Excerpt from In Memoriam John Vaughan Clarke: Born in Chicago, October Fifteenth, Eighteen Sixty-Two; Died in Chicago, May Thirty-First, Nineteen Eleven Hs a member of several clubs, for good fellowship was natural to him, his refined sociability placed him in the high esteem of his fellow club members. But John Vaughan Clarke not only valued the club as a utility, but enjoyed it to the full on occasion. Be a citizen he was in the true sense broad minded and public spirited. He took a deeper and more active interest in public questions and movements than his quiet manner conveyed to those who did not know him well. Bis sterling qualities stood every test, or he would not so cordially have been honored and weighted with offices involving real duties and bringing no emoluments. Hgain, the virtue of honest modesty veiled much zealous activity. Be thought out each problem as it arose, decided on his course of action, and pursued it with steadfast eye regardless of the petty manoeuvres that too often degrade the science of politics to a mere game of policy. 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.