Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Short Sketch of the Life of the Hon. Thomas D'arcy McGee, M. P From among the thousands of sincere friends of the late Hon. Thomas d'arcy mcgee in Canada, I beg leave to dedicate this simple Sketch of his Life to you, whose friendship he valued above all others, and well he might, for a more manly, sincere, disinterested friend he never had, and no other man ever could have in this world. 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.