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Excerpt from Descent and Alliances of Croslegh, or Crossle, or Crossley, of Scaitcliffe: And Coddington, of Oldbridge; And Evans, of Eyton Hall
What good is there in a pedigree? What is the use of tracing your descent from a distant past?
It is not my intention to attempt to prove that a register of such descent has value. I assume that it must be a help to a man, when called upon to refuse the evil and to choose the good, to know something of men and women who have made the good choice before him, and to remember that their blood is coursing through his own veins.
It was no consideration of utility, however, which led to this compilation. It was love of kin which supplied the motive. It has always been an indescribable delight to me to go back in fancy and affection to my dear old kinsfolk as I knew them in my childhood, and to recall the pleasure with which they were accustomed to dwell on the days of their fathers and the old time before them. Accordingly I began, while still an undergraduate, to make a collection of such scraps and anecdotes relating to our family as I could pick up from older people.
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What good is there in a pedigree? What is the use of tracing your descent from a distant past?
It is not my intention to attempt to prove that a register of such descent has value. I assume that it must be a help to a man, when called upon to refuse the evil and to choose the good, to know something of men and women who have made the good choice before him, and to remember that their blood is coursing through his own veins.
It was no consideration of utility, however, which led to this compilation. It was love of kin which supplied the motive. It has always been an indescribable delight to me to go back in fancy and affection to my dear old kinsfolk as I knew them in my childhood, and to recall the pleasure with which they were accustomed to dwell on the days of their fathers and the old time before them. Accordingly I began, while still an undergraduate, to make a collection of such scraps and anecdotes relating to our family as I could pick up from older people.
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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Charles Croslegh
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780265593301
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm
Page Count - 544
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Contributors
Author
Charles Croslegh
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781331603023
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm
Page Count - 546
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