Dowagiac, Mich., January 25, 1893. Praise for the noble dead is an inspiration for the noble living. Loving words sow seeds of love in every gentle heart.
Appreciation is the soil and climate of good and generous deeds.
To one whose head and hands were in partnership constituting the firm of Intelligence and Industry, and whose heart divided the profits with his fellow-men. To one who fought the battle of life alone, without the aid of place or wealth, and yet grew nobler and gentler with success. Beneath the loftiest monuments may be found ambition's worthless dust, while those who lived the loftiest lives are sleeping now in unknown graves. It may be that the bravest of the brave who ever fell upon the field of ruthless war, was left without a grave to mingle slowly with the land he saved. The Bank Of Wisdom is run by Emmet Fields out of his home in Kentucky.