Memoirs of Gustave Koerner, 1809-1896 : life-sketches written at the suggestion of his children . THE TORCH PRESS. PUBLISHERS CEDAR RAPIDS. IOWA 1909 COPYRIGHT 1909BY MARY K. ENGELMANN PREFACE The personal memoirs of Gustavus Koerner were notwritten for publication. Had such been the design, manydetails relating to his domestic and social life had probablybeen omitted. During the closing years of a long and eventfullife, his children urged the octogenarian to write the historyof his life, realizing, as he himself fully realized, that the mostvaluable heritage which one can leave to ones descen
Memoirs of Gustave Koerner, 1809-1896 : life-sketches written at the suggestion of his children . THE TORCH PRESS. PUBLISHERS CEDAR RAPIDS. IOWA 1909 COPYRIGHT 1909BY MARY K. ENGELMANN PREFACE The personal memoirs of Gustavus Koerner were notwritten for publication. Had such been the design, manydetails relating to his domestic and social life had probablybeen omitted. During the closing years of a long and eventfullife, his children urged the octogenarian to write the historyof his life, realizing, as he himself fully realized, that the mostvaluable heritage which one can leave to ones descendants isones own history, provided it is the history of an active,unselfish, and useful life. It is a source of regret that so few of the autobiographiesof our prominent men deal with the details of their domesticand social life. It is probably due to the fact that the writersregard it as a sanctuary to be withdrawn from the publicgaze, the key to which, when they are gone, is forever how much more thorough would be our understandingof their lives and actions, were we permitted to li
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