Book excerpt: Excerpt from Record of the Class of Eighty-Three, Brown University, 1889 At last I feel that I can make a reply to the question so frequently asked during the last three months, How is the history coming along? And refer you for it to the pages which follow. In them I have endeavored to let each man tell his story in his own words, adding only such things as would make the sketch complete, in order that the individuality of each might be preserved and the hand of the secretary conspicuous only by its absence. 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.