Now he emerges to live In a name. in his rightful name as one of those men who rise in an emergency to fight for justice and freedom. to fight against oppression. tyranny. and greed. What was the spark in John Peter Altgeld which makes his name and fame grow with the years. despite the fact he was held in practical disrepute at the time of his death? The bare facts of his life reveal a familiar storythe great American success story of the immigrant lad. povertystricken in his youth. who rose to riches and prominent position. In the case of John Peter Altgeld. however. the story took a sharp twist from pattern. for he lost both his wealth and his prominent position before he died. But the spark that set him off from other men Is not revealed in either the familiar pattern nor the deviation from that pattern during the later years.
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