Extracts from Letters of John Robert Godley to C. B Adderley (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: John Robert Godley
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ISBN: 9781330679678
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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Excerpt from Extracts From Letters of John Robert Godley to C. B Adderley My dear Lyttelton, To you, as the Friend we have both most highly valued, I especially offer these extracts from Godley's private letters to me - to you especially, but also to the rest of that inner circle of his Friends whose names your Harrow epitaph records - not forgetting the tenderer interest which will be taken in them by his Widow, nor the legacy they contribute, quod contra decuit, to Parents whose uncommon worth was his inheritance. For no one else is a single copy to be printed. These extracts, simple as the current of ordinary conversation, exhibit, at least to some extent, the sterling character of mind which made so many men of mark hold Godley in such high estimation. There are, no doubt, many of his letters more studied than these, and well worth publishing - none more so than some on political subjects to the Duke of Newcastle, all of which the Duke told me that, entertaining the opinion invariably formed of Godley by all his acquaintance, he had carefully preserved. I know that you have kept a large correspondence extending over many years, and including the completest history of the Colony of which you and he were the principal Founders, which illustrated the revival of National Colonization, whose chief Port bears your name, its seaward headlands bearing mine and Godley's. 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.