Excerpt from Life Under Two Flags This is a book of reminiscences which are cast in varied areas, quiet and stormy, at home and abroad, and through which runs the evidence of a serene and undisturbed productiveness. Rich and interesting indeed is any life which has known such wide skies and abundant ingathering. Born of a great inheritance which he shared with noble brothers, enriched by the life-long love of a courageous woman, the writer tells with the cheerfulness of youth the story of the strangely diverse experiences through which many years have borne him. In these days when the seas are strewn with wreckage, it is good to hear of ships which are brought home so richly laden. But the book is more than a volume of reminiscences. Nor is it merely a vindication of the promises past and present. It is the record of lives spent in a particular form of service. 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.