Excerpt from From the Epic of Chicago: A Biography, Ernest, A. Bell, 1865-1928IN MY judgement ernest A. Bell DID more for the city OF chicago than mayor, judge, clergy man OR any other citizen. His life still lives and will TO the latest day OF her history. His mem ory IS A benediction. Our only regret upon reading these pages IS that WE DID not help.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.