A Eulogy On Henry Wilson Vice President Of The United States Etc

Author : Elliot C. Cowdin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330799116
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book Tribute to the Memory of Henry Wilson, Late Vice-President of the United States (Classic Reprint) written by Elliot C. Cowdin and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tribute to the Memory of Henry Wilson, Late Vice-President of the United States You will, nevertheless, not expect me to enter into a detail of so important and useful a career - interwoven, as it is, with some of the most thrilling events in the history of our country for more than a quarter of a century. In many aspects Henry Wilson will stand before posterity as one of the most remarkable men of his times. Cradled in obscurity and poverty, and struggling till he reached mature manhood against the most depressing circumstances, he nevertheless advanced by steady steps to positions of exalted trusts, and finally reached the second place in the gift of the American people. It is rare, very rare, that we see a citizen rising so high from a station originally so low, and making so enduring a mark upon the institutions of his country, despite the blighting influence that surrounded his early years. I need not trace even the outlines of his career. The eulogiums from the press, the platform and the pulpit since his death have made them as familiar as household words. Inured to toil from childhood, he was a farm apprentice till he reached his majority, when he learned the trade of a shoemaker, and finally settled in Natick, in the State of Massachusetts, in 1838, at the age of twenty-seven. 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.