Book Review: "Fifty Years of Public Life"

9/8/2023

A review of Daniel C. Roper's book, "Fifty Years of Public Life."

“The righteousness of either side of a question depends upon the sources of information and an open-minded willingness to examine different views. . . . All wholesome growth is leisurely. Most of the waste of the world is occasioned by haste. If we can’t have patience we might as well quit.

"Wherever there is life, its greatest privileges are to be enjoyed and its most beautiful promises come to flower only if the law of patience is obeyed.”

Daniel C. Roper, "Fifty Years of Public Life"

This autobiography is a recommended read written by a former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Daniel C. Roper.

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