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E-book The coming race
I am a native of _____, in the United States of America. My
ancestors migrated from England in the reign of Charles II.;
and my grandfather was not undistinguished in the War of
Independence. My family, therefore, enjoyed a somewhat high
social position in right of birth; and being also opulent, they
were considered disqualified for the public service. My father
once ran for Congress, but was signally defeated by his tailor.
After that event he interfered little in politics, and lived
much in his library. I was the eldest of three sons, and sent
at the age of sixteen to the old country, partly to complete my
literary education, partly to commence my commercial training
in a mercantile firm at Liverpool. My father died shortly after I was twenty-one; and being left well off, and having a
taste for travel and adventure, I resigned, for a time, all
pursuit of the almighty dollar, and became a desultory wanderer
over the face of the earth.
In the year 18__, happening to be in _____, I was invited by a
professional engineer, with whom I had made acquaintance, to
visit the recesses of the ________ mine, upon which he was
employed. The reader will understand, ere he close this narrative, my
reason for concealing all clue to the district of which I
write, and will perhaps thank me for refraining from any
description that may tend to its discovery.
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