Historical Collections of the Joseph Habersham Chapter, Daughters American Revolution Volume 2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...must furnish better reasons than these or a stronger sword than ours.' "As an officer of the Confederate cabinet he was indefatigable, sincere and exceedingly able. In the days of reconstruction he was always the friend of the people. The people trusted him and he them. When Georgia undertook to make a new constitution and the convention had exhausted its appropriation he advanced the state the means to continue the convention from his own estate. His brilliant career gloriously covers the fields of the orator, statesman, lawyer, soldier and patriot." Bishop Candler: "William H. Crawford was a very great man, but if he is barred, then I would say Bishop Pierce was second to none. While both Toombs and Hill were intellectually great, they were not in any respect, nor indeed any man could be, superior to Bishop Pierce, whose brilliant mind was adorned with all the graces of Christian charity." Mary Lamar Jackson: "If by the greatest Georgian is meant the man who has accomplished the greatest practical good for humanity, I should say that Dr. Crawford W. Long deserved that tribute. Dr. Long, by his discovery of anesthesia, opened a new world to the science of surgery, added years to the average human life, and made possible the eradication of disease for a multitude of hopeless sufferers. "If by the interrogation were meant the Georgian who has achieved most for the human soul, I would beg to lay my bit of laurel before the name of Sidney Lanier. Long lengthened human life. Lanier uplifted it. Long alleviated bodily pain. Lanier, battling against disease, rose superior to it, and gave to the world a song so sweet and high that all who hear it for ages to come will be able to rise on strengthened wings in spite of human anguish.&qu...