. Baltimore : its history and its people . h an atmo-sphere of more than usual helpfulness and happiness. Perhaps the most obvious, if not the strongest, trait of Mr. Youngscharacter is his intense individuality. No one who has ever met him canpossibly mistake any one else for him, or him for any one else. Endowedwith a many-sided mental equipment, combined with an energy and an en-thusiasm which make him a tireless and effective worker in the many fieldsof endeavor which he covers, he has gained a success in life that is notmeasured by financial prosperity, but is gauged by the kindly ameniti
. Baltimore : its history and its people . h an atmo-sphere of more than usual helpfulness and happiness. Perhaps the most obvious, if not the strongest, trait of Mr. Youngscharacter is his intense individuality. No one who has ever met him canpossibly mistake any one else for him, or him for any one else. Endowedwith a many-sided mental equipment, combined with an energy and an en-thusiasm which make him a tireless and effective worker in the many fieldsof endeavor which he covers, he has gained a success in life that is notmeasured by financial prosperity, but is gauged by the kindly amenities andcongenial associations that go to satisfy mans kaleidoscopic nature. In allMr. Youngs activities his first thought has been the advancement of Bal-timore. The welfare of his beloved city is the ultimate goal of all hisambitions, the final object of all his endeavors, and faithfully and well hashe served her. As editor, politician, soldier and legislator, he is and has€ver been, first, last and always, a loyal citizen of ljXt-^cynlS> HISTORY OF BALTIMORE 553; ROBERT MORRIS JONES As man in society finds the most important feature of his Hfe is hisrelation with his fellow-man, so in the upbuilding of a state perhaps themost salient feature to be considered is its commercial relations with otherstates; and as it is with states and nations, so it is with cities, the founda-tions upon which they rest being their comimercial activities and the quali-ties of their leading merchants and manufacturers. The importance to amunicipality, therefore, that its representative business men should possessthe highest attributes of the race, cannot be overestimated; it is in thehands of these chief citizens that its destiny lies, and with them its fortunesmust rise or fall. In the proud list of her citizens, known and honored throughout thebusiness world for stability, integrity and fair dealing, Baltimore has nocause to be other than satisfied with the record of that promine
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