Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Autobiography of Francis Torrey Townsend, and Genealogy of the Townsends
H E N a small boy I remember hearing my teacher say to his oldest class in school: Young men, your life is before you, now make your mark in the world.
This leads me to ask myself, What kind of a mark have I made?' I fear that in writing my Autobiography the reader will see that the mark I have made is very dim, so much so that but few have seen it. The mark is made and cannot be changed. It is said that some men make renown by their wit, but I have failed for want of stock.
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