Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-09-03
Great Young Men.

Charles James Fox was in Parlia-
ment at 10.
The great Cromwell left the Univer-
sity of Cambridge at Is.
John Bright neN Ell was at any school
day after he was 10 years old.
Gladstone was in Parliament at p,
and at "a was Lord of the Treasury.
Lord Bacon graduated at Cambridge
when 16, and was called to the bar at
81.
Peel was in Parliament at 81, and
Palmerston was Lord of the Admiralty
at %.
Henry Clay was in the Senate of the
United States at 20, contrary to the
Constitution.
John Hampton, after graduating at
Oxford, was Il student at law in the
Inner Temple at 10.
Gustavus Adolphus assembled the
throne at 10; before he was "a he was
one of the great rulers of Europe.
Judge Story was at Harvard at 15,
in Congress at 20, and Judge of the
Supreme Court of the United States
at 80.
Martin Luther had become largely
distinguished at "a, and at 56 had
reached the top-most round of his
worldwide fame.
Condo conducted memorable cam
paign at IL, and at % he, and Turenne
also, were of the most illustrious men
of their time.
Webster was in college at 10, gave
earnest of his great future before he
was %, and at 80 was the peer of the
ablest man in Congress.
William H. Seward commenced the
practice of law at q, at 81 was presi-
dent of a State convention, and at ~
! Governor of New York.
Washington was a distinguished
! Colonel in the army at p, early in pub
! lie affairs, commander of the forces at
! 43, and President at 81.
Maurice of Saxony died at 80, con-.
ceded to have been one OF the pro-
toundest statemen and one of the
ablest Generals which Christendom
had seen.
Napoleon at 25 commanded the army
| of Italy At 80 he was not only one
of the most illustrious Generals of all
time, but one of the great law-givers
of the world. At 46 he saw Waterloo.
The great Leo x. was Pope at SO;
having finished his academic training
he took the office of Cardinal at 18-
only twelve months younger than was
Charles James Fox when he entered
Parliament.
Only one civilian out of the Presi-
dents of this country gained his first
election after he was 60, and that one
was James Buchanan. The chance for
the Presidency after go is small, and
growing less.
William Pitt entered the university
at IA, was Chancellor of the Exchequer
at %, Prime Minister at "a, and so
continued for 20 years, and when 30
was the most powerful uncrowned head
in Europe.
From the earliest years of Queen
Elizabeth to the latest of Queen Vic
toria England has had scarce an able
statesman who did not leave the uni
versity by the time he was 20, and
many of them left at an earlier age.
The late Lord Beaconstield left the
cIoister and entered the great world
early-as did John BrighU-and COM
menced his political career by writing
a book at II, in which he predicted
that he would be prime Minister.
Hamilton was in Kings College at
16; when II he made notable address
on public affairs to the citizens of New
York; at 20 he was entrusted with a
most important mission to Gen. Gates,
was in Congress at %, and Secretary
of the Treasury at 81.
John Quincy Adams at the age of IA
was secretary to Mr.. Dana, then Min
lister at the Russian court; at 30 he was
himself Minister to Prussia; at 80 he
was Minister to Russia; at 4S he was
Minister to England; at 30 he was
Secretary of State, and President at 81