The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . r-rectness of action, andconstancy of will—theseare the attributes of therace which are rarely ifever absent from any ofthe possessors of theblood. They do notshine as orators bypyrotechnical displaysof imagery, by flashesof wit, but their argu-ments are sound andconvincing; they havethe faculty of convert-ing by their mode of presenting their cases. Believers inheredity can have no better argument than to point to thisrace. Wherever they go—and they have gone all over thisbroad republic and are found in every State, ramified intothe very
The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . r-rectness of action, andconstancy of will—theseare the attributes of therace which are rarely ifever absent from any ofthe possessors of theblood. They do notshine as orators bypyrotechnical displaysof imagery, by flashesof wit, but their argu-ments are sound andconvincing; they havethe faculty of convert-ing by their mode of presenting their cases. Believers inheredity can have no better argument than to point to thisrace. Wherever they go—and they have gone all over thisbroad republic and are found in every State, ramified intothe very best conditions of society and life—they have im-pressed themselves upon the communities wherever they re-sided. In Orange and its vicinity, where they have lived forgenerations, they have been important factors in mouldingand directing public opinion. They have connected them-selves by marriages with many of the old families of theOranges. A very large element of the population in thelocalities known by that appellation is descended from these. SAMUEL D. CONDIT. Samuel D. Condit is a true Condit, possessing many of thecharacteristics claimed for his race. He was born in Orange, BTOGKAPHICAL 339 November 24,1824. His father,Pinini(l Coiidit,owned a largefarm on Wasliington Street, and had quite a lainily of sons;iiid daiigliters. Some part of tliis farm as well iis some of thel;ind owned bv the first selHer of the mime in Oriin^e isstill in the possession of the f;iiiiilv. Siininel 1). (onditwiis edncated in the jinblic schools i>\ his native town, bnt,accordinji to the old-fashioned rnle wliich obtained in liisvoiitliful days, Ik- at a early date in his Instoryleft home to beoin the strniiiile of life. lie comduded toadopt tlie dry goods business as his occupation, and aftera few years attendance at school Avent to Bellevill(> amithere became a clerk in a gcmeral store, so common in thosedays in country villages. In 1847 he entered into the drygoods business
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