Biographical Record
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Co, Biographical Publishing) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Biographical Record: This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Sedgwick County, Kansas, and a Compendium of National Biography Having brought to a successful termination our labors in Sedgwick County in compiling and editing the sketches herein contained, we desire, in presenting this Biographical Record to our patrons, to make a few remarks necessarily brief, in regard to the value and importance of local works of this nature. We agree with Ralph Waldo Emerson, that "Biography is the only true History," and also are of the opinion that a collection of the biographies of the leading men of a nation would give a more interesting, as well as authentic, history of their country than any other that could be written. The value of such a production as this cannot be too highly estimated. With each succeeding year the have of Obscurity removes more and more from our view the fast disappearing landmarks of the past. Oblivion sprinkles her dust of forgetfulness on men and their deeds, effectually concealing them front the public eye, and because of the many living objects that claim our attention, few of those who have been removed from the busy world linger long in our memory, liven the glorious achievements of the present age may not insure it from being lost in the glare of greater things to come, and so it is manifestly a duty to posterity for the men of the present time to preserve a record of their lives and a story of their progress from low and humble beginnings to great and noble deeds, in order that future generations may read the account of their successful struggles, and profit by their example. Regarding the fore part of this volume, "Part 1." which is devoted to a "Compendium of National Biography," but little need be said. The lives of the great men and celebrities of America are so inaccessible to the general public, and are so often in demand without being accessible, that it has been deemed wise to gather together a vast number of the biographies of our nation´s greatest men and include them in this work as a fitting preface to the life histories and biographies of the local parties which follow, and embrace the latter part of the volume. It is not given to all men to become great in a national sense, but the life history of those who do makes up the history of our nation, and as such the history of their lives should be in every home and library as a means of reference and education. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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