Excerpt from Sketches of the Life of Honorable T. B. Walker: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches
The accompanying compilation consisting of newspaper clippings, magazine articles and biographical reviews gives a very comprehensive idea of the life, character and achievements of the Honorable T. B. Walker. I have known that gentleman since my early childhood days. Any detailed statement by me recounting the innumerable trials and vicissitunes that have beset his path, or an attempt on my part to record his virtues and accomplishments would be only for the purpose of testifying to bis indomitable courage, sterling integrity, sagacity and generous liberality.
Excepting for its authenticity any sketch of mine could not possibly be as interesting or comprehensive as a composite picture, which is the production of a hundred or more different writers, each recording his own views of that gentleman or relating some of his acts or achievements.
That there should be some similarity in the biographies thus included is only natural. To my knowledge none that appears in this book was written or to any considerable extent inspired by either Mr. Walker or any of the immediate members of bis family. The authors of these various productions have had to depend largely on information secured from friends or acquaintances of Mr. Walker for the material with which to compile these biographies. A number of these articles were penned by men who have known Mr. Walker for a quarter of a century or more and are more the expression of their own estimation and regard for him than a grouping of facts.
No attempt has been made to edit any of the articles which make up this scrap book. Neither do they appear consecutively as to dates nor with any reference to articles that preceed or follow each other.
I have selected from several hundred newspaper clippings those articles in which the writer has expressed an opinion of Mr. Walker, chronicled some event in which he has taken a prominent part or related some act of his either of a public or private nature. Mr. Walker has been a prolific writer and has been outspoken and fearless in expressing his opinion on all subjects that affected the present or future welfare of the people. Numerous volumes much larger than this would be required to print his literary productions, none of which are embraced in this compilation.
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