Excerpt from A Discourse on the Professional Character and Virtues of the Late William Wirt: Delivered in the Hall of the House of Representatives, March 18, 1834 Were delighted with his exuberant fancy, and almost wild imagination. Among the former were men whose history belongs, not to a county, but to a na tion; and they gave evidence of their respect and regard for him; and the most amusing anecdotes are recollected of the impressions which he made upon the great mass, who esteemed him as a master Spirit in the art. 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.