Excerpt from The Life and Public Services of Henry Wilson: Late Vice-President of the United States In making a register of his life, the authors have had access to original sources of information, and have availed themselves of every aid within their reach for the verification of their state ments as to matters of fact. They have endeavored to present Opinions frankly and fairly, and to render this biography as com plete as the allotted time and space would permit. 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.