The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-18
Ten Greatest
Men in History

Efifnr lite Ntfrs
IN a recent publication ths wrsisf
~ this letter noticed that the Isp
worth isaEue voted on the 10 great
eat men IA history. ard named E.dl
ron as the greatest OF tho great.
Roosevelt second. and Shakespeare
third Then came. In order. Henry
wadswoTth Lonxfeliow. Alfred Lloyd
Tennyson. Herbert Hoover. Charles
Dickens. John J. psrshins. David
Lloyd George and Andrvw ,. Vol.
stead
Now. win refrain from ocsnm~nt.
tng on ehake~peara. LonGfeiiow. Al
fred Lloyd rennyson and Charles
piossns. ~ thsy belong 20 . differ.
snf category of men. VIII. also.
Isavs out Lloyd oeorgs. az . poll.
f'csan should not be cissssd A. a
great man. Herbert Hoover's treat.
mass consists OF hts being q member
Of this government. when he wns
placed In charge u the Eastern fam.
Inc countries he handed out q Loaf
Of bread 20 the Russian people with
one hand and with the other h. gave
them coup filled with hemiock
holding II 70 their ifps 90 that they
might taste tho bitter poison pre-.
softbsd by the powers that be Az 20
Andrew J. volstesd- II il not even
a joke.
Now. the writer VIII n.rns 10 Of
the greatest men Of his own choace
Tho greatest man who ever iivna
since the existence Of humanity, is
living today. His name IL Mr.. Mar
conf. lie is On. saver Of human lives
Thousands OF people have been saved
by his invention. via. the wireless
When a shtp 10 IN distress IN mid
ocean the y. o. q. IN sent out ard
aid comes from all directions. When
a person takes sick on a steamship.
where there 10 no doctor. the wire
less operator calls for a doctor. In a
few minutes he In with the patient.
preacribes for him. and DEPARTS.
None OF the passenger. 200 him come
or leave. but the patient receives
treatment Therefore. Mr.. Msrconl
IL the greatest Of the great
William r. q. Morton. tho seoonn
greatest man. also wns q life saver.
He was tho founder Of anarrthetic.
Previous to his finding tho great
remedy. millions Of pcopls died un.
der the surgeons knife. not being
able 70 endure the great aroni-~.
Ray Hoentgen. tho dincoverer Of
the xsray. has saved countless mum
bcrs ~ people from untimcly rrave.
and from being permanently Grip.
pied. Every affected organ Of tho
body. and broken bones, nro shown
plainly thru tho photograph, no that
the surgeon does not have 20 guess
where the injury IL. but goes direct
to the very spot.
John Harvey. the next creates,
man. the discoverer of the circuia.
ton Of the blood, also II life saver,
as his discovery rave the medical
profession wide field OF study. and
therefore mace great progress
Pasteur. tho diaeoverer Of antitox.
I'm, also IL among the life savers. and
should have his place among the 10
greatest men.
James watt r. another one OF tho
greatest OF the 10 men, being tho
discoverer OF steam power. which
revolutionized the world.
The noxt greatest man was Morse.
pioneer in telegrnphy. You can
any news from sydney. Australia.
Next was Alexander Graham Bell
inventor OF the telephone. You can
know In London. in few minutes
SIT In your Seattle office and hold a
conversation with your friend IN New
York. the same as you can talk with
your ncxt.door neighbor over the
back fence.
And OF all tho mechanical lnven.