GUSTAVE SCRnrx cnR. whose death we today commemorate. was. as you have heard. of German birth and parentage. and at the university where he was educated his decided mathematical talent received thorough development and cultivation. Pursuing this natural bent of his genius he first chose civil engineering as a profession. and was engaged. before he left his Fatherland. in the construction of several railroads. Early realizing. however. that America afforded a wider field for useful operation and a greater scope for honorable ambition than did the Old World. besides offering surer and swifter rewards to energy and industry judiciously applied. he determined to emigrate. and came to Texas when the State had been but recently admitted to the Federal Union. and when he himself was only twentyfour years of age. From that date to the time of his death his history forms part of the history of the State. To the capacity for profound reflection he joined habits of close observation. and soon understood the spirit of the laws and acquired the language of his adopted country. always presenting his wellconsidered thoughts in terse and idiomatic English.
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