Excerpt from A Man in Earnest: Life of A. H. Conant When what was mortal of Mr. Conant had been laid away, many friends and lovers asked me to write a brief sketch of his life; and my own love for him prompted me to try and meet their wishes. That the work was not sooner finished \i trust will be pardoned on account of my many cares. That it is not better done, must be my. 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.