Life and Labors of Albert J. Russell

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Excerpt from Life and Labors of Albert J. Russell: A Collection of Writings, Showing Some of His Efforts in Behalf of His Fellow-Men, Lectures, Reports, and Extracts From Lectures, Tributes, Twenty-Five Engravings We are daily meeting our fellow-beings and they are being affected, for good or evil, by what we say and by what we do. And an important item is, that our influence does not die with us, but it goes on, for good or evil, according as we have lived, after we have passed away. It is a glorious thing to live in the lives of others through the instrumentality of our benefactions and services. It is worth something to the world to perpetuate the memory of those who have nobly wrought for the welfare of others. Our devotion for our own loved ones is gratified by suitable memorials of their good deeds. Major Russell lived to "honor God and bless his fellowmen." And in what better way could his work, his influence, be extended, now that his eloquent tongue is silent, than by a collection and publication of his writings? His best thoughts were the inspiration of the moment, and can never be reproduced, still we have so many good thoughts, so much that will encourage, in what is left of his writings and lectures. Some one has so fitly said of him, Whenever a strong word needed to be said, a fervent protest uttered, or a good cause to be helped, by an appeal which had the feeling and force of prayer, Major Russells voice was never silent. So wide were the sympathies of his heart, so clear his insight into the virtues and feelings of the human breast, that his eloquence appealed to people in every condition of life, and rarely was his voice heard merely as a source of profit. Some one once asked him why he did not enter the lecture field. His reply was, "The clang of silver dulls the tongue of oratory." 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.