The Letters of Franklin K. Lane
Excerpt
Prom the thousands of typewritten letters found in his files,
and
from the many holograph letters sent to me from his friends
in
different parts of the country, we have attempted, in this
volume,
to select chiefly those letters which tell the story of
Franklin
K. Lane’s life as it unfolded itself in service to his
country
which was his passion. A few technical letters have been
included,
because they represent some incomplete and original phases of
the
work he attempted,—work, to which he brought an
intensity of
interest and devotion that usually is given only to
private
enterprise.