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Excerpt from The Harper Centennial, 1817-1917: A Few of the Greetings and Congratulations The century of literary achievement which the House of Harper represents began with Senecaand closes with the President of the United States. The Directors of Harper 85 Brothers count it a happy omen that the new Documentary Edition of President Wilson's History of the American People should signalize the close of the first century of the House and the beginning of the second. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.