THE SPEECHES AND PUBLIC SERVICES A.GARFIELD OF OHIO, RUSSELL H. CONWELL, " " AUTHOR OF LIFE OF PRESIDENT LIFE OF BAYARDHAYES," TAYLOR," KTC, ETC. WITH INTRODUCTION BY REV. MARK D.HOPKINS, D., EX-PRESIDENT OF WILLIAMS COLLEGE. BOSTON : PUBLISHED BY B. B. RUSSELL & 57 CORNHILL.CO., PHILADELPHIA : CITY PUBLISHING HOUSE.QUAKER YORKNEW : CHARLES DREW. PORTLAND : JOHN RUSSELL. CHICAGO : J. FAIRBANKS & CO. IND :INDIANAPOLIS, FRED L. HORTON & CO. l880. COPYRIGHT BY B. B. RUSSELL & CO. 1880. Printed by NASH & FREDERICKS, 46 Federal Street, BOSTON. DEDICflTOJS. TO MRS. ELIZA AND TO HER MRS. ALPHAGARFIELD, SISTER, PIONEERS AND CO-WORKERS IN THE DE-BOYNTON, VELOPMENT OF A GREAT THIS BOOK ISSTATE, GRATEFULLY DEDICATED. FROM SUCH SPRANG THE NOBLEST AND MOST POWERFUL RACES OF MANKIND. 2Q23898 PREFACE. It is a delicate and difficult task to write the record of man's life under and the workcircumstances,any any is themore arduous and when he ofwhomwe perplexing write is still in active fields of labor and inengaged Political contests. To measure a man's success and an unbiased his while thepass judgment upon career, events of a mar the and while single day may picture, havemuch togreat political parties gain by misrepresen- tation or falsehood the of theconcerning subject biogra- is an full of andphy, undertaking perplexity anxiety. aSuch task was this when the writer entered upon it.