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Excerpt from The Life and Services of Commodore William Bainbridge, United States Navy The writer, besides, has enjoyed the privilege of a close intimacy with Commodore Bainbridge - has seen him under all Circumstances of disease and health - exhilaration and depression, and thus had the best opportunity of studying his character. The writer's chief aim has been to draw a plain and faithful narrative of the prominent events of his life. He believes, with Southey, that the best eulogy of a hero is the faithful history of his actions: and the best history must be that which shall relate them most perspicuously. 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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