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experience gathered that which whetted interest in 

 their own endeavors. 



From such an atmosphere as this it was easy 

 to evolve a plan of doing homage to the great men of 

 the olden days. However, the large collection of 

 portraits of men, living as well as dead, now to be 

 seen upon the SADDLE AND SIRLOIN walls was not 

 the work of a day, nor of a night. Neither, in its 

 present form, does it reflect in all its details the 

 underlying thought of those who first conceived it. 

 There are doubtless pictures there that should not 

 remain permanently in such a company; on the 

 other hand, there are a great number missing that 

 should be there. Which is but another way of saying 

 that the gallery as it now exists is as yet incom- 

 plete, and not at all beyond criticism. It would be 

 strange indeed if it were. But, however faulty it 

 may be in some details, whatever may be said as to 

 the manner in which the project has thus far been 

 carried out, there can be no difference of opinion 

 among thoughtful men as to the worth of the plan 

 itself, or as to the educational, historical and inspi- 

 rational value of the portraits, as a whole, already 

 in position. 



It is not the purpose of this little volume to dis- 

 cuss in turn each of the subjects of all the portraits 



