Memorial of Henry Sanford Gansevoort, Captain Fifth Artillery Colonel Thirteenth New York State Volunteer Calvary (Classic Reprint)

There are two kinds of biographies; and of each kind we have seen examples in our time. One is a golden chalice held up by some wise hand to gather the earthly memory ere it is spilt on the ground :the other is a millstone, hung by a partial yet ill-judging friend around the heros neck, to fling him a,s deep as possible into oblivion. Let us hope that he who writes these pages may take for his model the faultless biographies we possess, and condense the volume within such limits as shall commend it not only to partial friends, but also to some other readers.
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