Excerpt from The Life I Political Opinions of Martin Van Buren The author has therefore, devoted a period of entire vacation from his ordinary duties, to the col lection and arrangement of such materials as may fully exhibit the political sentiments of Mr. Van Buren, together with. Such details of his personal history, as may be published with a due respect for private feelings. In doing this, it has not been the design of the writer merely to contribute to the political elevation of any man: he has aimed. 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.