John Rawn; Prominent Citizen
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By Emerson Hough 30 Jun, 2020
John Rawn might, in the caretaking plans of the immortal gods, have been born at any time in the world's history, at any place upon the world's surface. He himself, had he been consulted, might have suggested Rome, Greece, or medieval England, as Off ... Read more
John Rawn might, in the caretaking plans of the immortal gods, have been born at any time in the world's history, at any place upon the world's surface. He himself, had he been consulted, might have suggested Rome, Greece, or medieval England, as Offering better field for one of his kidneys. He might have indicated certain resemblances between himself and persons who, through virtue given Oi the immortal gods, have attained the purple, who have held permanent and admitted ascendancy Over their fellow-men. As a matter of fact, however, John Rawn was born in Texas - and of Texas at the very spot where had it been left to his own candid opinion, no John Rawn, no especial hero, ought ever to have been born. The village he honored by his birth - one of Seven which now contend Over that claim to fame - was the very home Of demo~ cratic equality; and how could the home Of democratic equality be called typical environment for the production of a man believing in the divine right of a very few? Less
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Emerson Hough (June 28, 1857 – April 30, 1923) was an American author best known for writing western stories and historical novels. He married Charlotte Chesebro of Chicago in 1897 and made that cit...
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