Excerpt from Famous American Statesmen With the great, one's thoughts and manners easily become great; what this country longs for is personalities, grand persons, to coun teract its materialities, says Emerson. Such lives as are sketched in this book are a constant inspira tion, both to young and old. They teach Garfield's oft-repeated maxim, that the genius of success is still the genius of labor. They teach patriotism -a deeper love for and devotion to America. They teach that life, with some definite and noble purpose, ...
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Excerpt from Famous American Statesmen With the great, one's thoughts and manners easily become great; what this country longs for is personalities, grand persons, to coun teract its materialities, says Emerson. Such lives as are sketched in this book are a constant inspira tion, both to young and old. They teach Garfield's oft-repeated maxim, that the genius of success is still the genius of labor. They teach patriotism -a deeper love for and devotion to America. They teach that life, with some definite and noble purpose, is worth living. I have written of Abraham Lincoln, one of our greatest and best statesmen, in Poor Boys Who Became Famous, which will explain its omission from this volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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