Excerpt from Personal Reminiscences: Of the Anti-Slavery and Other Reforms and Reformers The man is the Spirit he works in; not what he did, but what he became. - Carlyle. I have been asked to write an introduction to this volume of reminiscences by my friend Aaron M. Powell, which was left unfinished at the time of his sudden death; and at the request of many friends is now placed before the public by loving survivors of his love. 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.