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Excerpt from Biography of Nathan Barnert His Character and Achievements: Including Histories of Local Institutions
One seldom picks up a paper that one does not read a few lines of those who have passed away to the mysterious beyond. All the virtues possessed, and some of which the public never heard, are there strung as beads upon a ribbon for the reading, and even if the subject is a diflicult one, the facile pen of the eulogist finds some chance to make known the loveliness, the efficiency, the gentleness or the generosity of the person under discussion. Which is as it should be. If we can say no good of the departed, say nothing, is a legend inscribed upon the laws of writer folks early in their career. But personally, the writer never reads one of these sketches; sees one of these eulogies, that the thought does not pass his mind, I wonder how many or how few of those nice things were ever told to the persons when living? Did they know, I wonder that people' thought them gentle, or found them to be kind? There you have the writer's prayer in a nutshell. Why keep the good things until they can do no good to the person who would have appreciated them? We know generally when a man is doing good work, or a woman making life sweeter and better for those about her, and we realize without being told that they are putting up a hard fight, or giving up much joy for themselves to serve those about them. But yet, we hesitate, and neglect to tell them so, and they work along almost until the end comes, and then, on the blank white paper, we spread for others the thoughts we should have enjoyed to speak to them alone; the commendation of their many virtues. From the child who mows the lawn and carries out the waste barrels to the man and woman who spends a lifetime intrying for some high goal, the human soul craves not adulation. 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.
