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Marquette Pere Marquette
ON THE RECENT DISCOVERY OF THE LONG LOST GRAVE OF PERE MARQUETTE.
"In all stages of society those unquestionably deserve the highest praise who outstrip the rest of their contemporaries. The merit consists in setting the example, in exhibiting a pattern after which others may work. It is easy to follow where there is one to lead ; but to be the first to strike out into a new and untried way, in whatever state of society it may be found, marks a genius above the common order. Such men are entitled to everlasting gratitude."—Burners English Prose Writers.
A PAPER Prepared and Read by Bequest op the Pioneers of Michigan at their Annual Meeting, Lansing, February 7,1878, by Rev. George Duffield.
Jacques Marquette came late to his fame. Open Davenport's Dictionary of Biography, 1831, " comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations and professions," and you will not find even so much as his name.
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