Excerpt from Figures of the Past: From the Leaves of Old Journals The preceding Introduction was written by Mr. Quincy a few months before his death, and was left with the direction that it should be prefixed to the collection of these papers which Messrs. Roberts Brothers had desired to issue. A few omissions, made for the sake of brevity, have been re stored in the present publication. The college class of the author is given on the titlepage to distinguish him from others of his family who have borne the same name. 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.