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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 . . .
