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<A TEXT OF CHOMLEY> <T SOME PASSAGES FROM CHOMLEY> <P 1> @THE MAJORITY OF MEN ARE SO MUCH OCCUPIED NOW-A-DAYS WITH THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE, THAT THEY ARE UNWILLING TO CAST A GLANCE UPON THE PAST. @IT SEEMS A MATTER OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE TO THEM THAT EVEN THE VERY NAMES OF FAMILIES, THE MEMBERS OF WHICH PLAYED A BUSY PART IN THE HISTORY OF THEIR COUNTRY, SHOULD DIE OUT UNNOTICED AND UNCARED FOR. @YET IT WOULD NOT SURELY BE SO IF WE WERE BETTER AWARE HOW MUCH OF INTEREST LIES IN THE STORY OF THE LIVES AND CAREERS OF SOME OF THE "FOREBEARS" OF OUR @ENGLISH GENTRY. @STILL IT IS NOT OFTEN THAT A FORTUNATE CHANCE ENABLES US TO SEE OUR ANCESTORS AS THEY LIVED AND MOVED AMONG THEIR COTEMPORARIES. @TOO FREQUENTLY THE DETAILS HANDED DOWN RESPECTING THEM ARE SO FEW AND MEAGRE, THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FORM OUT OF THEM A FAITHFUL PICTURE OF EITHER THE MEN OR THEIR SURROUNDINGS. @THESE REMARKS DO NOT, HOWEVER, APPLY TO THE MEMOIRS OF @SIR @HUGH @CHOMLEY, IN WHICH HE GIVES "SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS FAM . . .
