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Excerpt from The Cradle of the Farm Bureau Idea and Marketing Possibilities of the Bureau
In turning the pages Of history, one Of the facts that im presses us with force is the long reach Of time that has seemed necessary before men gain a clear perspective as to the value Of the services rendered by intrepid pioneers in the fields of constructive thought. This applies with special force to the earlier stages Of our civilization, It required the passage Of many centuries for the world to sense the power and spiritual beauty Of the Star Of Bethlehem, and to invest the little Judean village with hallowed associations. And so, also, the birth place Of Copernicus, who' rescued astronomy from a maze Of speculation and gave it the dignity Of an exact science; and Runnymede, where the foundations Of English civil liberty were laid; the workshop of Stephenson, where the application of steam to locomotion made possible our splendid systems Of transportation; Independence Hall at Philadelphia, revered by patriotic Americans as the cradle of liberty. I might multiply other equally striking instances where the homage Of mankind has lagged behind the just deserts Of genius, and only after the lapse of years has the world paid its debt to its benefactors by according a rich measure Of honor and gratitude to their memories. In the light of history, therefore, it is doubly significant Of the progressive age in which we live, as well as Of the remark ably sound and rapid development of the most thorough, practical, helpful and far-reaching movement in the agrarian life of the nation, that already, in less than ten years from the inception of that movement the eyes Of the American people, from Coast to Coast, are turned with increasing respect and admiration to Broome County as the Cradle of the Farm Bureau Idea. 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.
