Centennial History of Missouri: (the Center State) One Hundred Years in the Union, 1820-1921, Volume 6

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S. J. Clarke publishing Company, 1921 - Missouri
 

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Page 291 - A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
Page 526 - ... a prophet is not without honor save in his own country...
Page 459 - His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, although he does not seek nor desire public office.
Page 304 - Greater love than this hath no man, that he lay down his life for his friends;" and " I lay down my life for the sheep.
Page 231 - He votes with the republican party and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day but is not ambitious for office.
Page 621 - He possesses untiring energy, is quick of perception, forms his plans readily, and is determined in their execution, and his close application to business and his excellent management have brought to him the high degree of prosperity which...
Page 347 - In the years which followed frequent evidences came to him of the high esteem in which he was held by those who knew most of his life work.
Page 584 - Fortunate is the man who has back of him an ancestry honorable and distinguished, and happy is he if his lines of life are cast in harmony therewith. In person, in talents and in character Aime Geoffrion is a worthy scion of his race.
Page 360 - His political endorsement is given to the republican party but the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him, as he has preferred to concentrate his attention and energies upon his steadily growing law practice.
Page 105 - Rite, while with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine he has crossed the sands of the desert.

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