Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1879.

Excerpt from The Life of Rufus Choate We shall not fail, however, I trust, to learn some lessons of fidelity, and unsparing diligence, and uh remitting labor, for which no genius can prove a. Substitute, as well as those other lessons Of high pur pose, and broad patriotism, which informed his life, and which the new condition of the Republic demands Of us even more strenuously than did the old. 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.