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  History 
  op 
  Durham. 
  

  

  patriotic, 
  exemplary 
  citizen. 
  We 
  know 
  of 
  no 
  man 
  in 
  North 
  

   Carolina 
  held 
  in 
  higher 
  esteem, 
  or 
  whom 
  the 
  people 
  would 
  

   be 
  more 
  delighted 
  to 
  entrust 
  with 
  any 
  position 
  within 
  their 
  

   gift. 
  He 
  was 
  married 
  February 
  19th, 
  1873, 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   most 
  amiable 
  and 
  accomplished 
  young 
  ladies 
  of 
  Durham, 
  

   Nannie 
  Graham, 
  daughter 
  of 
  our 
  late 
  lamented 
  Mayor, 
  

   Colonel 
  D. 
  C. 
  Parrish. 
  The 
  writer 
  always 
  finds 
  it 
  a 
  de- 
  

   lightful 
  task 
  to 
  delineate 
  the 
  virtues 
  of 
  the 
  truly 
  good 
  and 
  

   great. 
  We 
  esteem 
  the 
  proposition 
  that 
  no 
  man 
  is 
  truly 
  

   great 
  who 
  is 
  not 
  truly 
  good, 
  a 
  safe 
  foundation 
  upon 
  which 
  

   to 
  predicate 
  a 
  just 
  estimate 
  of 
  the 
  intrinsic 
  virtues 
  of 
  any 
  

   given 
  character, 
  whether 
  intellectually, 
  morally 
  or 
  politi- 
  

   cally 
  considered. 
  A 
  true, 
  manly 
  heart, 
  ever 
  actuated 
  by 
  

   refined 
  and 
  elevating 
  sensibilities, 
  ennobling 
  the 
  intellect, 
  

   aierving 
  and 
  inspiring 
  the 
  energies 
  of 
  the 
  soul 
  for 
  the 
  con- 
  

   .-summation 
  of 
  deeds 
  of 
  love 
  and 
  kindness, 
  constitute 
  the 
  in- 
  

   dispensable 
  prerequisite 
  of 
  genuine 
  greatness. 
  Such 
  a 
  char- 
  

   acter 
  is 
  "the 
  light 
  of 
  the 
  world," 
  "the 
  salt 
  of 
  the 
  earth," 
  and 
  

   "a 
  city 
  that 
  cannot 
  be 
  hid." 
  In 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  this 
  sketch 
  

   -we 
  find 
  these 
  qualities 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  heart 
  pre-eminently 
  

   manifested, 
  which, 
  combined 
  with 
  wealth 
  and 
  influence, 
  

   renders 
  his 
  life 
  a 
  great 
  blessing 
  in 
  many 
  ways, 
  to 
  the 
  church, 
  

   society 
  and 
  the 
  world. 
  His 
  pocket-book 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  his 
  heart 
  

   is 
  ever 
  open 
  to 
  worthy 
  objects. 
  His 
  donations 
  to 
  religious 
  

   and 
  educational 
  institutions 
  amount 
  to 
  thousands 
  of 
  dollars 
  

   annually. 
  The 
  writer 
  has 
  seen 
  something 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  life 
  

   of 
  this 
  gentleman 
  where 
  his 
  virtues 
  as 
  a 
  husband, 
  father 
  and 
  

   friend 
  are 
  the 
  crowning 
  glory 
  of 
  his 
  domestic 
  and 
  social 
  

   circles. 
  In 
  him 
  are 
  combined 
  — 
  beautifully 
  blended 
  — 
  wealth 
  

   of 
  soul 
  with 
  wealth 
  of 
  estate. 
  About 
  " 
  the 
  rich 
  man," 
  as 
  a 
  

   rule 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  atmosphere 
  of 
  proud 
  austerity, 
  a 
  lack 
  of 
  

   sympathy 
  and 
  the 
  " 
  milk 
  of 
  human 
  kindness 
  " 
  towards 
  the 
  

   less 
  favored 
  sons 
  of 
  our 
  common 
  humanity. 
  The 
  " 
  almighty 
  

   dollar" 
  is 
  too 
  often 
  the 
  shrine 
  of 
  human 
  worship 
  and 
  pre- 
  

   ; 
  ferment, 
  while 
  the 
  real 
  treasures 
  of 
  this 
  world 
  are 
  trampled 
  

  

  