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Biographies of Working Men

Creator: Allen, Grant, 1848-1899
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BIOGRAPHIES OF WORKING MEN BY GRANT ALLEN, B.A. CONTENTS. I. THOMAS TELFORD, STONEMASON II. GEORGE STEPHENSON, ENGINE-MAN III. JOHN GIBSON, SCULPTOR IV. WILLIAM HERSCHEL, BANDSMAN V. JEAN FRANCOIS MILLET, PAINTER VI. JAMES GARFIELD, CANAL BOY VII. THOMAS EDWARD, SHOEMAKER
Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One

MARGOT ASQUITH AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY TWO VOLUMES IN ONE I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO MY HUSBAND What? Have you not received powers, to the limits of which you will bear all that befalls? Have you not received magnanimity? Have you not received courage? Have you not received endurance?-- EPICTETUS
PREFACE. My acknowledgments are due to Dr. Smiles's "Lives of the Engineers," "Life of the Stephensons," and "Life of a Scotch Naturalist;" to Lady Eastlake's "Life of Gibson;" to Mr. Holden's "Life of Sir William Herschel;" to M. Seusier's "J. F. Millet, Sa Vie et Ses OEuvres;" and to Mr. Thayer's "Life of President Garfield;" from which most of the facts here narrated have been derived. G. A. I. THOMAS TELFORD, STONEMASON. High up among the heather-clad hills which form the broad dividing