"THE FULLER APPRECIATION OF ONES FAMILY, LIKE AN APPRECIATION OF HISTORY, COMES ONLY WITH EXPERIENCE AND MATURITY. I TRUST THAT I MAY NOW BE IN THE RIPENING PROCESS AND THAT THOSE WHO MAY TAKE TIME TO READ THIS BRIEF TREATISE MAY DO SO WITH BOTH APPRECIATION AND PROFIT. BUT IF IT SHOULD FALL INTO THE HANDS OF SOME WHO MAY NOT GREATLY APPRECIATE ITS PAGES, I HOPE THAT IT MAY BE INSTRUMENTAL IN AROUSING SOME OF THOSE FINER QUALITIES WHICH CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND CLOSELY KNIT ABOUT IN AN APPRECIATION OF THE PAST, A PARTICIPATION IN THE PRESENT AND A FAITH IN THE FUTURE." HERMAN ROBINSON CARSON, DD, 1950 |