Excerpt from Early Biography: Travels and Adventures of Rev. James Champlin, Who Was Born Blind; With a Description of the Different Countries Through Which He Has Traveled in America, and of the Different Institutions, Etc;, Visited by Him, Also an Appendix, Which Contains Extracts F The favorable reception of the first edition by the public, which in a few months exhausted the one thousand copies, has; induced me'to offer a new edition in a revised and improved form, for their favor and patrgnage. In taking the liberty to pre sent this little work to the public; for their perusal, I think it pro bable that a representation of some of my motives for doing so will not be amiss. Then, in the first place, I would inform my readers, that if I have made any advancement in the World, either in learning or virtue, it has been chiefly by my own per severance and having traveled considerably through the Uni ted States, it'has been the opinion of some of my friends that I ought to prepare a'work of thisfikinds; not for their own individu al gratification, but for the benefit and interest of others, Who like myself, though in different circumstances, may be smuggling under difficulties I have therefore, through their solicitations, though in bad health, and having many other things to attend to, prepared the work. Were this 'the only reason for writing my biography, its appearance woulg. Hardly be thought-admissable; but When its pages are examined, I h0pe it Will not onlybe found to contain some useful descriptions and statistical remarks, but ma ny practical and useful lesso'ns in the'principles of, morality. The author, therefore, trusts that the work may be read in s hools With profit to its readers. And if it shall be found useful in the instruction of the young and rising generation, it certainly will have accomplished an important object; for it is upon the proper formation and direction of the young mind that the Virtuous ac tions of mankind depend; and it is those actions upon Which will depend the safety and welfare of this free and enlightenedrepublic, of which they are soon to become citizens. If, there fore, this work should succeed in its principal object, of encour aging its younger readers to persevere in their efforts to improve. 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.