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Excerpt from Steps Upward Diana Dinmont, who is to be our heroine, was the daughter Of Heckel Dinmont, a poor day-laborer, whose ancestors came a long time ago from Over the big waters, and claimed their descent from the fear less Huguenots Of the sixteenth century. Those ancestors had come to America with a hope of reli gions freedom, and the leaders of the clan were doubtless men Of great courage and breadth of thought. But there were among them, probably, those of a lower grade, the hewers of wood and the drawers of water for their more noble and enter prising brethren. Be this as it may, the retrogres sion had been swift and sure; and though Heckel Dinmont regularly boasted Of the staunch Hugue not blood that ran in his veins, no one could have suspected so wonderful an ingredient in his nature from anything in his life or character. 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.