong>of</strong> considerable eminence, datingfrom my return home in 1862, together with a few <strong>of</strong>my own returned to me by some <strong>of</strong> my correspondents,I began to see that I had a fair amount <strong>of</strong> material,though I was very doubtful how far itwould interestany considerable number <strong>of</strong> readers.As several <strong>of</strong> my friends have assured me thattrue <strong>record</strong> <strong>of</strong> a <strong>life</strong>, especially if sufficiently full as toillustrate development <strong>of</strong> character so far as that isa
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