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which. f"r him, has '-us''Ve IN untAins,
that forehead If Oiympian height, gently
receding. evidences an int le,t quick t.
receive the germ OF mighty schemes. anu
to bring them tn their highest frIIii,n.
The impress of int ligencr. energy and
firmness is on every feature of dark
face furrowed with many cares. You
know that this man has done u great deal
of work in the world; you feel that he
has still more to do. You are not mis-
taken. He is the President of Il corpora
ton that owns lands equal in area to any
three of the New England States, and
greater than many of the Kingdoms of
the Old World. lie has been the organ.
izer of victory for labor against obstacles
before which weaker men would have
walled forth, and did wall forth, non pos
ssnus; and he stands to-day-after hav-
ing conquered from nature an extent of
territory greater than that ever added by
the noblest Roman to the dominions of
his native land; after having poured into
the Golfers Of the corporation, at whose
head he stands, wealth greater than
even the widest dreams Of avarice-like
another Alexander, signing for more
worlds to conquer.
Engraven on marble slab in this CEN
ter Of st. Pauls Cathedral is the tribute
to its architect, "If you wish to see Sir
Christopher Wren's monument, look
around you" Go where you will in al
most any portions of California and you
will see Leland Stanford's monument.
His iron lines penetrating every fertile
region, over which thunders the long,
smoking trains laden with the rich
AlClSuN iAOuA I'LL uutlVuo uuN WIN VIC tol'
ness of our own land; these are and
will remain his monuments forever. Like
Augustus who "fOund Rome mud and
left it niarble,' the great railroad Presi-
dent of California found much of his
State desnlate aud unpeopled, and has
left it cultivated and blooming, her val
leys teeming with cities and villages, the
direct creation of his railroads.
|. The great poet tells US that "some are
born great, some achieve greatness, and
some have greatness thrust upon them"
To the second category belongs the sub
ject of our picture. A descendant of five
generations of thrifty farmers, he opened
his eyes on the world ut the old ancestral
homestead OF Elm Grove, about eight
miles from the city OF Albany, March 10,
1924. His. father, Il man of marked pub
lie spirit ami energy, was one of the al
vocates of the Erie Canal, and was among
the first promoters of II railroad between
Albany and Schenectady, in The Empire
State, the first railrond ever constructed
ON the American continent. The energy
and public spirit of the father desc, nded
as a heritage to the son, and verify he has
not wasted his talents, but gained Others
over and above. He studied law, hui
nature never intended him for protcs-
sion where words are frequently more
powerful than facts, technica tiles than
reason. In 1852, having abandoned law,
he came To California AID engaged in
mining. We come to 1861. The war
cloud had burst upon the country, and
the Union Was in ats agony. California
was then the stronghold "f the Southern
wing of the Democracy on the Pacific
Cast, and with the danger OF the state
going out staring them IN the face. the
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