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mattef-the eoonnuanon OF Lanley kochford
BY Justin Mccarthy, poems BY Wnlie Winten,
the dramatic critic, ard Dsvsra Tsylor. a. DC.
Richard Gr..t VIVA. -, !, .rr,.c,stiv,
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OF tne confnDuten 70 the 0sidzy ana TN
dent for some yean pest Of Wsshingtoo. Mr..
White sums mn fiu character: ssTrus hearted,
Of rsre k,n6finees N nsture. and Of genuine
Icourtesv. ~ ~ nevsr aou9ht popularity. a.
tbou1h ~ "A - ouifa shu& n. but was Con
tent MN snch fhvor nom Ii allow. men a.
thev uave n Rim nntsneously- him shoW-
in1 Mn elf alVays 20 them no Other than tust
4 wSst he really was And BY popularity I do
nor mean that upreasouine acceptance BY tie
unknovine many which, 6y men In pubic LIE,
ia 20 Omen won without merit and lost without
fault but that no les undiscriminated Hing
of him whose misunderstanding smoothnesS
makes him 4 Renefal fkvoeite IN eocdety Socinl
success. which, 4 . biz name fbr very moor
and yery little thing. d too often sttained bv
federation Of those wkom No dislike and hsttery
of those whom ve desndaA. Anythinv "a -
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ling to be without His Hiding he ALWAYS showed:
his dislikinr he was too oufspoken 70 coDeeal'
except by avoiding occasion 81 o0enee. 49,
he was too sincere for many 0ie,ds. And
never went about tickllnr re yapitv eyen al
those whom he lovod best. Hin svmnsfhtes
were vide and warm, and his chsritv Iaree !:
cool antipsthjes ran d, : narroV current. Rut
deep and strong. BE liked everything that
was manly, and simple and true; and although
.. man OF ine mgnest c9ltiyatson, socaa. ana
he 40, h"rs.tv hs ~ N .;.e 4 r." sSmi,stior'
he disliked cbie0v narrov intoleraDce. ssceti-
cism, phariseeism, and hypocrisy of ali kinds
and with all his fastidiousness would tolerate
tnat wnlcn Tas So.rse Is,neL snsu .n.t wncn
chieav M an occa sienai vrfter mon socisi ton.
les, treating them with a rare mixture of com
mon sense and sharp satire, and always with
an effort for the Introduction of higher and
happier life, material as we'll Is moral and In
tellectual. For although On his moral side he
was stole, with regard to the body, that here
too much neglected part Of man, he was, In
the best sense, an eplcurean. - 10.
Few writers upon the subjects Of his occa-
sional contributions TO periodical literature and
to journalism have drawn with frmer or more
discriminating hand the line between that SEN
suous happiness which, As tending to the per-
lection Of mans whole nature, is elevatfng,
hat IL 6svok
with mingling of humor and kindly cynicism,
was "Carl Benson" but to scholars Charles
Aston Bristed was known as scholar who, II
fortune had not placed him beyond the neces-
sity Of such LIE, could have filed with dis
tinguished honor the chair of Greek or Latin
at any university, and who, If he had added
frmer health to more ambition, would have
won conspicuous place among philologists. i
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ino a''D".'e = .o'o '".n u'u.iiy r'.n III VAT
lety. One OF tne oest Articles Is ~ DAVID A.
Wells, entitled, IA Modern Financial Utopia;
How It grew up and What Became Of IT," II
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ern a.'emPs 70 oui'o up nA.ionAi sno inoiv'ouAi
wealth upon An frredeemable paper currency.
That attempt was made In Texas. In his intro
duction Mr., Wells saws: aThere ia one great.
plain, practical fact IN respect TO irredeemabIe
paper money, which In itself 70 sufficient an
swer to ali the arguments that NAV be ad-
vanced in Its favor And that Is, that there can
not be one single instance referred to in the his
tory of any State, nation or people, II which IT'S
adoption and use has not been wholly disaster
Gus. The more CONSPICUOUS examples and Il
Illustrations which prove this assertion-namely,
the John Law scheme Of l716-1720, the currency
of the American colonies before the revolution,
the Continental money, the French assignats;
and later and in this century, the paper money
experience of Austria, Russia, italy, Spain,
Turkey, and the South American States-sre
all more or less familiar; but there IL another |
example, little known, and rarely If ever refer |
red to, which, occurring within comparatively |
recent period, and under conditions analogous
70 nose wnicn IN tho opinion Of many, render
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ave refer to the fiscal experience Of the Re- |
public of Texas, which, during the brief period
Of ITS existence as an Independent nation, com,
L miIeeo On sman scale neaIy ~ sne nnanciai
Dlunae sn S,. .s,ea ~ nearay ~ .ae nna9G1an ea
PerI saH WHICH Lae sre.ser nst,ons OF Europe
nAse oe'ole anu since conmi.teo ano Irleo on
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