A Tale of the North Country in the Time of Silas Wright(1917) The Spirit of Man is the Candle of the Lord--PROVERBS XX, 27 To My Friend, Thomas R. Proctor, of Utica, Lover of the True Ideals of Democracy, Whose Life Has Been a Shining Example to All Men of Wealth, Honored Gentleman and Philanthropist, at the Gate of the Land of which I have written, Dedicate these Chronicles of that Land, and of it\'s Great Hero.