John W. Thomas; A Memorial (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1906. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... It affords me the greatest pleasure, in conclusion, to state that, in my long acquaintance and service as an employe under Major Thomas, I never knew a more conscientious, a more upright or a more honest man. I do not know that I could offer a higher tribute to his memory than to say that I am persuaded that no man who has ever lived in this old commonwealth could be better held up as an example to young men than Mr. Thomas. And while I am already advanced on life's journey, I hope to live long enough to see one of the handsomest monuments ever erected in Tennessee raised to his memory by the employes of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway. % St. Hen. QJbBtnaB 3. (fcailar, Viatpip of (Efttnpaare Ladies And Gentlemen: There are three reasons why it is right and proper that we should gather here to-night to commemorate the life and service of John W. Thomas. First, because his personality embodied and exhibited, in every relation and to an unusual degree, some of the essential and universally acknowledged qualities of greatness; and, second, because we are glad to believe that, in the force and purity of his character, he was a representative man, a high and honorable type of the sons of Tennessee; and, third, and best of all, because whatever success he may have won, whatever honors may have come to him, whatever power or pride of place and station may have crowned and satisfied his indomitable will, his patient industry and his fine intelligence, he was, from first to last, always and everywhere a man of public spirit, of sincere patriotism, devoted to the best interests of his city, his State, his country, his whole people. Thoughtful men to-day on every side are beginning to realize more keenly that the test of all institutions of society, governmen...