The Life and Public Career of Hon. Horace Greeley (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from The Life and Public Career of Hon. Horace Greeley

Thus presidents of the United States have already been elevated to that high position by letting the people know who they were, what they had done, and their capacity for such an office. In this way our excellent Lincoln and our General Grant were ushered into a more elevated position than that of kings, because borne thither by a free and enlightened people.

The Creator, the Fountain of all good, seems to have acted upon this principle in giving us the Bible; in which he has set before us, for our imitation, the character of Abraham, Moses.

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Excerpt from The Life and Public Career of Hon. Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley has bad nothing to do with getting up, writing, or publishing this book. He has neither written nor seen a sentence of it in its original manuscript, nor in the proof-sheets, nor in any other way. He knows nothing about what it contains, and therefore is in no way or manner responsible for its statements.

The public has a right to know all that can be known of any public man, and especially of any one who is presented for their suffrage. It is for this purpose, to give this information (now that Mr. Greeley has been nominated for the highest office in the gift of this great nation), that the following facts and incidents of his life are here presented. They have been gathered from the most authentic and reliable sources, and speak for themselves. They show the man as he has been, when a poor boy, an apprentice, a journeyman, an editor, a public roan, - just what he was in all the positions he has held before he was a candidate for the presidency. This is all the writer has desired or designed to do, - to show the people just who Horace Greeley is, what he has been, and what he has done. Having done this, according to the ability given the writer, he leaves him and his doings in the hands of an appreciating public.

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.