Excerpt from Thoughts
It was hoped that this volume could be published before the death of Mr. Hoke, so that he might have the gratification of seeing placed in a more permanent form some of his writings that had appeared from time to time in the daily press. When he was contributing to the columns of the Nashville Banner the articles which appeared under the general title of "Here and There," he was frequently requested to compile them into a book, but so modest was his estimate of the literary worth of his productions, he did not seriously entertain the proposition. He felt that he had not attained to the standard of excellence it was his ambition to achieve, and he preferred to bide the time when he could essay a work that, in his judgment, would more nearly approach the ideals in thought and expression which he ever kept before him, and which he could not approximate to his own satisfaction under circumstances that rendered much of his labor of a desultory character. But the encroachment of an inherited disease, which had shadowed his life, gradually shut out the prospect of the attainment of his larger desires, and as he lay helpless on a bed of pain, and hopeless of recovery, he yielded to importunity and consented to the publication of a collection of his essays, which, appearing in the newspaper prints, had elicited so many and such hearty expressions of appreciation. Although weak and wasted, he indicated the choice of most of the essays appearing in this volume. It is deeply regretted that he did not live to take in his hands a book, the publication of which, under the circumstances, is a tribute by his friends to his nobility of character and the admirable work of his pen.
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