Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-28
Lowell Memorial Placed in West
minister Abbey,
Ties BINDING ANGLO.SAION RACE.
Address by Mr.. Bayard, the Amer
lean Ambassador.
A NOTABLE GATHERING

tendant upon the unwilling of the memorial
TO James Russell Lowell in the Chapter
House of Westminster Abbey began at noon
today. The memorial consists of two STAIN
ed glass windows. One of them is divided
by two mulions into three parts, while at
the bottom of the other two is a medallion
portrait of the diplomat, author and poet.
On the three sections of the muiiioned Win
dow are representations of an angel bearing
a shield below the arms of the United States,
the landing of the pilgrim fathers from the
Mayfiower, and the figure of St. Botolph.
On the other window are the figures of Sir
Launfal. an angel bearing a shield below
the arms of the United Kingdom, and a
figure of st. Ambrose, as we'll as a symbolic
representation of the emancipation of the
slaves.
While Mr. Lowell was American minister
TO Great Britain he greatly endeared him
self to the best classes of the English peo-
ple and shortly after his death the project
was started of erecting a memorial to him.
The funds were quickly raised among his
English friends, and today's ceremonies
marked the final completion of the work of
love- Among those who subscribed to the
fund were the Duke of Westminster, the
Duke of Argyle, Earl Rosebery Lord Cole
ridge. Lord Brassey. Lord Playfair. Sir John
Lubbock. Prof. Bryce, Prof. Tyndall. George
Meredith, Conan Doyle, Canon Farrar and
Ama-Tadema.
Who Were Present.
Among those present today were Mr..
Thomas F. Bayard, American ambassador;
Miss Balfour, sister of A. J. Balfour the
Archbishop of Canterbury, Dean Bradley
and Miss Bradley, Lord Coleridge, the lord
chief justice; Arthur Wellesley Peel, speaker
of the house of commons; Lord Rosebery.
foreign minister; Canon Farrar. Lord Her
schel. lord high chancellor; Mr.. Walter
Besant, Joseph Chamberlain and Mrs.
Chamberlain, Sir Henry James. Lord and
Lady Reay and Lord and Lady Pembroke.
Dean Bradley presided. In his opening
speech he said: I'VE have met in this veaer-
able building to pay tribute to the men,
DRY of one whose high character and great
gifts endeared him to an ever adding circle
till the day of his death. l will leave others
to speak of Mr.. Lowell as a writer who
helped others 10 appreciate great writer's
of the same race"
After saying that he regretted the alb
sence of Mr.. Balfour, who was to have
spoken, Dean Bradley said ne regarded the
chapter-house as specially fitted for the
memorial. He did not know what the future
of Great Britain and American might be,
but he hoped that in the future their chill
dren, looking at the memorial. would be
reminded OF the bonds uniting their COM
mon associations to the great memories of
race speaking one tongue. He hoped
these bonds would prove a source of
strength to The two countries,
Mr.. stephen, as chairman of the memorial
committed, begged Ambassador Bayards
acceptance of the memorial on behalf of the
United states. He said. among other things:
Il had the honor of Mr. Lowelfs friend
ship for many years. The reason We have
met here to honor Lowell is suggested to
any one visiting the Poets Corner. The
long line of iliustrious men whose monu-
ments are there and who passed the torch
of literature from Chaucer to Tennyson
would doubtless recognize Lowell as con-
genial disciple scarcely one of these fol-
lowed letters with more unflagging zeal.
On him fell the spirit of the great masters"
He always spoke from his heart, and
hence. nobly. He would not take a low
rank among the masters. Mr.. Stephen eulo-
Rized Mr.. Lowelrs works and referred to
the influence exerted by THE Bigelow Pa
pers." lie also referred to MIR. Lowells
love for English literature and England
generally, even English weather. He ex-
tolled Lowelrs power of speech his sympa-
thy and kindness. and said he was proud
to call him his friend of his life.
The committee had received many offers
from the United States regarding the
memorial but it had been though fit to de-
cline them because they wished to show
that Englishmen themselves knew how to
honor great American in the spirit in
which Lowell spoke and wrote
we have erected this memorial he add
ed, in the hope that 1t will be accepted as
II Is lHtSllucu SO tndl Americans
that Englishmen are capable of respecting
and admiring one of them as heartily as
If he was one of our own countrymen'
Ambassador Bayard's Remarks
Ambassador Bayard then arose and said:
II hold myself happy in that l have been
permitted to be in the chapter house of
Westminster Abbey when for the second
time the name of an American is inscribed
In this double sanctuary of religion and re-
nown-the bust of Longfelow and now the
memorial of his brother poet. both from our
kindred beyond the sea. The forms of these
two gifted sons of America are clasped in
the bosom of the land of their birth. Their
ashes rest in peace at home, but the echoes
of their fame have been waited across the
Atlantic and they fall in clear and musical
notes upon the loving ears of the two coun-
tries whose people speak the same tongue
Longfellow and Lowell here in Westminster
Abbey, in blended fellowship, are worthy
companions of that band who sung with
Wordsworth and who gave us nobler love
and nobier cares. l am unable in the few
words permitted me to attempt a portrait
ure of Lowell, Happily this is needless.
owing to the eloquent address of Mr. Steph-
ems, which Ia especially grateful 70 myself
and my compatriots and which will be re-
ceved thus by the country whose son is its
subject. 1t Is strong saying, Blood is
thicker than water"
Unborn Sympnthies of Race.
Every udy proves now the ties of COM
mon origin and ancestry are stronger than
written treaties. The Unborn sympa thies of
race finally silence International discord and
Jealousy. 1t is pleasant to recall in this
chamber that the man in whose honor this
unwilling takes place today stood twelve
years ago speaking words in honor and
affection of Dean Stanley, that pure noble
being whose memorial is before u.s. seem
ingly as a guardian spirit of this venerable
place But eight years since the voice of
Lowell was again heard in these precincts,
When the bust of Coleridge, the gift of
Americans, was unveiled. 1 am glad in
600 '"0t thie mark of honor to nv dear
countryman was erected so soon after his
DEATH The reproach of long delay, often
49,, cainot De made here, nor can be ap-
piled the words of Jonson:
See the nations, slowly wise and meanly
just,
To buried merit raise the tardy bust
For here brotherhood in letters and kindred
spirits hasten to give buried merit Just
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