History of Oakland County Michigan a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, its principal interests / compiled from the official records of the county, the newspapers and data of personal interviews, under the editorial supervision of Thaddeus D. Seeley.

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These facts suggest problems in political economy that appeal both
to the present and the future. They connect themselves with the past
only by comparison and contrast. These problems are the most vital,
we had almost said, of any now engaging the public attention. They are
vital, nevertheless, for on their wise solution may depend our very civilization itself. But it does not become me to prophecy of evil at this
time. Let us hope only for the good now and always, and that the benign
influences that have advanced us so immeasurably within the past fifty
years will continually beckon and invoke us to come up higher.