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Excerpt from Portraits of Prominent Saint Louisans in 1916: A Portrait Work of Its Merchants, Manufacturers, Bankers and Professional Men, the Men Whose Energy and Ability Have Contributed Largely Toward Making St. Louis the Metropolis of the Great Mississippi Valley at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century We are living in a Golden Age. An age when changes come rapidly and are of intense moment. We are living in a wonderful country, a country where traditions are being made and customs established. A country of opportunity. Where the man who can do things has a chance to do them and can hope for a seat among the mighty. And St. Louis is alive to all the activity and progress which permeates our country and is doing her splendid share in the work. St. Louis is the vital. Throbbing heart of a wonderful section. With its beat vast districts are strengthened and on it thousands upon thousands are dependent. There are places where greater concentration of activity exists. But none where the spirit of upbuilding, the spirit of the Nation, more generally prevails among a people. 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.