Excerpt from Selections From the Writings of the Late Thomas Hedges Genin: With a Biographical Sketch He had also what was better than education even a royal nature a conscience sensitive to right, and resistless in keep ing him up to the full letter Of what he deemed his duty a vigorous intellect, which served him, and through him, the community, in the advocacy Of truths which the world, slow to receive, most needed to know and apply; an industrious turn Of mind that made his whole life a career Of useful and cheerful toil; and a simplicity Of taste, making his wants few, and securing for him a large independence Of fortune giving him the means Of greater usefulness. 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.