The Seeker

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TO MY FRIEND WILLIAM CURTIS GIBSON
Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor? —Holy Writ.
John and Peter and Robert and Paul— God, in His wisdom, created them all. John was a statesman and Peter a slave, Robert a preacher and Paul was a knave. Evil or good, as the case might be, White or colored, or bond or free, John and Peter and Robert and Paul— God, in His wisdom, created them all. The Chemistry of Character.
BOOK ONE—The Village of Edom
BOOK TWO—The Same
BOOK THREE—New York
ALLAN DELCHER, a retired Presbyterian clergyman.
BERNAL LINFORD} ALLAN LINFORD } his grandsons.
CLAYTON LINFORD, Their father, of the artistic temperament, and versatile.
CLYTEMNESTRA, Housekeeper for Delcher.