Excerpt from the Introduction: "The following pages are principally written by the pen of the hero of our age, that pure-hearted man-that devoted patriot, and noble, generous, and disinterested philanthropist-that spirited, undaunted, and indomitable warrior, whose splendid deeds have dazzled the world, and whose career, according to his own recent declaration, will be brought to its close by a final triumph, for which he is now preparing, to be gained early in the present year."