A biographical history of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa . ^^/\/\/yjx/\/\/\/\/%/%/\/%/%/\/%. HE greatest of English historians, Macaulay, and one of the mostbrilliant writers and profound thinkers of the present century, hassaid: The history of a country is best told in a record of thelives of its people. This is a fact which is becoming more andmore recognized as our people advance in education and intelli-gence, and our own great Emerson, whose name stands at thehead of American writers of his day, in carrying forward andemphasizing the great fact expressed by Macaulay, says: Biog-raphy is
A biographical history of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa . ^^/\/\/yjx/\/\/\/\/%/%/\/%/%/\/%. HE greatest of English historians, Macaulay, and one of the mostbrilliant writers and profound thinkers of the present century, hassaid: The history of a country is best told in a record of thelives of its people. This is a fact which is becoming more andmore recognized as our people advance in education and intelli-gence, and our own great Emerson, whose name stands at thehead of American writers of his day, in carrying forward andemphasizing the great fact expressed by Macaulay, says: Biog-raphy is the only true history. It was for the purpose of gathering and preservingthis biographical matter in enduring form that the design for this volume originated. COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY. Regarding the fore part of this volume, Part I, which is devoted to a Com-pendium OF National Biography, but little need be said. The lives of the greatmen and celebrities of America are so inaccessible to the general public, and are sooften in demand without being accessible, that it has been deeme
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