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146 History University of Illinois all the flowers and fruits that endure this climate bloomed and bore. He was loyal, affectionate, and generous. After reading Turner's plan for the first time, nothing could have been more boyishly enthusiastic than his letter to its author: "The Grove-Northfield, Cook County, Illinois. January 16,1852. My Dear Friend:— One hour ago the mail brought the pamphlet containing your "Plan for an Industrial University." I t is great—it is God-like—It is the best thought of the 19th Century and should be written in letters of gold on the front of every capitol, and on the walls of every college in the land—and should be read, as his bible by every son of labor in happy Illinois. I am grateful. I thank you with my whole soul. I am as glad and as proud of this whole production, as if it had come from my own feeble pen. God bless you—and he will. "But I am too full of thoughts for words. You have but to command me in any capacity and I shall follow your lead in perfecting this beneficent work. Go on and prosper. / think you cannot fail. "Proudly and affectionately your friend John A. Kennicott" 2 4 Again in writing a pleasant acknowledgement of some praise that Turner had given him, he said: "You and I have labored for others if not successfully, certainly unselfishly; and if we cannot appreciate and approve the efforts of each other I don't know who will. The world is slow to find out the genuine philanthropist and seldom discovers his true worth until death has rendered all human appreciation personally worthless. You may live to see your fame—I probably shall go down to the grave without having accomplished anything worthy of a great name for I feel that I am already worn out " 2 5 ^Turner manuscripts. "•December 20, 1853, Turner manuscripts.
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