A New and Vastly Improved Edition of the Industrial Resources of Wisconsin

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Excerpt from A New and Vastly Improved Edition of the Industrial Resources of Wisconsin: Containing Numerous New Subjects, Not in the First Edition: Such as a Sketch of the Natural History of the State: Brief Sketches of Its Altered Condition at Different Periods and the Causes Leading Thereto: A New Theory of the Origin of Our American Lakes Sir: - It has been the common practice of authors, from time immemorial, to dedicate the result of their labors to some person of high standing, commanding respect by reason of good personal qualities and public usefulness - two essential qualities to make him respected and popular. I could enumerate the many qualities of head and heart that have contributed to make you respected and popular, but the task would be as distasteful to you as it would be repugnant to me, lest I should be suspected of adulation - a sin of which I was never guilty, and never shall be. Such a task, on my part, would be needless, as the steam engine roars out your name, in a voice of thunder, as it moves along with the speed of an eagle, on railroads passing through the state in every direction, the diligent schoolboy, on examination days, with gladdened heart, runs home from school with breathless haste, bearing away from his idle and truant schoolmates the Mitchell prize, which he presents to his mother as a priceless trophy, filling her heart with joy. The model bank at the corner of East Water and Michigan streets, publishes your name far and near. It is like a fountain supplied by a living stream of pure water, flowing from an inexhaustible source, inviting those who are thirsty to come to the fountain and drink to allay their thirst. The new church, with its stately spire, reaching toward heaven, and loud-sounding bell earnestly inviting sinners to come thither with repentant hearts to worship the living God, echoes your name as a patron. The orphan houses of the city proclaim your name, with gratitude, in noisy prattle, and, in short, your name is heard wherever your munificence is needed. I am sorry, sir, that the work I dedicate to you, is not more worthy of your patronage. It shows but little of "the light of other days, " the tablet of my memory being defaced by time, my sight being dimmed by age, and my knowledge (if I ever had any) being now but like the glimmering light of an expiring taper. The railroads through the state, the common schools, the model bank, the church, and orphan houses of the city, can tell your good works in more eloquent and appropriate terms than I can, and for that reason, I have left the task altogether in their hands. 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.