Centennial History of Missouri: (the Center State) One Hundred Years in the Union, 1820-1921, Volume 5S. J. Clarke publishing Company, 1921 - Missouri |
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Page 423 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 115 - At no time has his reading ever been confined to the limitations of the questions at issue. It has gone beyond and compassed every contingency and provided not alone for the expected but for the unexpected, which happens in the courts quite as frequently as out of them.
Page 647 - Jacobus exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day. He...
Page 687 - Detroit and that his course has ever been worthy the confidence and goodwill of his fellowmen is indicated in the fact that many of his stanchest friends are those who have known him from his boyhood to the present.
Page 650 - He is an important factor in business circles and his popularity is well deserved, as in him are embraced the characteristics of an unbending integrity, unabating energy, and industry that never flags.
Page 348 - His political support is given to the republican party and he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, but the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him.
Page 20 - His political allegiance is given to the republican party but the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him...
Page 348 - The zeal with which he has devoted his energies to his profession, the careful regard evinced for the interests of his clients, and an assiduous and unrelaxing attention to all the details of his cases, have brought him a large business and" made him very successful in its conduct.
Page 208 - How blest is he who crowns in shades like these A youth of labor with an age of ease; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly!
Page 733 - ... a prophet is not without honor save in his own country...