Author: Henry T. Cheever

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Published: 2015-07-06

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9781330813843

Excerpt from The Autobiography and Memorials of Captain Obadiah Congar: For Fifty Years Mariner and Shipmaster From the Port of New York To the mass of general readers, and to earnest minds especially, writings in the shape of self-memorial and autobiography are always attractive. Whether they be purely religious, like the Confessions of Augustine, or the Grace Abounding of the Immortal Dreamer, or the Experiences of Madame Guyon and of Cowper; or whether they be semi-religious, literary, and economical, like the Life of Franklin, by himself, the Confessions of Rousseau, the Autobiographies of Goethe and Leigh Hunt, or the Confidences of Lamartine, all men love to read them. Personal reminiscences, perhaps it may be added, even egotism, we are generally eager to peruse when written, although we detest and can not bear them when spoken. 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.