An Address Delivered by Frank H. Jones Before the Chicago Historical Society
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Excerpt from An Address Delivered by Frank H. Jones Before the Chicago Historical Society: At the Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of General Ulysses S. Grant Pericles, when he was to speak in public, prayed to the Gods "That not a word might escape him unawares unsuitable to the occasion." Since accepting your invitation my prayers have gone further, - that I might say much suitable to the occasion, and anticipating the plan of the Society might be realized by the presence of a number of young men of Chicago, I hoped I might from the many noble acts and many noble qualities of heart and mind of Ulysses S. Grant, present to them a guide for imitation in pure thought, right living and high motives. Plutarch says, "I fill my mind with the sublime images of the best and greatest men by attention to history and biography and if I contract any blemish, any ill custom or ungenerous feeling from other company in which I am unavoidably engaged, I correct and expel them by calmly and dispassionately turning my thoughts to these excellent examples." I may trespass upon the time and patience of many of you in the recital of details, but for my purpose it seems necessary. In a number of my recitals of dates and facts especially with reference to his youth and young manhood, I shall use the "Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant," to my mind one of the literary classics of all times, frequently using his own words. I shall hope to give a personal touch to my remarks by information given me by members of his family. 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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