 The specific and distinctive office of biography is not to give voice to a man's modest estimate of himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave the perpetual record establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the part of his fellowmen.  History of Kentucky - Page 282by William Elsey Connelley, Ellis Merton Coulter - 1922 - 918 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel T. Black - San Diego County (Calif.) - 1913 - 668 pages
...distinction in the ranks of the legal fraternity of southern California. The specific and distinctive office of biography is not to give voice to a man's...himself and his accomplishments but rather to leave a perpetual record as established by public opinion. Judged in that light there is no mistaking the... | |
 | Samuel T. Black - Imperial County (Calif.) - 1913 - 702 pages
...distinction in the ranks of the legal fraternity of southern California. The specific and distinctive office of biography is not to give voice to a man's...himself and his accomplishments but rather to leave a perpetual record as established by public opinion. Judged in that light there is no mistaking the... | |
 | Frank Everett Stevens - Lee County (Ill.) - 1914 - 474 pages
...friendship of those with whom he has been brought in contact. CONRAD DURKES. The specific and distinctive office of biography is not to give voice to a man's...himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave the perpetual record establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the part of his fellowmen.... | |
 | William Henry Atherton - Montréal (Québec) - 1914 - 696 pages
...the industrial position in the world which is its due. THOMAS GAUTHIER. The specific and distinctive office of biography is not to give voice to a man's...himself and his accomplishments but rather to leave the perpetual record establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the part of his fellowmen,... | |
 | William Henry Atherton - Montréal (Québec) - 1914 - 718 pages
...the industrial position in the world which is its due. THOMAS GAUTHIER. The specific and distinctive office of biography is not to give 'voice to a man's...himself and his accomplishments but rather to leave the perpetual record establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the pan of his fellowmen,... | |
 | Nathan Edward Goldthwait - Boone County (Iowa) - 1914 - 710 pages
...able and eminent lawyers practicing in his section of the state. It is not the province of biography to give voice to a man's modest estimate of himself and his accomplishments, but rather to judge the record establishing his position by the consensus of public opinion on the part of his fellowmen.... | |
 | George Washington Kingsbury - Dakota Territory - 1915 - 1260 pages
...590, Loyal Order of Moose, of which he is lodge physician and surgeon. The specific and distinctive office of biography is not to give voice to a man's...himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave the perpetual record establishing his position by the consensus of opinion on the part of his fellowmen.... | |
 | Augustine M. Antrobus - Des Moines County (Iowa) - 1915 - 560 pages
...prominent in the club life of the town. COLONEL GEORGE H. HIGBEE. It is not the province of biography to give voice to a man's modest estimate of himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave a record establishing his position by the consensus of public opinion on the part of his fellowmen.... | |
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