Litchfield enquirer., 1858-11-18
Whole No. 174 6
EDWARD EVERETT.

up to his thirteenth year, when he was eutef-
 ed at Harvard, with a reputation for mental excellence of the highest order. He gradua-
 ted at the age of seventeen, taking the honors ot hls class. Having adopted Unitarian views, he decided to enter the ministry ef that de- nomination, and, after the usual course, was ordained pastor of the Brattle Square Church, Boston, where he oficiated for several years, With great acceptance and success. His ora torlcal powers were then in their glorious promise. His sermons were models of purity, and elegance of dlction while his mastery over the spirit of poetry gave to his eloquence all the power of sublime master of verse.
 And, what IS somewhat remarkable his ser mons were from memory as, also have been all his great oratorical displays-the sermon, speech, or address to be delivered, being first careu ly and elaborately composed, and then committed to memory. Some others of our celebrated orators Gas Webster Calhoun, ben- ton, &c., acted upon the same plan in their best efforts built is the rare exception to find the industry Sand extraordinary memory required combined with extraordinary elo- queNce of speech. The great mass of orators of fine powers-like Choate, Ward Beecher, Chapin, Bascom-being, either impromp,~ speakers, or depending, to some degree, upon the "notes" which they invariably have be- fore them. This memo, tier speaking accounts for the almost uniform beauty of Mr. Everetts address
 He was tcndered the Greek prcfesso-ship of Harvard in 1914, and for several years, gave himself up to the preparation for that respon- | sible post. He quilted the College with tie reputation of being the best Greek scholar | which the class had graduated for years yet hn to to oJ i, residence abroad, and by contact with the best European minds. Five years were con- sumed in this study and association-a large portion of the time being spent in Greece ,,:- ploring the literature and history to the very fountaiu-head. He returned to assume charge of his classes at Cambridge in 1919. IL Was tgnot long before the recognition was givtn him of being the best Helenist scholar of Et.- rope or America. a
 His connection with the North Americas Rerseo commenced in the year 1920. Some maste r mind was needed to save the Quarteis.. l y from dying out entirely, and Mir. E. was chosen. The resultAproyed the publishers sagacity, and also gave new evidences of tie | splendid resources of the professors mind. Under his conduct the Review took its place among the best of quarterl;es. He was aisoa valued contributor to the Nen EaglaHd NGc- o7ane of good reuown-one of the est monln- lies this country ever knew (and which by the way, gave the first installment oi those pa- pcrs-the "Autocrat of the Breakfast I!- ble'~-which, more than any thing else, had served to make reputation for the new d. lautic Nonthlu)
 Mr. Everetts first election to Congress oc-a cured in the year 1925. For the ten years following he retained his seat in the lower House, to his own credit and to the unauai;- ed satisfaction of his constituents. He was
 literally aeorhiag member, shirkng no drnde- cry, no responsibility which duty demanded while his purity of life, his amcnity Aof mar- ners, his constlerate regard for the feelings anl opinions of others might be held up s lnoI- el worthy of emulation by the reckless and dissolute Congress of our present day.
 Retiring from Congress- AIr. Everett was chosen to the Gubernatorial Chair of his n;- i tive State, which he flied for the four snc- ceeGing years with singular success. He pro- Ved himself to be possessed of executive tal- ents of the highest quality % During the administration of John Tyler. Mr. E. was appointed Minister to the Courb of St. James-the most important trust in thc gift of the rational executive. His services ill capacity of minister have become matters of
 
 as the foreign archives will testify.
 Returning home at the end of Tyler's al- ministration, he was elected to the Presidency of Harvard College. For four years he dls- charged the important duties of that trust, ii such manner as added not little to the a. ready good reputation of that noble old inst- tuition, which has been the Aima UEater of so many distinguished men. He resigned thi, presidency in lS49, owing to feeble health. His constituency, finding him again at their command, returned him to Congress. He ket his seat until the death of Webster, when he resigned it, having been called to fill his place in the Cabinet of MT. Fillmore. He remained Secretary of State up to the expiration of Mg. Fillmore's term of office, discharging its impor- tant trusts to great popular acceptance
 He was chosen to the United States Senate In 1892 for the siX-year term, but resigned iii 1853, owing to both private and political rea- sons.
 Of late, Mr. Everett has given up much of his time 10 addresses on Washington for tIle benefit of the Mount Vernon fund. We are not aware how much money he hes thus indirectly contributed to the fund fora D purchase of the tomb and home of Washilln- ton, but the sum must be very large while the interest he has excited in the object has added vastly to it's popular cooperation. Tlie manner in which he is received both North and South, shows how he is enshrined in the re- spect as we'll as admirationof the people. It is hardly to be regretted that politics" b. came too repulsive to him, since it has given him up to the labor of love in which he is GU. gased.-CosmopoIitaa Art Journal. M %