Excerpt from The American Legion Monthly, Vol. 2: January, 1927 American we can think of who has enjoyed the honor of having a statue of himself unveiled during 'his lifetime. (are we wrong? If not, tell others; if yes, tell us.) That statue stands in Peekskill, New York, where Mr. Depew was born in 1834. That was in a day when a rail road train was as much a thing to wonder at as an automobile was in 1902. Mr. 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.