Two Pictures

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Excerpt from Two Pictures: Or What We Think of Ourselves, and What the World Thinks of UsThe incidentaand with the one exception to which allusion has been made, the characters of the book are purely imaginary, - its principles, she trusts, will be recognized as universally and eternally true. It may, perhaps, be as well to say that the scheme of Hugh Moray, for the gradual elevation of those com mitted to his care, was suggested by her acquaintance with various experiments made by conscientious Southern masters, for the advantage of their slaves. The work was not only planned, but nearly complet ed, while there was peace in the land, and nothing seemed likely to interfere with the execution of de signs so truly Christian. The delay in its publication has been the result of circumstances of no interest to any but the author.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.