Excerpt from Life and Thought: Or Cherished Memorials of the Late Julia A. Parker Dyson To keep alive the memory of the gifted and the good, we must not suffer private feeling to become the sole depositary. We are forced to yield, what exclusiveness would prompt to retain; what the tenderness and delicacy of a fond affection would gladly appropriate to itself. But the reflection of excellence falls gratefully on the universal eye, and stirs to healthy action the universal heart. Com mon humanity asks every aid that can be given. Intellect grows strong by every proof of its supe riority; virtue more lovely by repeated exempli fication. We are bound to the good by the con tinued proofs of excellence they exhibit while living; but death gives increased value to the treasures they bequeathe. These may not be claimed as private right, - to humanity, to the world, they belong henceforth. 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.