Memoir Of The Hon Benjamin Robbins Curtis Ll D

Author : Chandler Robbins
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781331692065
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Memoir of the Hon. written by Chandler Robbins and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-18 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memoir of the Hon.: Benjamin Robbins Curtis, Prepared Benjamin Robbins Curtis was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, on the fourth day of November, 1809. His father was Captain Benjamin Curtis, master of a vessel trading between Boston and Valparaiso, who was half-brother to the late George Ticknor. His grandfather on his fathers side was Dr. Benjamin Curtis, who graduated from Harvard College in 1771. His mother was Lois Robbins, of Watertown, who has been justly described as a lady of "great intelligence and the highest womanly virtues." The early life of eminent men does not always give promise of future greatness. The general rule expressed in the familiar line of Wordsworth, which has passed into a proverb, "The child is father of the man," does not apply to every case. There are men who have filled the highest stations in Church and State, who have risen to distinction in every liberal profession, and in every honorable calling, whose character in boyhood and youth excited rather solicitude than high expectation. There have been others who have held the highest rank, and borne off all the honors in school and college, who seem to have culminated at the close of their academic course. But in the case of Mr. Curtis, the man was clearly prefigured in the boy. That which he became at maturity was but a realization of his youthful ideal. 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.