The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1871-01-21
a. Man Is a Man for a. That.
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Few Iaen have made the kind Of Judgment
in mons hearts that Robert Burns has. Poor,
a ploughman and n poet, his maine has outlived
that Of kinEs; his influence Is greater than
that Of s1llesnen; hia words are repeated,
sung. loved BY all claSAes wherever the Eng
liah tongue has gone. Other men have writ
Ten greater things other men have sung them
selves into We history Of nation. into the
memories Ola people; other mon have shown
greater grasp Of intellect and have stunned
bis vices OF character, and yet among them all
! doubt " you viii hnd ono who has so gotten
into the heart y 80 cherished where we chez
ish those we love. Other men have your homer,
your applGasc, your approval, your marvel;-
their names men win not let die and the i'm
mortal wrea.h Surrounds their fame; bn. here
j. one towards whom the feeling IL quite other.
deeper, more personal. You take not his
words but him into your hearts,+his words
Drawer, aud broader and better and more cher
ished, because be is behind them. You do not
feel truth, power, sentiment, exquisite express
sion, tender emotion only, but the man. The
man is greater than his word The word il
on. OF n livinE.soui. ia life Is his life lie
harcs himself e speak o. From his deepest
censciousncss, experience. hope or struggle u
i. There Il nothing in epistlc. incident. po-
|eHy. that does not betray deep and earnest
LII. the life OF one
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love the man Robert Burns. because Of thS
manhood Ia the man. Not perfect character
-uohc Of us are that-and men that are called
best uitcntitncs ar. not 80 perfect a. others who
tEaHsgrcss riaringly. whose deeper life Is dlled
with all innuuer cf daily swveiness those ai a
more Orthodox lite lack 80 much ofgracc aud
truth, the true gtace 81 manhood. the best
truih % lii, wss 10 him. tnst What he wanted
seems the ladder. while somehow tt makes Us
tendvrer. fAs ron perfect character. baiiied
by eircur tlnccs. tortured hs hi- een .nhrmi-
~. be ls s. tuaL ~ q that. rnd pleads TER man.
Ilis Joy arc human Joys his sorrows human
sofr0us D.. .aH.urs human falling lie 10
lot aboYr. De d. nut below be- % atthc central
heart IT manhood. liy.s. moves a. man.
extseases - hai men ircl aud tris. g. liit them
into the br0aif. ii' 81 which be. IA part, iAil
Cd. Spenkius Aimsrli he ssys, ia the -
q l have avpW-d manly and independent
sentiment. which ulist ~ 30 bc iound IN the
tnab. Because they ar" 100 the man. hurns
the poet iurus has his peculiar Immortality
fnaagihe n man such a. lee. cnutempteo a. '
sold by one - biz excise superior. that his bu
siprss sas o. ar. not 20 think Suppe.e Burns.
hid only followed the plough ~ run down
sinugslers. had uetc thuuEht-uhaf sap IN
the Nefids pleasure inst -u-tiou aud profit
II vas while hc vas 10 "a uhurgu cuiuyin {
the saeirty o' those b., sec al slP,fars. anon &
whoa he moved ,n the dieuity oih.s osu char
acter, wstbout lawnrag no ,as1yiug, no aas
NtNiaNA aNfNAa lfi 9 aAN atslHil~ AlrMf Auat a.
els morning met "iu hodiiu grey, west
ecunkry larmcr. whom h. shook heartily bF
ihe band and stopped q talk with. A youuz
Edinhurrh bisod toak the poet - tssk ior be-
wsnt % TASTE "Why. yen faalaatie general,
said Burns ''it "a uai 81 c greycoat the seone
benn.. ami she sanquhaF bo.t-hoss spoke 70.
tut ~ HsaH Mg' "a, ~ fAerf. aud the mau. tir.
Of trur worth won,d weigh yau and nae aud
t-n more such dosn any day.
Nv, taath thu true cent rrsnt. tas onlr seu
'.urnt Tat is true. "a b. Nha' ~ want - ret
~ .qusreiy uP O., whas - Ely - square
y talks a. Add b. taeisty doIt msau q
.-at ir lanasfsllr. lrrcsfsnns Die pataide tnnir
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r.l ant : de- fri-nda. I, j. nat tn Hsan
tAat H. .ataes hut the clothes that A.
.n tle man We aiTr hy uat Mai hm s1al
taea iaf hlu h1t shat be clothes 30 uFen
Ism. " measure ttu ~ she phil sorhy 90
cluthes ty shat aaf. A. ~ aim. whst IS MT.
eaEnst hr made rari Is a iaar. car siarda't'
aye 80 external is d. o. man ot fash O.. afse
r.al fas4t.Hn, y place. 90 family. T rn.ae1
: trse are olf sa. a. gradra all pass Fl.s slt
c.lt .f..us. aHi ;nel must - tae Hrrtt ~
aae .r She afaeF 90 70 - rc-assissrf. Vs. call
e4 Ana = .e-aaa 1ff st ere ofth most GOV
etf4 th g. tr sA.ch inca W..l pay moss 40
Iect rr.rcs. 81 contsat 81 3 alsaE upftEht
istheir manhood. hsW alany 30 tteaP-
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