Author: William Wilkinson
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Published: 2015-08-04
Total Pages: 482
ISBN-13: 9781332156658
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Excerpt from Memorials of the Minnesota Forest Fires, in the Year 1894: With a Chapter on the Forest Fires in Wisconsin, in the Same Year The question with which a man has to do, who writes memorials of events, which are worthy to be had in remembrance, is one of accuracy what really took place; when, where, how and what were the results. To depart from what is the strict truth is to do violence to history, to invent, not narrate events, and the writer who descends to it finds to his cost that "Fiction entices and deceives, and sprinkled o'er her fragrant leaves, lies poisonous dew." It is my aim in these memorials to set in order the suffering nobly endured, the great losses sustained, and the prompt and generous help given so freely by men in every walk of life, professors of all religions and of none, saint and sinner, rich and poor alike. In the doing of this, it is my hope to further the ends of Christian charity, and the mutual regard man owes to his fellow man as being members of one common family, the children of one loving Father. In all historic time the heoric men who have added glory to their age, have been held in high esteem; for them anthems have been sung, monuments raised, processions and gala days arranged; the sweetest poets have sung their fame, and the loftiest prose has told their praise; all this has not been, it is not now, for sentimental purposes; it has a firm foundation, and serves a far reaching and useful purpose. It is by the recital of daring and unselfish deeds that high ideals are kept before the public mind, that youth, in its ardor, in its desire of achievement, may rise to the opportunities presented in all their moral splendor, and thus renew the valor, and conquests their fathers won. It is one of the very first principles which comes into operation in the assimilation of ideas, that men grow like the patterns they set before themselves. All the great writers on morals have pointed this out; every page in books like Mr. Lecky's History of European Morals, proves its truth, and never failing incidents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.
