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Excerpt from William Painter and His Father, Dr. Edward Painter: Sketches and Reminiscences
In the production of this book I have obeyed the natural impulse to preserve accounts of two benefactors of the human race, inasmuch as they were my pro genitors. My father, William Painter, and his father, Dr. Edward Painter, were endowed with great energy, although I believe that their lives were unduly shortened by overwork. Father died in his sixty - eighth year, and grandfather in his sixty-third year. Memories of them are treasured by many, and many have passed on who clasped their hands. For those who cherish such recollections and for those who did not know them personally and desire to know more of their lives, this work is com piled.
In the struggles of life of the present and ou-coming generations, the very near aspects which some, including myself, possess, may become dimmed or lost lest these steps be taken. In looking over old photographs which I have zealously cared for, I have found that many are fading. The original negatives of a number were destroyed in the fire of 1904, and it is thus apparent that these Visual representa tions of loved faces and closed chapters, as well as biographical matter concerning them, should be given over to the arts of the engraver and printer without delay.
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