Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . ^£-L^/-t;-rt-^ yyi^ O^A^n^U2^iLy INDIANA AND JNDIANANS Elwood Haykes. There is a certainclass of pessimists who are forever dispar-aging individual credit for great achieve-ments. Such carping critics would say forinstance that if America had not been dis-covered by Columbus it would have beendiscovered anyway sooner or later. Theplays of William Shakespeare were notwritten by Shakespeare but perhaps by an-other man of the same name. Such per-sons would not even give the devil hisdue. Fortuna
Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . ^£-L^/-t;-rt-^ yyi^ O^A^n^U2^iLy INDIANA AND JNDIANANS Elwood Haykes. There is a certainclass of pessimists who are forever dispar-aging individual credit for great achieve-ments. Such carping critics would say forinstance that if America had not been dis-covered by Columbus it would have beendiscovered anyway sooner or later. Theplays of William Shakespeare were notwritten by Shakespeare but perhaps by an-other man of the same name. Such per-sons would not even give the devil hisdue. Fortunately these ingrates are fewin number, ilost people are willing toconcede praise when it is fairly earned. Therefore, only here and there will beheard a word of dissent when an Indianawriter places the name of Elwood Haynesof Kokomo along with Alexander GrahamBell and Thomas A. Edison as one of threegreat living Americans who have workedthe most astounding miracles of the mod-ern age. Of the electric light invented byEdison, the telephone invented by Bell andthe motor car perfected by Elwood Hayneindianaindianans03dunn
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