Excerpt from The Character of the Gentleman: An Address to the Students of Miami University, on the Evening Before Commencement Day, in the Month of August, 1846 My Dear Sir: I have to express to you, on behalf of the young gentlemen of the University, at whose request your excellent Address of last evening was delivered, their sense of the obligation under which you have laid them, by your kind compliance with their invitation, and to request that you will add a further favour to that already conferred, by furnishing a copy for the press. It affords me great pleasure to make this communication, and I take the liberty to express the hope that you will accede to this request. I am, dear sir, with great respect and esteem, yours, &c. E. D. MacMaster. Francis Lieber, Esq., LL. D. My Dear Sir: It gives me much pleasure that the young gentlemen of Miami University consider the subject, on which I have written an Address to them, of sufficient importance to wish the publication of my thoughts on it. My Address is entirely at their service, and I beg you to express to them my best acknowledgments for the kindly and favourable feelings with which they view my imperfect composition. 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.