Excerpt from Memorials: Address at the Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Bill Memorial Library Groton, Conn., October 15th, 1913 The good habit of making memorials is of great antiquity. Jacob knew something of human nature; his vision of heaven, his covenant with that shrewd exploiter of labor, Laban, his love of his dear wife Rachel, all had alike the rude memorial of a stone set up. When his wife Rachel died, Jacob set a pillar on her grave; that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. About ...
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Excerpt from Memorials: Address at the Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Bill Memorial Library Groton, Conn., October 15th, 1913 The good habit of making memorials is of great antiquity. Jacob knew something of human nature; his vision of heaven, his covenant with that shrewd exploiter of labor, Laban, his love of his dear wife Rachel, all had alike the rude memorial of a stone set up. When his wife Rachel died, Jacob set a pillar on her grave; that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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