William Newton Clarke; a biography - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...to leave behind him data of any kind which might one day be exploited as material for a biography, perhaps by some one who never knew him and could not possibly use it understandingly. He had seen in notable instances how false an impression can be made by letters and diaries, even when handled by intimate friends, honestly desiring to present an exact and truthful record. For this reason he had requested his sister to burn all of his letters to her and she had done so. There came a day in the summer of 1910 when it was decided that these things ought to be destroyed at once. The closet was emptied and its contents burned. Only a few note-books, brief diaries, and such notes and typewritten work as were likely to be of use later, which were kept in the study and the closet adjoining, were retained. All of the unpublished work of his earlier years and of his middle life vanished in an hour. This biography is, therefore, of a different character from that which might have been made had the data been kept which showed almost the whole of Doctor Clarke's history as a student and his personal relations with other writers whose spirit and aims were akin to his own. PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS By Reverend William O. Stearns As I look back over the past I realize afresh that my relations with Doctor Clarke were almost entirely of a personal nature. Only once did we come into official relations. What I would like to record therefore must be necessarily in the realm wherein the personal atmosphere presides. For that reason to some readers, especially those who seek for the origin and growth of his theological beliefs, there will be but little of interest in my contribution; while to others, the story of a personal friendship will be the more attractive. One of my memories...