A Modern History of New Haven and Eastern New Haven County, Volume 2

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Page 761 - ... sundries, and his trade has reached gratifying proportions, bringing him a substantial annual income. Mr. Long exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party, with which he has been connected since attaining his majority.
Page 642 - He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for here he...
Page 243 - 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 213 - 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 216 - ... he brought to the starting point of his legal career certain rare gifts, eloquence of language and a strong personality.
Page 498 - His political allegiance is given to the republican party, but while he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day...
Page 591 - Merriam is a stalwart republican, having supported the party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He...
Page 302 - In no profession is there a career more open to talent than in that of the law. and in no field of endeavor is there demanded a more careful preparation, a more thorough appreciation of the absolute ethics of life, or of the underlying principles which form the basis of all human rights and privileges. Unflagging application and intuitive wisdom...
Page 324 - You hear that boy laughing? You think he's all fun; But the angels laugh, too, at the good he has done; The children laugh loud as they troop to his call, And the poor man that knows him laughs loudest of all.
Page 28 - Fortunate is the man who has back of him an ancestry honorable and distinguished, and happy is he if his lines of life are cast in harmony therewith. In person, in talents and in character Aime Geoffrion is a worthy scion of his race.

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