. Portraits of eminent Americans now living : with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions. ^hW^^^(^/^ K^ JOHN FLETCHER DARBY, OF MISSOURI. 333 JOHN FLETCHER DARBY, OF MISSOURI. In glancing over the biographical history of our country, and espe-cially the western country, any man who has not maturely thought uponthe tendencies of our popular institutions, would be astonished at thenumber of our eminent men who have raised themselves from obscurity tothe high places of power and usefulness by their own unpatronized ener-gies. The fact, while it is a source of honest pride
. Portraits of eminent Americans now living : with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions. ^hW^^^(^/^ K^ JOHN FLETCHER DARBY, OF MISSOURI. 333 JOHN FLETCHER DARBY, OF MISSOURI. In glancing over the biographical history of our country, and espe-cially the western country, any man who has not maturely thought uponthe tendencies of our popular institutions, would be astonished at thenumber of our eminent men who have raised themselves from obscurity tothe high places of power and usefulness by their own unpatronized ener-gies. The fact, while it is a source of honest pride in every Americanheart, teaches a lesson of deep philosophy. It enables every right-thinking man to rise in his own estimation, and to put a juster estimateupon his own intrinsic worth. It proves to him that the seeds of abilityand virtue have not been hoarded up for a favored few, but have beensowed broadcast among the people, and with a liberal hand, and thatnothing is wanted to make them sprout and grow into plants of useful-ness and honor but the virgin soil of a new country, and the light andheat of fre
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