Story Of My Life And Work

Story of my Life and Work....George Frederick Wright

Grandfather Enoch Wright

"Another political bit of wisdom illustrates how mistaken political shibboleths are wont to be. I do not know how I should remember it since I was so young when it was made, but I do remember that one of my uncles berated Lewis Cass in my presence for asking for appropriations to improve St. Clair Flats. The contempt that he threw into the words St. Clair Flats was most impressive. When now I pass Detroit and go through St. Clair Flats and note that the tonnage passing through the canal which Cass with such forethought promoted, is many times that passing through the Suez Canal, this mistaken political shibboleth always comes to mind."