Download or read book Putnam's Monthly Magazine of American Literature, Science, and Art, Vol. 3 written by G. P. Putnam and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Putnam's Monthly Magazine of American Literature, Science, and Art, Vol. 3: January to June, 1854 Fortunately for us, Washington neede no embellishment from his bi pher, nor invention in his illustrator. Simple recital of facts best shows the distinction between him and common men. It may be said that this difference is not discern ible in his youth; that he was a boy among boys, and that an idea of his early excellence is merely a romantic deduction from the eminence of his virtue in after life. But even the few simple records that remain, plainly Show that he was marked from the beginning; and the theory that his youth gave no promise of his future, seems to us as little sustained by wisdom and experience as the wildest notions of a precocious virtue would be. It is only to be regretted that the discern ment of those about him should not have sufficed to make them treasure up every fact of his conduct and every rticular of his conversation. That we might at least have tried to train up other boys to be the Washingtons of our days of peace and prosperity. 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.