Excerpt from Whittier as a Politician: Illustrated by His Letters to Professor Elizur Wright, Jr.; Now First Published; Edited, With Explanatory Text Most of the following letters to his friend Professor Wright show him in the light of an earnest and active politician, whose sole motive was the public welfare. Some of them have a humorous or satirical turn, thoroughly characteristic of the man in his intercourse with friends. 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.