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Excerpt from History of Rockford and Winnebago County Illinois: From the First Settlement in 1834 to the Civil War
N the days Of ancient Rome Janus was the guardian deity of gates. As every gate turned either way, so Jan us was rep resented with two heads. One was of a youth, to indicate begin ning; the other was of an old man, suggestive of the end. The first looked toward the future; the second, toward the past. The student, like Janus of old, s'urveys the past; and only from this point of View can he intelligently interpret the pres ent, and in some measure forecast the future.
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N the days Of ancient Rome Janus was the guardian deity of gates. As every gate turned either way, so Jan us was rep resented with two heads. One was of a youth, to indicate begin ning; the other was of an old man, suggestive of the end. The first looked toward the future; the second, toward the past. The student, like Janus of old, s'urveys the past; and only from this point of View can he intelligently interpret the pres ent, and in some measure forecast the future.
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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Charles A. Church
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780265532140
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Page Count - 415
Paperback
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ISBN - 9781330833100
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
Page Count - 417
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