Excerpt from Squire Brooke, A Memorial of Edward Brooke of Fieldhouse, Near Huddersfield: With Extracts From His Diary and CorrespondenceBut men, who acknowledging the responsibilities of life, have lived to purpose, serving God and their own generation by the will of God, - lifting their fellow men out of the mire, and helping to make the world better and happier than they found it we love to think upon, when they are gone. Their memory is fragrant. Like grateful perfume, it revives and invigorates. By reading the story of a good man's life, many a slumbering nature has been roused, and many a young man whose life was aimless, has been stirred to well directed activity, and encouraged to go and do likewise.The object of the following pages is to embalm the memory of one, who spurning all selfish considerations, lived to bless his fellow men - that others contemplating his consecrated life, and in¿uenced by his beautiful example, may aspire to similar devotedness, and not live unto themselves, but to Him who 'died for them and rose again.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.