The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . story of a state as well as that ofa nation is chiefly the chronicle of the livesand deeds of those who have conferretl hon-or and dignity upon society. The worldjudges the character of a community by thatof its representative citizens and yields itstributes of admiration and respect for thegenius, learning or virtues of those whoseworks and actions constitute the record of astates prosperity and ])ride: and it is theircharacter, as exemplified in probity and be-nevolence, kindly virtues and integrity in theaffairs of life, that is ever a
The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . story of a state as well as that ofa nation is chiefly the chronicle of the livesand deeds of those who have conferretl hon-or and dignity upon society. The worldjudges the character of a community by thatof its representative citizens and yields itstributes of admiration and respect for thegenius, learning or virtues of those whoseworks and actions constitute the record of astates prosperity and ])ride: and it is theircharacter, as exemplified in probity and be-nevolence, kindly virtues and integrity in theaffairs of life, that is ever afYording worthyexamples for emul;ili(jn and \-aluable les-sons of incentive. To a student of biogra])hy there is noth-ing more interesting than to exaiuine thelife historx of a self-made man and to de-tect the elements of character which haveenabled him to pass on the highwa_\- of lifemany of the c<imi)anions of his youth whoat the of their careers were more ad-vantageously e([uipped or endowed. Thesubject of this review has through his own. HARRISON FAIRCHILD.
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