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Title: Famous leaders of character in America, from the latter half of nineteenth century; the life stories of boys who have impressed their personalities on the life and history of the United States
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Wildman, Edwin, 1867-1932
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Publisher: Boston, The Page company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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world-wide. Wheneverchild delinquency is a problem of social welfare, themethods adopted by Judge Lindsey are discussed. Noother court has ever achieved the prominence in itsdecisions of juvenile cases that the Juvenile Court ofColorado has received. No other Judge has ever un-derstood the psychology of the child-mind so well asJudge Lindsey. His application of the statute lawshas been conspicuous because he has applied them witha special genius for their uses and abuses. Judge 324 FAMOUS LEADERS OF CHARACTEK Lindseys keen sense of humor, which is one of thenatural elements in children, has been helpful in mak-ing parents and teachers realize that juvenile crimemore often springs from a source of playful mischiefin children, than from actual criminal instinct. Hehas studied the welfare of boys and girls from a prac-tical observation with an expert sympathy that hasmade him a celebrated authority on this subject, theworld over. CALVIN COOLIDGE (1872 ) THE MAN WHO STOOD FOR LAWAND ORDEE
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Copyright by Harris & Ewing CALVIN COOLIDGE CALVIN COOLIDGE (1872 ) THE MAN WHO STOOD FOR LAWAND ORDER FORTY years ago, high up among the Vermonthills in a little town named Plymouth, a ten-year-old boy lived, worked, and studied as thou-sands of American boys have done; and probablydreamed, as all boys do, of his future career. This boywas Calvin Coolidge. His father, Col. John C. Cool-idge, ran a little country store at Plymouth and alsoowned a typical New England hill farm. Calvin was arather slightly built, quiet, studious boy, in no way ab-normal, though possibly a little more serious-mindedthan the average youngster of his age and circum-stances. Yet boys born and brought up in such remotetowns as Plymouth, Vermont, easily develop such char-acteristics as silence and reflectiveness. There is a so-lemnity about the lofty hills and rugged landscape ofnorthern New England which imprints itself often uponthose nurtured in this environment. Plymouth restsquiet and beautiful in a

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