Excerpt from Personnel of the Texas State Government, With Sketches of Distinguished Texans: Embracing the Executive and Staff, Heads of the Departments, United States Senators and Representatives, Members of the Twenty-First Legislature They must do their share in its advancement, and in turn deliver it to their successors; and thus is history built. Those who are now most conspicuous in life's drama, and who have so far done their work nobly, deserve a place side by side with our pioneer fathers who, wrestling with the savage, rough hewed the mighty State from chaos, and gave it figure. Form and fame! There are many of her son now acuve in her service whose lives furnish examples worthy of emulation - whose triumphs over obstacles, and whose successes will inspire the young men of the future with a noble ambition, and point them to higher aims in life. 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.