THE MEMOIRS
OF
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN
THE MEMOIRS
OF
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN
BY
ROBERT HERRICK
AUTHOR OF "THE WEB OF LIFE," "THE REAL WORLD,"
"THE COMMON LOT," ETC.
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
1905
All rights reserved
Copyright, 1905,
By THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Copyright, 1905,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published July, 1905.
Norwood Press
J.S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
TO
"O Commander of the Faithful," said the other, "shall I tell thee what I have seen with my eyes or what I have only heard tell?"
"If thou hast seen aught worth telling," replied the Khalif, "let us hear it: for report is not like eye-witness."
"O Commander of the Faithful," said the other, "lend me thine ear and thine heart."
"O Ibn Mensour," answered the Khalif, "behold I am listening to thee with mine ears, and looking at thee with mine eyes, and attending to thee with mine heart."