Biographical Review of Calhoun County Michigan: Containing Historical Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Many of the Prominent Citizens of to-Day and Also of the Past (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Biographical Review of Calhoun County Michigan: Containing Historical Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Many of the Prominent Citizens of to-Day and Also of the Past<br><br>The present age is happily awake to the duty of writing its own rec ords setting down what is best worth remembering in the lives of the busy toil ers of to-day noting not in vain glory but with an honest pride and sense of fitness things worthy of emulation that thus the good men do may live after them. The accounts here rendered are not of buried talents but of used abil ity and opportunity. The conquests recited are of mind over matter of cheer ful labor directed by thought of honest earnest endeavor which subdues the earth in the divinely appointed way. The great lesson ''of biography it is said is to show what man can be and do at his best. A noble life put fairly on record acts like an inspiration and no more interesting or instructive mat ter could be presented to an intelligent public.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.