The Ancestry of Franklin Merriam Peabody

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Excerpt from The Ancestry of Franklin Merriam Peabody: Collected and Made Into This Book as a Mark of Affection of His Grandfather Franklin Asbury MerriamAt your present age of three years, it is not expected that you will find interest in this book that I have created for you. Later, you will be curious to know something of the many people to whom you owe your existence, and who have kept alight through countless ages that spark of life recently handed over to you to tend.Times change. Your first proved ancestor marvelled at the newly invented printing, later ones, at chimneys, table-forks, and the discovery of America, some were as proud to discard the saddle for a carriage as you will be to drive a 19 50-model car - provided you condescend, at that date, to travel on the ground at all.It may amuse you to remember that your grandfather began life with oil-lamps, and lived in the period of gas and electric-light, telephones automobiles, submarines, air planes and world-encircling dirigibles. Your allotted span may bring you close to A. D. 2000. I wonder what changes you will see!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.