. Some successful Americans . bythe adjournment of courts and public councils and by thepassage of resolutions throughout Georgia and in manytowns and cities in other states. Alexander H. Stephens had faults, as who has made some mistakes, as all mortals will. He seemedat times to be vacillating, but it must be said that noman ever knew him well who failed to love him. Hestruggled with infirmities that would have crushed mostmen. He was generous and forgiving. He was a bene-factor to many, and never intentionally did harm to any ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS II9 one. His is a life that calls fo
. Some successful Americans . bythe adjournment of courts and public councils and by thepassage of resolutions throughout Georgia and in manytowns and cities in other states. Alexander H. Stephens had faults, as who has made some mistakes, as all mortals will. He seemedat times to be vacillating, but it must be said that noman ever knew him well who failed to love him. Hestruggled with infirmities that would have crushed mostmen. He was generous and forgiving. He was a bene-factor to many, and never intentionally did harm to any ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS II9 one. His is a life that calls for much commendation andhttle reproof. A careful study of the life of Mr. Stephens will be inmany ways profitable. We will come to know a reallygreat and good man who won success in spite of manyobstacles and be stimulated thereby. We will becomebetter acquainted with an important period of our his-tory and learn to understand better than some of usnow do the feelings of the Southern people just beforeand during the Civil Leland Stanford 120 LELAND STANFORD 1824-1893 Leland Stanford is an excellent example of what canbe accomplished by persistent effort. With no opportunitiesin early life beyond what most boys may have, he made him-self one of the leaders in the development of our countryand its resources. The Stanfords are of English extraction. One of thefamily settled in the Mohawk Valley as early as 1720, andfrom him Leland Stanford was descended. Lelands fatherwas a native of Massachusetts, but came to New York whenhe was a boy. Leland was born at WatervHet, New York,March 9, 1824. His father was an influential farmer, wellread for the times and interested in the welfare of schoolsand churches. Lelands mother was a woman of good judg-ment, strong convictions, and very fond of her children, ofwhom there were eight, seven sons and one daughter. Leland, the fourth son, was a good worker on the farm,though he loved books better than farming. He was ener-getic, quick-witte
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