Pictonians at Home and Abroad Sketches of Professional Men and Women of Pictou County Its ...

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by  Macphie, John Peter

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Under th is t ree Rev. Jas. Mc Gregor p reached t he first sermon on the East River Oc t 1 7 86
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H E p re p aration of thi b o ok h b ee n a l ab or of
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l ove Al though the author ha s b een c alle d t o p en d
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mo t f hi l ife in other an d di t ant fiel d he h n ever
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wavere d in hi devotion t o the p l ace of hi birt h and the
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frien ds f hi yout h I t h at time b ee n hi de are t
o s as s s s
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ho p e t o re p ay in ome me a ur e b y ome ervice ab le
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de e d th e deb t of gratitud e whi ch h e o we t o hi n ative
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l an d
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H en ce the un dert akin g of thi b o ok the aim of which
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i t o re cu e from oblivi on t he n ame the dee d th e
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heroi m f t he pi oneer of Pict ou an d t o how h o w n ot
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ab le contrib ution i n men an d women t he count y h
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ma de t o t he intell e ctual life an d growth of th e countr y
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foun d in t he l an d M erel y a pie ce of M other E arth
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i t i de ervin g of the mo t e nthu i a ti c a dmiration an d
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arden t att achment I b e autiful elm tudde d valle ys
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l o yal t y i s tron ger th an the ph ysi cal p ot in
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wid e D ominion f e qual iz e an d p opulation h contrib
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d much t o all that i b e t i n nation al life N
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where el e have reli gi on and e ducation effe ctuall y
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j oine d h and s for the upl ift of the p e opl e an d the p romo
tion of goo d N o where h ave ri ghte ousne and t ruth
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b e en more genuinel y we d de d pro duce d finer fruit
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age
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I n up p ort of the e t atement s the evi dence in thi s
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b ook i s confi dentl y ub mitte d The gathe rin g f the
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evi dence h b een a difficult t a k I t i n ot cl aime d that
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i t i ei ther e xhau tive or ab olutel y accurate but the
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author h done hi b e t an d he h ha d th e h eart y
as s s as co
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o perati on of many t o whom he i incerel y grateful
s s
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I t h b ee n ai d t hat Pi ct ou i note d for c oal an d
as s s
clergymen Gre at i the yiel d of co al yet that whi ch
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i Pi ’ prou de t product i her men and women
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I n le than a hun dre d ye ar h h given t o the c hurch
ss s s e a s
nearly thre e hundre d clergymen S he h e nt forth on e
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hundre d an d ni ne t y phy i ci an ixt y th e e l awyer fort y
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profe or fifteen men and el even wome n mi i onari e
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eight coll e ge pre ident four j udge tw o governor two
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premier and a chi ef j u tice for the Province b e i de a
s s s s
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ho t of j ournali t p olitician an d b u ine men of n ot e
s s s s s ss
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and name
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There i in pirati on in tudyin g the live f me n an d
s s s s o
women I t tir within a dee p enin g de ire t o imit at e
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an d achieve all that w b e t in their live I f thi b o ok
as s s s
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will hel p t he youth of the l and t o do thi it will h ave
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accompli he d t he main purp o e of t he wri ter
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Our father h ave l eft a preci ou herit age an d a
s u s s
rare re cor d We owe th em the deb t of a gr ateful reme m
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brance H ap p y are t he p e opl e ay J ohn Fi ke that
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c an look b ack up on the work of their father an d i n their
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