Excerpt from The Life of James Francis Leonard, Vol. 24: The First Practical Sound-Reader of the Morse Alphabet It argues well, therefore, for the future, that with the example of Mr. Townsend in bringing, through the agency of this Club, the name of James Francis Leonard into merited prominence for the service rendered by him as a chief pioneer in the progress of telegraphy, the good serv ices of other Kentuckians, however humble, in the pro motion of science or the practical arts, in the past or future, will not be permitted to repose in obscurity, but will receive merited recognition. 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.