"The book is not more for young men-than for old men. The Calabria was wrecked "the last day out." Nor is the book more for men-than for women. The best being that God ever made is a good woman-and the worst that the devil ever made is a bad one. If anything herein shall be a warning either to man or woman-I will be satisfied."
Reverend Dr. Thomas De Witt was a preacher and clergyman who was one of the most prominent religious leaders in the United States during the mid- to late-19th century, equaled as a pulpit orator perhaps only by Henry Ward Beecher.
During the last years of his life,...