Portrait and biographical record of Iroquois County, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative . ting. To the present generation, however, we are in-debted for the introduction of the admirable systemof local biography. By this system every man, thougVhe has not achieved what the world calls greatness,has the means to perpetuate his life, his history,ihrougli the coming ages. The scythe of Time cuts down all; nothing of thephysical man is left. The monument whicli his chil-dren or friends may erect to his memory in the ceme-tery will crumble into dus
Portrait and biographical record of Iroquois County, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative . ting. To the present generation, however, we are in-debted for the introduction of the admirable systemof local biography. By this system every man, thougVhe has not achieved what the world calls greatness,has the means to perpetuate his life, his history,ihrougli the coming ages. The scythe of Time cuts down all; nothing of thephysical man is left. The monument whicli his chil-dren or friends may erect to his memory in the ceme-tery will crumble into dust and pass away; but hislife, his achievements, tlie work he has accomplished,which otherwise would be forgotten, is perpetuatedby a record of this kind. To preserve the lineaments of our companions weengrave their portraits, for the same reason we col-lect the attainable facts of their history. Nor do wethink it necessary, as we speak only truth of them, towait until they are dead, or until those who knowthem are gone:.to do this we are ashamed only topulilish to the world the history of those whose live^are unwcthy of public LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA
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