Excerpt from A Memorial: With Reminiscences Historical, Personal, and Characteristic of John Farmer, A. M., Corresponding Secretary of the New-Hampshire Historical Society, Member of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries at Copenhagen, Etc Moore, and published in The American Quarterly Register for February, 1839, narrates the principal events in the life of this distinguished man, and gives a highly satisfactory view of his character. But it is the privilege of eminent men to live when their bodies are no longer distinguishable from the dust, and all monumental records have been lost from sight. The memories and affections of the genera tions that follow them are the temple in which their light is perpetually kept burning. And the impres sion made upon the minds of survivors by their deeds and their virtues often produces the wish to know more of them than can be seen or written by an ordi nary Observer. 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.