Excerpt from Sermons: With a Memoir In the retirement of Wilton he passed the opening years of life, enjoying the privileges of early educa tion which are the birthright of every New England child, till he was removed first to Byfield, and then to Exeter Academy, which was under the charge of his uncle. There were no peculiar advantages for him, of course, but he used those which were com mon to all the pupils in such a manner that he reaped, from his first studies, those habits of diligence and observation which are the best fruits of early train ing. The interest and influence of his Uncle Abbot were kindly and constantly exerted in his early edu cation, in the formation of those habits of attention and application which never fail to result in the, best development of natural gifts. In college he pursued the same steady course, and became known for the equanimity and gentleness of disposition, and the intellectual ability, that were characteristic of him from his earliest to his latest days. He was distin guished, too, for the poetic talent, which showed it self in his intellectual character as well as in his verse. 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.