The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-02-19
BR AIMS VERSUS BLOOD.
By JESSE CLEMENT.

BY JESSE CLEMENT
IN civil aud political affairs brain Dower
may MOI always equal royal, ont. rightly exu
erted, the former has the priority in astoor,
ho' 10 say homage. Men willingly. gladly,
pay their respects % genius, when sach conr-
teSy comes reluctantly. grudgiogfv, TO mol
hFchy. Royalty itself. when under the SWAY
OF good sense, will bow To SUPERIOR Talent
as well as 10 transcendAnt worth r. WAC
SO ID the days OF good Queen Brss Crowned
"emen had strength enough OF the mental
eye 10 bear the light ladialing from The most
brilliant minds, however close the contact
Elizabeth did not think It STOPPING 20 sneak
10 great dTamatist, ,hou.h he might he
also professional play actOr She yenpra-
ted Shakespeare genius as much as she did
the virtues of Sir Phillip Sidney. Mapv
great lights she drew around her to illpmln.
, ate her court as well as be: Kingdom ror
Is hers the greatest agu es IN Eng ish history
ct that Period.
The wis Of Queen Anne's reigu-Corg.e7e
swift Pope, Addison, Gay, P.1or, etc.-re-
ee'Ved not only royal civllities. but, with
mere end here an exception, pretty little
plcAlngs' as Tbackeray once called them
"ou OF the public purse For several Of
them quarter days. came round. thouoh
not with uniform certainty and surely men
OF letters $50 and l60 years ago had great
need OF such angelic aids as quarter DAYS"
th afforded.
but u-2eS change with houses. The tn.
doris ran out long ago so did the Stuarts.
me house OF Hanover, now in power. has
never neec remarkable for q plethora Of
brains or tor Difference to genius. Latter!v
when he British crown had fayCrs to bestow
nigh family connection has had great weight.
The Laureate is continued. but it, il doubtful
II purely literary men hold as high a position
IN the IL art OF royalty US they once did The
reader will recoilect The Queen's refusal.
several years ago, 20 receive Dickens and
IhackeraJ ut WiLdsor Castle, excep. in a
historical character, assumed Tor a benevo-
lent purpose At that time it was intimated
| mat tEIS refusal to recognize oficiaily these
noyeiists was because one OF hem had
rldlcued che Circuml0cuiion Office" and
the other had satirizrds the thin-headed
Georges Dickens, equally as independent
as the Queen, required her TO attend the
entertainment OF his amateur actors IN the
same terms with the commonallty.
On all the pages OF history, royal medioc-
riy stands ike a slipshcd beggar by the
side OF Imperial genius What King of Scot
land wears such shining robes as Robert
Burns? With the exception of Alfred, what
early King o. England is arrayed in such gar
ments Of glory as Chaucer? Leaving cut
Louis IN, and what King Of France has
such veneration as her men of genius of low
~ birth? As long and grand as was the
reign OF Elizabeth. her name is not men
toned once where Shakespeare's is repeated
q hundred times. The fame OF Pope and
Addison is equally as abiding as that CT AN
ne. and mrch more enviable. JohnBunyan's
fame can aever grow dim. while the name Of
Charles II. would be almost forgotten but
for his infamous detaucheres. Frederick the
Great gcGS great. but Goethe was greater.
The brains of Bismarck direct the right arm
OF William.
Brains are thousand times batter than
blood. Who would not rather be The author
Of David Copperfeld'' or vanity Fair
than the ruler OF a kingdom Tho crown of
genius has no peer-except virtue. Alfred
and Saint Louis have aul oras OF glory, not 80
much because OF their Gro wn as their chafac-
ter.
Kingdoms may be wretchedIy governed;
the scepter may be laid aside, and Its infu-
ence gradually die away but genius, sway
ing its wand over the hearts of mon, may
magnetic the generations to the end of
time.