Excerpt from Francis Ormond: Pioneer, Patriot, Philanthropist

Though many years have passed since Mr. Ormond's remains were laid to rest amid remarkable demonstrations of public grief, yet no apology, I take it, is needed for the publication of this book, which tells of the early struggles, successes, and lofty ideals of one whose name is enshrined in some of the noblest institutions of the State. With an ardent desire to promote intellectual culture and broaden the outlook of human sympathies, with a prescient eye to discern imperative national needs and to perceive how these can be best supplied, with a heart full of longing to uplift all toilers and to fling open to them doors of technical knowledge in order to the elevation of their social condition, Mr. Ormond, with unflinching and heroic fortitude and faith, set himself to the accomplishment of the great tasks by which his own mind was so strongly obsessed: and it was given to him before he passed to know of the splendid success that crowned the enterprises that lay so near his heart.

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