 | John H. Binford - Greenfield (Ind.) - 1882 - 1130 pages
...active in local affairs. FREDERICK WILLIAM HIMEBROOK. The office of biography is not to give voice of a man's modest estimate of himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave upon the record the verdict establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the part of his... | |
 | Biography - 1895 - 664 pages
...result have built up a large and lucrative business. m The specific and distinctive office of /• 1 biography is not to give voice to a man's modest estimate...himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave the perpetual record of the verdict establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the part... | |
 | Joseph Patterson Smith - 1898 - 906 pages
...his father. WILLIAM T. ROWLES, MD— The specific and distinctive function exercised by biog' raphy is not to give voice to a man's modest estimate of...himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave the perpetual record of the verdict establishing his character by the concrete opinion of his fellow... | |
 | Benton County (Ind.) - 1899 - 642 pages
...'iisinavcd bv t''!^, i.1-il-iiiP.e . to v.... i BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. HON. ULRIC Z. WILEY. • The specif1c and distinctive office of biography is not to give...himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave the perpetual record establishing his character by the concensus of opinion on the part of his fellow... | |
 | Peter Ross - Long Island (N.Y.) - 1903 - 728 pages
...single ; and Peter C. Post, who is in charge of the old home farm and- is tmmarried. SAMUEL D. NUTT, MD The specific and distinctive office of biography is...himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave the perpetual record establishing his character by the .concensus of opinion on the part of his fellow... | |
 | Michigan - 1903 - 742 pages
...in such a manner as to effect the best results. 6io ST. CLAIR COUNTY, MICHIGAN. WILLIAM VOLKER. The office of biography is not to give voice to a man's...himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave upon the record the verdict establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the part of his... | |
 | Wexford County (Mich.) - 1903 - 640 pages
...promote the general prosperity while advancing individual interests. CHARLES W. BUTTON. The specific office of biography is not to give voice to a man's modest opinion of himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave upon record the verdict establishing... | |
 | Alpena County (Mich.) - 1905 - 954 pages
...with integrity and with fair dealing in all his relations with his fellow men. JAMES P. HOLBROOK. The office of biography is not to give voice to a man's...himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave upon the record the verdict establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the part of his... | |
 | Henry F. Thomas - Allegan County (Mich.) - 1907 - 802 pages
...in the Grand Lodge of the state. He has also attained the thirtysecond degree of the Scottish Rite. The specific and distinctive office of biography is...himself and his accomplishments but rather to leave the perpetual record of establishing his character by the consensus of opinion of his fellowmen. That... | |
 | Homer Howard Field, Joseph Rea Reed - Pottawattamie County (Iowa) - 1907 - 690 pages
...Avoca, where he lived and labored over thirty years. ALBRECHT C. MEITZEN. The distinctive and specific office of biography is not to give voice to a man's modest estimate of himself but rather to leave the perpetual record established by the consensus of public opinion, and determined... | |
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The specific and distinctive office of biography is not to give voice to a man's modest estimate of himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave the perpetual record establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the part of his fellowmen. 
