heard it once said in the pulpit, 'There is no work of art like
a noble life,' and for that reason he who has achieved one,
takes rank with the great artists and becomes the world's
property. WE ARE PROUD OF THIS BOOK. WE ARE WILLING TO LET IT
GO FORTH TO OTHER LANDS AS A SPECIMEN OF WHAT AMERICA CAN
PRODUCE. In the old world, reviewers have called Barnum THE
characteristic American man. We are willing enough to admit
that he is a characteristic American man: he is ONE fruit of
our soil, but Amos Lawrence is another. Let our country have
credit for him also. THE GOOD EFFECT WHICH THIS LIFE MAY HAVE
IN DETERMINING THE COURSE OF YOUNG MEN TO HONOR AND VIRTUE IS
INCALCULABLE."--MRS. STOWE, IN N. Y. INDEPENDENT.

"We are glad to know that our large business houses are
purchasing copies of this work for each of their numerous
clerks. Its influence on young men cannot be otherwise than
highly salutory. As a business man, Mr. Lawrence was a pattern
for the young clerk."--BOSTON TRAVELLER.

"We are thankful for the volume before us. It carries us back
to the farm-house of Mr. Lawrence's birth, and the village
store of his first apprenticeship. It exhibits a charity noble
and active, while the young merchant was still poor. And above
all, it reveals to us a beautiful cluster of sister graces, a
keen sense of honor, integrity which never knew the shadow of
suspicion, candor in the estimate of character, filial piety,
rigid fidelity in every domestic relation, and all these
connected with and flowing from steadfast religious principle,
profound sentiments of devotion, and a vivid realization of
spiritual truth."--NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.

"We are glad that American Biography has been enriched by such
a contribution to its treasures. In all that composes the
career of 'the good man,' and the practical Christian, we have
read few memoirs more full of instruction, or richer in lessons
of wisdom and virtue. We cordially unite in the opinion that
the publication of this memoir was a duty owed to
society."--NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.

"With the intention of placing it within the reach of a large
number, the mere cost price is charged, and a more beautifully
printed volume, or one calculated to do more good, has not been
issued from the press of late