Author : Hubert Howe Bancroft
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ISBN 13 : 9781330629741
Total Pages : 786 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (297 download)
Book Synopsis The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) by : Hubert Howe Bancroft
Download or read book The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Hubert Howe Bancroft and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. 2 When bad men combine the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. Edmund Burke. This volume has been reserved for the presentation of the acts of the Grand Tribunal organized by the citizens of San Francisco in 1856. Since the organization of 1851 a change has come over our youthful city. In the business streets are found evidences of a permanent progressive commonwealth; in the suburbs substantial houses to some extent have taken the place of white tents and board shanties. Throughout the state the change is little less marked. The entire population do not now as formerly wander from place to place in their hunt for gold like the red man in search of food; but civilized industry, agriculture, manufactures, and the gentler arts or domesticity have taken place beside commerce and mining, and men plant as if intending to await the harvest. Meanwhile hope assumes a rosy hue. That first receding wave of fortune which leaves heart-sinking disappointment - ah, who that has felt it can ever forget it! - incident to failure to secure wealth within the first three months of venture is returning, freighted with nobler than gold-digging resolves. 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.
