The Light in the Clearing
By Irving Bacheller
By Irving Bacheller
Foreword
The Spirit of Man is the Candle of the Lord
–PROVERBS XX, 27
to My Friend
Thomas R. Proctor, of Utica
Lover of the True Ideals of Democracy
Whose Life Has Been a Shining Example to All Men of Wealth
Honored Gentleman and Philanthropist
At the Gate of the Land Of
Which I Have Written
Dedicate These Chronicles of That Land
And of Its Great Hero
From the memoirs of one who knew Governor Wright and lived through many of the adventures herein described and whose life ended full of honors early in the present century. It is understood that he chose the name Barton to signalize his affection for a friend well known in the land of which he was writing.
The Author.