, 1883-06-02
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The Stockton H.rdi3 give. ,h, C.I,f,r
MIA Tess III genera. and the San Fran
cisco press III particular. 4 good dressing
up Tor being 80 Indifferent t. the writer
whp startrd ont IN Calii"rnI. aud hayr
Won world wId- Populations TINS Is pa.
Of humanity When We have once seen
fellow living un crackers and cheese, Il
Is hard u associate greatness with hIm.
IL is fact. also, that there Is much
glamour about great men that really doe,
not belong To them, those who have seen
the man without the greatness are too apt
to think of what We know li~s under
meath. The devJtee who has unc- seen
tho clay fee, Of his Idyl beneath ia, gaudy
robes III which he is worshlped by the
multitude, cannot worship with the old
time feryor. The Heraid cites how MagA
tn .lIu cnnvulsed the East with has humOr,
and how We fell to laugh; bu; the editor
fUrgets that 1t is hard for Us IL laugh al
stories that have grown old with Us We
do hot see that there is the glare oi org
inal,ty. The Herald speaks Of another
as follows:
Henry George MAS for several years Il
working journalist III San Francisco, anu
vas not unpopular when one Of the toll
ing crOed. Since then he has written u
book on political economy tina, has had a
larger sale than any other WORK on the
same subject that has ever been printed.
The world "ProgreS and Poverty" h..
been read and respectfully discussed by
the daily press infringement. Ii has been
translated INTO French, German, Russian,
Danish and Dutch, and eminent thinkers
IN many countries have spoken Of the
book III terms If warm admiration, even
clusions. Instead Of rejoicing over this
great success OF an old corurade, th,
journalists OF San Francisco describe blr,
iIaorye as q crank and a ''sort Of educated
Dsuis Kearnoy."
Henry George did not have any more
wealth than the law alloss, and he had to
rustic around pretty lively for the crack
ers and cheese that fed his babies while
he was studying about how far the social
world had gotten off its feet. Ii some
friend of his had offered him a share IN
some big speculation, he would have turn
ed millionaire and ie; the world wag on
IN its old groove. When he began to
talk of land and labor reforms, too many
Of It's took up the idea that he did II be-
cause crackers and cheese and cider did
not come 10 him without an effort, the
same as oysters, turkey and champagne
secmed to come to SOME Others, and hence
We dismiss 1t with that sort Of ,ducairi
Denis kearney."
There are many "i Us willing t" admit
that We dId hot know the diamond III the
iough as well as III. diamoud polished,
ana hence when II has passed from our
hands a. a pebble, We d..nt like l. atu',
that II is damond There we've duuit-
less men who served III the ranks OF the
Little Corporal who always wondered
how 1t Was that the world considered
Napoleon a great man.
How often do We hear mel sp,ak ot
Stanford as Il mere machine, INTO whose
capac,ous pocket com had rolled without
an effort un his part We will push from
las the fact that he possessed giant ia
tellect-an intellect capable ot ruling
naluns and commanding armies. Can
fornIa has, IN fact, developed Il numter
Of men IN the lines Of literature, Law,
finance, etc. uf whom she may well fr,i
proud, and obituaries will he written b,
thousands OF pens III the choicest words
uf the language.