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GohESBoRo.N. G.. AUGUST 81, 1s9;
A OF BROTHER AzARIAs.

DEATH OF BROTHER AzARIAs.
ASIDE from the regret which we
would share in common with all
lovers of literature at the loss OF a
great literary light, it is with pc
cnlisr personal sorrow that we
speak az The death of Brother Aza-
tiss, the well known educator and
'eraty worker. at the early age
q totty-stx years. He was in the
css}ege days OF this writer of the
f%aco|ty Of Rock Hill College, Eli
colt City, Md where it was orr
privilege to attend his literary Ices
tu-ee. az 1t has been orr pleasure
- realize the beneficial fruits there
~ during al the Intervening years.
T. know him was to love him and
marvel at his wonderful endows
ments Of mind and sweet sim plicity
Is manner. We have meyer known
a MAJ more richly endowed in
mind AMI heart, or one who had,
with such unusual gitte, such uns
usual opportunities for their deveis
oplnenf, and such unusual scope in
their exercise.
When in his early youth he
chose the modest vocation of res
ligions teacher in the Society OF
the Christian Schools, he renowned
wen his family name, and. to all
Ip;ents and purposes, barred the
door between himself and worldly
honors. But he developed, though
always of a retiring nature and
always faithful to ever the hum.
blest duties of the vocation of his
choice, so marked administrative
and literary ability, that he was
compelled into a place of promi-
renee and influence beyond any
he might have won in the field of
purely secular effort.
As a successful teacher and an
authority on the science OF feachs
ing, he was known and respected
bot only in Catholic educational
Institutes throughout America and
Europe, but also IN the great ses
cnlar homes of learning, such as
Harvard, Yale, Cornell, and Brown
Universities. His name was pro-
posed last spring in connection with
:. vacancy on the Board of Regents
Of he State Of New York; and he
was often called upon to represent
the Catholic interest at non.Catho-
&c educational assemblages. He
had among other distinctions OF
this sort, The invitation OF Gen
E4ton, United States Commissioner
. Eiacnt}on, TO address the Inter.
rasoUal Congress of Education il
1854 His paper on Dante before
ssie Concord School of Philosophy
the following year attracted much
attention.
He was alert for all improve
mems il schooi methods. Ever,
movement for raising the intellec-
zual stand enlisted his help anc
sympathy.
His purely literary work ode
tailed in the biographical sketch OF
page 1 of this issue) makes in itsel
a valuable library for the Christian
student. With his "Books an,
Raading"-a literary guidesbook
to many of the Reading Circles
ard PHASES OF Thought and Crit
ciam," he was beginning a librar,
.; religious criticism with specia
reference to the needs of our youn,
American students looking t
higher intellectual and moral &C
QUESTIONS.
His great work, "The History Q
Education from the Earliest Age
to the Present Day" was nearl,
ready for publication at the tim
Of his death. He had also in han,
History of English Literature
His uncoliected articles in til
Fortmtghtly and Contemporar
ReUievs of London, the America
Catholic Quarterly, the Mort
American ReUiew and the Form
must be numerous. as he wrot
for all the abo-eenamed.
Through these diversified occu
rations, through much success an,
many honors, Brother Azaria
slways remained the nnassumiDg
unseifsh religious.
This passage from "The Cultur
Of the Spiritual Sense" in HI
"Paasea of Thought and Criticism,
required 70 Us at the news of hi