The Hawaiian gazette., 1868-10-07
Pre-co.I.- Life and works.
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and his history of Spanish literature has
gained for him the highest reputation as
one Of the most eminent critics Of the
United States. At the time We are re
feEring TO, he had just delivered, at Har>
vAri University, = series Of lectures on
that interesting subject snd wanted to
eo1denSe them into : book. Ii occurred
to hin thai the reading Of them might
I work = favorable change IN the melancholy
ana depressed spiriIS ot his friend Pres
coz. His offer Was gratefully accepted,
and il Was not long before Prescott BE-
came zR enthusiastic student ef that rich
and uelodioas iiiOu, fo1SSkiDg forever she
diSealt study Of German Without losing
5 moment, he borrowed frsm Mr.. Tcknor,
grzuma7s. books A0i dictionaries By >
singular chance, the first yelume thar AZ
t-scsed his attention Vas the History Of
the Conquest Of Mexico by SOlis- Some
months lzte1, be had 50 far mastered Span
isl IS 10 Be sble to write 10 Mr. nekno.
letters IN that Iz,gu@ge. containing Sppre-
eiaiive opinions Of the literary worth Of
the different works he was reading. 4
year ksi hardly elapsed. and this new
course Of study being completed, be began
to think himself vel poeYzrei TO wriie
book. but he remained long tine unde-
cidei IS to choice Of subject He justly
CONSIDERED Spain as an insxbAustible mine
foE historical research. and :; laz;, having
Overcome his hesitation. be selected the
rriga Of Ferdinand and isabella Twenty
years aIter, he wrote II the margin Of his
jogrnAl. where he h2d entered his dete-ui-
az;iOu Of pahrshlaE tie history Of the two
Spsaish eelebrities. the following sag-
gesiive words: HAPPY Cho;os
1t vz< doubtless : happy choke. bat i;
uSy be sad that !. w-s also : strange one.
and that It Is sousEh2t astonishing to see
Repabiczn &ai Protestant the bsaey-
oleut historian q Two Sorsreigns ~ho
we're The uost absola;s enbo,iiulent Of al
the t-ziItious q : uo12rcbiczl and Cath
olie government It would haTe sppez1ed
more natural 70 see him spplyins his re-
m-rkEble powers IS = historian 10 the nzr-
rz.iOo q the l2ss dzys q the Roman Re
Pablie, and 10 the Izst eombzts Of ex-
P::ring Liberty agzia<t Cas=risu- Bat
10 the veEy lzst, he Ezs fsittiui 70 his
6rss inclination To the very lzst. he
wzs to osIeb-zte the martial deeds Of
the great and energetic Spznish race.
which hzs everywhere upheli and s1s-
;4inei i6eSs and prInciples uost zntzg-
0aistie 70 the isadeneiss znd synp@thies
q citizen Of the ne~ vo-sd bu; It is
jazs 10 s@y Lat he kzz zIEzys beea a in
partial and intelligent judge of those
srOsbied tines
Prescott i nos The Only example Of this
sc-apalo1z eguity q joigneai: and Il has
been rightly rsu2-ked that Americans
have rszl s9Pa-io-lty II rslziiog. ~itho1t
p2ssioa O. prejsdios. tie ezrrels q Cd
EuVps- They are pro1g,sa By the ne-e
interest of eariosity-oos night almost
s-!. q srchzology-sn5 they ezs, there-
fore, sPszk Of eTealz Eilhoai getting
excited
Before re2ch1g the end ot his u0dsr-
taking, Prescott rs 70 pass thro1zh
gzs! noce trizlz sad szEs-agz Daring
TIE L4s- three yszrs. his syesighs h4d sp-
pared 10 improve zni aiihosgb he coad
LIZ 60 eoiirsly vitk0zt hiz secrst4-y-s a.
sz.zaos. Yei Il vLz z5ie 10 rad for sev-
e,zl kozrs II sorosss5ou. Eilh Little y %
zliE1s- Aootbsr iup--5seos brozzhs back
tie 6rezit-l s,z,e q bE16less- He bz5
ben E-siiog : vszy Ing Isttsr 70 oas q
Is hie0iz 4 Spain. iato-zing hin of LIS
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