Download or read book Historical Sketches of Wilkes County, N. C (Classic Reprint) written by John Crouch and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historical Sketches of Wilkes County, N. C Jarolina and Wilkes county could get a foretaste of our history, our records would not be hidden in darkness but our history would be given to the World, that not only ourshlves, but all people might of our achievements and profit thereby. The ple ought to be encouraged to emulate the record of our worthy ancestors. We are told llust that Scipio and Maximus, when looking the statues of their illustrious countrymen. Iolently agitated. He says, It could not inanimate marble which possessed this 1power. It was the recollection of noble ac hich kindled this generous flame in their only to be quenched when they. Too, by achievements and virtues, had acquired equal ation. D by their light all every gallant youth with ardor move do brave deeds. From the shackles of parties and sects l have myself of all partialities or preju present Wilkes county and her sons as 1 would have Lely to paint his portrait: s it is. Nothing has been omitted from motives, nor have I neglected to express ws and Opinions of any man or event sketch his book because of party affiliations or sec 11 principles. 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.