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Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . Ohio man) they be-lieved in pegging away. They were resolved to fight it outon this line if it takes all summer. Every one of them had aravenous appetite for knowledge. They were, without excep-tion, active, enterprising and courageous. Their character andeducation were such as fit men for any respectable occupation inlife, professional, business or mechanical, in town or were what we familiarly call all round men. They roseto high positions of pubHc trust and were equal to the tasks re-quired of them. But Grant in the tannery was esse
Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . Ohio man) they be-lieved in pegging away. They were resolved to fight it outon this line if it takes all summer. Every one of them had aravenous appetite for knowledge. They were, without excep-tion, active, enterprising and courageous. Their character andeducation were such as fit men for any respectable occupation inlife, professional, business or mechanical, in town or were what we familiarly call all round men. They roseto high positions of pubHc trust and were equal to the tasks re-quired of them. But Grant in the tannery was essentially thesame man as Grant in the White House, and any self-respectingOhio man is intrinsically as great and as good, in a tannery asin the Capital. A mans a man, for a that. If mean and smallin himself, a throne cannot make him royal and great. A punycharacter in the presidents chair betrays itself, and is contempt-ible; a grand personality though in the humblest position, com-mands admiration. Act well your part, there all the honor E. M. STANTON. Photo by Pilsou & Son. i The Cente7inial of Jefferson County, 329 EDWIX M. STAXTOX. Tuesday being designated as Stanton day, the public mindAvas centered on tiie building in which E. ]\L Stanton was the great war secretary, lawyer and jurist was born De-cember 19, 1814. It is a two-story brick set back from Marketstreet between Fifth and Sixth, with a small enclosed yard be-tween the house and the sidewalk. In after years a three-storybusiness house was built in front of the old house. The tabletunveiled is of bronze made by the Lambs of Xew York, and onit are these words: EDWIN M. STAXTON Attorney Gexerai. Secretary of War Justice of the Supreme Court Born here igth December, 1S14 Erected by the School Children of Jefferson County. The Stanton day parade, which moved promptly at twooclock Tuesday afternoon, was imposing, the educational inter-ests of the city being the main feature. The military of the stateand n
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