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nire artlcle controversies, or miserable oenaNc,
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10 be- Once for all. i'll unjust iLcaliy ui1ue
as AZ, IMAGE Of John Sterling perhaps 70 ie" men
that lived along With HIM co1ld sGch an i,'ei
non Of then existence be more lra2pl1do4e'
CARLYLE has done his work IN dlnereh' spii''
He goes 10 the heart Of the subject, and presents
an image of shining gifts, glorious ASPIRATIONS
and baffled hopes, which, under hls plastic manu.
grows I'D into a monument OF sad and palmetto
beauty. which is absolutely without parallel IN
English biographical literature.
Sterling was bonn at an old baronlal residence
called Kaiyes Castle, on the isle OF Butte MS
father. who afterwards arrived at certain KIND
| of celebrity as the Thsnderer OF the Tunes
newspaper in London, was then experimenting
for livelihood as sort of gentleman farmer, IN
a small way, having before thrown up MS com
| mission as captain In marching regiment. Al
| ter frequent removals, occasioned bg the unset
tied life OF his father at the age Of sixteen, John
wa. sent TO the University OF Glasgow, IN which
CITY his mother had some connections. He re
manned at that seat Of learning one year, when nc
was renewed to Cambridge, In 1924, at the age OF
| eighteen Here he became acquainted with his
subsequent bographer, Julius Hare, who was bis
tutor at Trinity College friendship there
sprung I'D. which continued ever afterward,
without any abatement of affection on either
side Mr Hare pays warm and heartfelt trlb-
ute to the rare gifts, the brilliant ingenuity, the
prompt logic, the feryent elOquence, and the ad-
mirabe disposition Of his pupil while he does
not claim for him the character of an exact
| scholar, or technical proficient IN either Greek
| OF Latin literature, though lie freely read the
hes, classical authors, both IN the ancient and IN
various modern languages. His studies at the
| University were of a very dscurslve nature, aot
confined to the express arrangements OF the
place, but launching out into an encyclopedia va
tiety Of reaSlng, speculation, fancles and infer
| ences.
| But the social circle into which he was INTRO
| duced at Cambridge doubtless exerted a more
| powerful influence on the unfolding OF his char.
acter than any scholastic studies. He was 'lr-
rounded with a large and genial band OF youth
| full comrades. Among these were men VINO
have since become eminent for their learning
and ability some Of them sIgnalized by their
freedom Of thought and devotion to liberal ideas.
In club, composed of the choicest spirits then
at the University, Sterling took a prominen,
| part. With the usual alacfity Of his nature, he
became frank and ardent antagonis, OF the pre-
yalling hollow and effete traditions. Both in
religion and politics, he sided with tho radicals,
| as the name was somewhat Loosely applied.
a ysung ardent soul looking with hope and JOY
INTO a world which infinitely beautiful TO
him, though overhung with falslties and foul
eobwebs as world never was before which lat
ter class OF objects it clearly the part of every
noble heart to expend all It's hghtnlngs and en-
ergies IN burning up without delay, and sweep
| ing into their native Chaos out of such Cosmos
as this"
Leaving Cambridge u 1927, after brief Uni
verslty lie OF two years, Sterling was thrown
upon the world with no clear prospect OF finding
an appropriate sphere OF activity The profes.
slons were unsuitable they to him. he to them
Professions, built so largely on speciosity In
stead OF performance clogged In this bad epoch
and deiaced under such suspicious OF fatal i'm
| posture, were hateful, not lovable, to the Young
radical soul, sconfui of gross profit, and intent
or ideals and human nobenesses Noprolesslon
could claim the loyalty Of his brilliant, erratic
nature. This was the most tragic element OF
his life. " So swift, light-limbed and fiery an
Arab courser ought, for all manner of reasons,
to have been trained TO saddle and harness
Roaming at full gailop over the heaths-espe-
cially when your heath was London and Eng
lish and European HE, IN the nineteenth cenlu-
| p-he suffered much, and did comparatively
little. There have been few creatures whom
II was more wasteiul to send forth with the brl-
die thrown up, and 10 set to steeple-huniing IN.
stead OF running on highways"
The only field IN which at length he could gam
footing was that OF literature All his gifts and
tendencies pointed TO this Wild, anarchic, no.
made sphere. In connection with his college
trend. Frederic Maurice, he assumed The charge
OF the literary newspaper The iMeafan, which
had then been recently commenced by the well
knswn James SILK Buckingham. HIS papers in
that journal, though crude and imperfect are
singuiarly beautiful and attractive, pervaded
with " the ruddiest glow OF young enthusiasm.
OF noble ineipient, spiritual manhood; once more
diVine universe unveiling Itself In gloom and
splendor, IN auroral FIRE high, and many.tinted
shadow, full OF hope and full OK awe, 10 Young
melodious' plous heart Just arrived upon It,"