A Memoir of John Deakin Heaton, M. D of Leeds (Classic Reprint)

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It will be seen as the reader advances what was the condition of Leeds about the time of Dr. Heaton's birth; and some idea will be given before the close of the narrative of its state at the time of his death. The great changes which have been effected, not merely in things material but in all that concerns the culture of the people and the enlargement of their mental and spiritual field of vision, cannot of course be attributed to any one man. It is due to the slow but steady movement of forces that existed long before any modern generation of mankind appeared upon the Scene. But it is something to have been, during a life of more than threescore years, a con stant and successful worker in connection with the development of the leading institutions of a great provincial town. The man who has taken a con spicuous part in the public life of a community like that of Leeds cannot have been a drone in the hive and his achievements, though they may have been accomplished at a distance from the centres of pub licity, may well be kept in remembrance by all who can honour a useful life devoted to duty and to the service of one's fellow - men.

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