 | 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...accomplishments, but rather to leave the perpetual record of the verdict establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the part of his fellow men. That... | |
 | 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...accomplishments, but rather to leave the perpetual record of the verdict establishing his character by the concrete opinion of his fellow men. The public is a discriminating... | |
 | 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...accomplishments, but rather to leave the perpetual record establishing his character by the concensus of opinion on the part of his fellow men. That great factor,... | |
 | 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...accomplishments, but rather to leave the perpetual record establishing his character by the .concensus of opinion on the part of his fellow men. That Dr. Nutt... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Lewis M. Gross - De Kalb County (Ill.) - 1907 - 768 pages
...entertaining for them favorable regard. HON. GEOEGE W. CULVEH. The province of biography is not to give a man's modest estimate of himself and his accomplishments but rather to establish his worth and position by the consensus of public opinion, which, in the case of George W.... | |
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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. 
