Forty immortals of Worcester and its county - A brief account of those natives or residents who have accomplished something for their community or for the nation (1920) (14741486806)

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Title: Forty immortals of Worcester & its county : A brief account of those natives or residents who have accomplished something for their community or for the nation
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Worcester Bank & Trust Company, Worcester, Mass Walton Advertising and Printing Company, Boston
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Publisher: (Boston, Mass., Walton advertising & printing company)
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant



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l volume. In the worldof authors he is best known by The Man Without a Country, thoughDr. Hale wished that In His Name might represent him, as he felt thatit more fully expressed what he had to say to the world. By others,Ten Times One is considered a more characteristic work than either.The plan of this story was in his mind while he was a minister in Worces-ter, and was later developed, when, convinced that thousands of individ-uals could work together for the good of the world, Dr. Hale foundedthe Lend a Hand movement, which later became world-wide in itsinfluence. The idea had been in his mind for many years. The move-ment was started in 1870, organized informally in 1886, and incorporatedin 1891. The motto adopted by this society became a well-knownslogan:— Look up and not down,Look forward and not back,Look out and not in, andLend a hand! Dr. Hales long and fruitful career in public service was relieved byfrequent trips abroad. In 1898 he resigned his pastorate of the South 63
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i. Edward Everett Halei. Russell L. Hawes 3. George Crompton FORTY IMMORTALS of WORCESTER & ITS COUNTY Congregational Church of Boston, and as it was his habit to spend a partof each winter in Washington he accepted the office of Chaplain of theSenate, his friend Senator Hoar having long urged him to serve in thiscapacity. In 1909 he returned to his Highland Street home in Roxbury,Massachusetts, and there during the spring and early summer days hewrote and received his friends. His death occurred June 10, 1909, atthe advanced age of eighty-seven years. RUSSELL L. HAWES Inventor1823-67 Dr. Russell L. Hawes, who revolutionized the manufacture of envelopesin America, was born in Leominster, Massachusetts, March 22, 1823.In his youth, unlike Eli Whitney, he displayed no decided mechanicalgenius, so it was decided that he should take up some profession. Medi-cine was chosen, and Dr. Hawes was graduated from the Harvard MedicalSchool in 1845. He began practice in Worcester, and became a