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Tecumseh Letter from E. B. Brown to Gen. Joseph Brown
It becomes the business of his life, and to which he devotes its every thought and energy. It is this sure and rapid growth of a sentiment which is devoted to the general good, rather than individual benefit, that prevents him from receiving the pecuniary benefits which by his labor and enterprise he is justly entitled to, and which he richly-merits. It is for this reason that we find all, or nearly all the early settlers in a new country without the comforts that wealth can give in their declining years. A less enterprising and more selfish race of men follow the lead they have made, and reap the substantial benefits. But you, my dear father, can look back upon your long and useful life with pleasure, > as you notice the evidences of the success of your young efforts, proving the correctness of your judgment in the selections you made, and enjoy in your last days. You can claim, and justly claim, for yourself no small share in the accomplishing of much good for the benefit of your fellow-, men.
Michigan
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