Excerpt from Memoirs, and Select Remains, of Charles Pond: Late Member of the Sophomore Class in Yale College Soon after the death of the beloved and highly gifted subject of the following Memoirs, it was suggested to his friends by several who had been well acquainted with his character, that a sketch of his life including extracts from his correspondence and miscellaneous writings might subserve a valuable purpose. It is with this hope that this little volume has been com piled, and it is now submitted to the public. It is what it professes to be, a selection merely; much has been left, both of his correspondence and other matter, equally interesting, perhaps, as that which has been extracted. It has been the'aim of the compiler, however, to make a selection of such variety as to exhibit all the several features of his character. That arrangement has been adopted which was thought best calculated to illustrate the regular progress of his mind. The letters and papers, are inserted in the order of time in which they were written; and the business of the compiler has been only to connect them together, adding just so much as seemed neces sary to complete the picture. 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.