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Excerpt from The Young Men of America: A Prize Essay
Ten manuscripts, werereceived, all (but one, ) of which evinced care ful thought and a just appreciation of the subject, together with high lite rary merit; of these your committee selected the manuscript marked N O. 8, (motto Festina lente as especially combining clearness Of expression and systematic division, with wholesome and vigorous sentiment, and as most completely answering the requirements of your prospectus. After coming to this decision, your committee on Opening the accompanying letter, discovered the manuscript to be the production of samuel batch elder, Jr., of Cambridge, Mass, to whom they therefore unanimously award the prize of one hundred dollars, by you Offered. 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.
