The Coming Age

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Excerpt from The Coming Age: A Poem, Pronounced Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Yale College, August 18, 1847 New Haven, August 19, 1847. Mr. Luzerne Ray, Dear Sir, In behalf of the Connecticut Alpha of the Phi Beta Kappa, we have the honor to present to you the thanks of the Society for your Poem recited last evening, and to request a copy for publication. Respectfully, Leonard Bacon, James Murdock, James Hadley, Committee. Hartford, August 20, 1847. Gentlemen, In the faith that the request of the Society which you represent for the publication of my Poem, is not a mere formality, but the expression of a judgment that it merits, in some degree, that honor, I yield the manuscript to your disposal. Very respectfully, Luzerne Ray. Leonard Bacon, James Murdock, James Hadley, Committee. 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.