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Excerpt from South African Reminiscences: A Series of Sketches of Prominent Public Events Which Have Occurred in South Africa Within the Memory of the Author During the Forty Years Since 1854, and of the Public Men, Official and Unofficial, Who Have Taken Part in Them
The method I decided upon adopting was to write down every reminiscence as it was recalled to my mind by recurring to an event, or to the name of some distinguished public man who had been conspicuous, either for initiating, or assisting in the measures and movements which have quickened the progress of the Colony, developed its resources, and improved its status in the Colonial Empire during the period before mentioned. I felt this to be more within my powers, and more likely to bring out interesting incidents in the lives of our esteemed public men, than if I were to attempt to write a history chronologically as the events occurred. It appeared to me that this would be more interesting to the reader and serve a better purpose, and to test it I published each Reminiscence as written in the columns of the colonial Press. If I may judge by the commendations I have received, orally and verbally, for the Reminiscences already published, I was right.
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