Excerpt from The Life of the Rev. Thomas Scott, D.D., Rector of Aston Sandford, Bucks: Including a Narrative Drawn Up by Himself, and Copious Extracts of His Letters IT is not my intention to add to a volume, already perhaps too bulky, by here enlarging on any of those topics which the subject of biography in general, or the contents of the present work in particular, might suggest. All that I propose is, briefly to advert to a few points which may seem to require notice. The narrative, which I now present to the world, will no doubt produce upon different classes of readers very different impressions. Possibly it may carry a degree of offence to the feelings of some, to contem plate the very humble scenes in which one, who has since been regarded with much veneration, was con versant throughout the former years of his life. This however is a case in which, could the sentence be divested of the pride, I fear, inherent in it, we might be tempted to apply the words. 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.