Author : Edward S. Ellis
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1331288169
From Tent to White House: Or How a Poor Boy Became President (Classic Reprint) by Edward S. Ellis Pdf
Excerpt from From Tent to White House: Or How a Poor Boy Became President Surveying the whole list of our Presidents, it is impossible to find a more perfect type of American manhood than William McKinley. Born in a little cottage in a small town in Ohio, feeling the pressure of hard times, if not the pinch of poverty, the sturdy boy, endowed by nature and birth with a stout heart and a wise head, worked his way upward inch by inch until by grit he reached the top, and from the uppermost round of the ladder stepped into the sky. We are yet too near to the third of our martyred Presidents to be able to estimate him at his full value, or to give him his rightful place among the worlds leaders; but in the years to come it is certain that the name of William McKinley will shine far up among the greatest names in history. His life was not a meteoric flash, but a star, clear shining and constant - a white radiance that never grew dim. Strength of manhood, consistency of life, beauty of soul, splendid honesty of administration, and a wise vision that almost amounted to foreknowledge - these were the things that raised him head and shoulders above his fellows and made him great. It is strange that such a man as this should be singled out as the victim of a traitorous Anarchist; strange, indeed, that so horrible a crime should be possible in these days of enlightenment. 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.
