Memorial Address on the Life and Character of John Judson Bagley

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Excerpt from Memorial Address on the Life and Character of John Judson Bagley: Delivered Before the Michigan State Pioneer Society, at Their Request, in Representative Hall, LansingA pioneer society is the Present looking at the Past the Living communing with the Dead. As we advance in age the memories of our Fathers and Mothers grow more and more dear. We delight to recall their deeds and their virtues.GO Visit New England and the Eastern States, any pleasant day in summer or autumn, and you Shall see the pilgrim from the West Visiting the home of his father You may see him in the lonely church - yard, at the graves of his ancestors, carefully deciphering on the tomb-stones, worn by the hand of time, the inscriptions, rudely carved, it may be, telling the story of those lying beneath - born, died, birth, death - between the two is gathered all there is of history.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.