Excerpt from Harvard College, Class of 1880: Fortieth Anniversary Report, Report IX-1920 It was suggested to me that this report should contain an historical sketch of the class. Certainly I do not feel competent to write it. Nor does it seem to me necessary when from the information the report contains we can write the story for ourselves. There is one thing, however, to record. We were classmates and friends more than forty years ago. The tie has grown stronger with lessening num bers and advancing years. We know in our hearts it will be so to the end. 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.