Biographical and Genealogical History of Appanoose and Monroe Counties, Iowa (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

S. Thompson Lewis

 
9781330748060: Biographical and Genealogical History of Appanoose and Monroe Counties, Iowa (Classic Reprint)

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It is a great truth that some must follow and some command. But the pages of history must ever be filled with the achievements and char acter of those who command, who are able to direct the power of the hosts and bring victory to the cause of progress. And it is here fitting, in a work purporting to give an account of the lives of those who have aided in making the state of Iowa one of the banner states of the Union, to give a prominent place to the life and career of cit-governor Drake. N o fulsome tributes of praise will be here attempted, and none are needed; his deeds speak for themselves. As a business man, as a soldier, as a statesman, as the highest executive officer of his state, as the founder of a great university, and, above all, as the exponent of true, noble Christian manhood, he deserves to take rank among the leaders of men and makers of history.

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