Brooks, George Washington / 2008-06-08 00:00:00
EBOOK, THE SPIRIT OF 1906 ***
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Geo. W. Brooks, Secretary and Treasurer, Founder of the Company as
reorganized in the year 1905
The Spirit of 1906
By George W. Brooks
Founder of the California Insurance Company (as reorganized in the year
1905) and who has continuously occupied the position of Secretary and
Managing Underwriter with the Corporation since that date.
Published by the California Insurance Company of San Francisco 1921
Copyright 1921
By Geo. W. Brooks
Dedicated to the Directors and Shareholders of the California Insurance
Company in 1906 who so nobly, at their own financial cost, did their
"Big Bit."
"On fame's eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled." - Spenser
Foreword
Whatever of effort has been given in the pleasant pastime of writing
these rambling and sketchy pages of reminiscences is dedicated to those
who in the hours of trial and tribulation felt with Sir Philip Sidney,
"Honor is the idol of man's mind" and determined to do that which honor
demanded knowing that if they lost their honor they lost their all.
Reading between these lines, it is hoped there will be found some
intimation, some outline, of the character of the men who composed the
directors and stockholders of the California Insurance Company, who
acted well their part, who fought the good fight and held the faith,
whose stern sense of duty and heroic courage led them to lay upon the
altar of their idealism the financial sacrifices which they made.
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