MICROBES AND HEALTH. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



"The crowning virtue of manhood is man,, and as 

 the coming centuries roll over their ashes, their names 

 will be held in as profound respect as if angel purity 

 had given the impress of divinity to their every action. 



"As time advances their deeds will become richer and 

 holier until they command the respect and reverence 

 of every beholder." 



A nation may be lost in the whirlpool of revolution 

 and strife, yet the names of great men will remain as 

 enduring as time. 



The men who have led the world in peace aild war, 

 who have snatched victory from land and sea, who have 

 made the world beautiful and grand, who have labored 

 for the advancement of the human race, labored to place 

 man upon a higher plane intellectually, labored to re- 

 lieve suffering and prolong human life, have been 

 prompted by the demands of imperious duty based upon 

 the divine principles of equality. As time advances the 

 progress and successful termination of the principles 

 for which they struggled combine to throw around them 

 a halo that fills the reader with admiration. 



They are men who have struggled for the support 



