Excerpt from A Memoir of the Rev. Thomas Gajetan Ragland, B. D: Fellow of the Corpus Christi College, Cambridge At the close of his Memorial Mr Venn said, This narrative is necessarily too brief to throw into full relief the many beautiful points of Mr Ragland's character, which deeply impressed all his companions, whether in the University, or in the Mission-field, or in the private walk of Christian friendship. It is hoped that a more extended Memoir may be compiled, which, if it be a faithful sketch of his inner as well as his external his tory, will be a very profitable study for young Christian men at the Universities, and will prompt many heart searching thoughts to every servant of God in this age. Encouraged by this opinion (which thus publicly expressed, was repeated to herself in private, and con curred in by not a few persons of competent judgment. 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.

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