The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-14

Fo- kro wse1xe - 81 things wE see
Ard yet we trust IL c0xrex from thee
A beam IN 6srknezs lei n groE.
ss vs. IA thas memorial 70 our dear
freud. turn IN fairh 80 God. nessevnzsg
w1sers ve cannot prove" TIE psIssososs1y
arsgs even uaucs1 q the language Of Tenny-
son.s ..In Mesnorsa Il II rsssssr k.ss.s
Grant / must turn 20 tbs great ma ster-
piece u modern poetry a nun1cer q urnes
70 voice tee feelings that cxerno~ osAr
a mystery but the death OF tfa1z man
whom We love y INSET mysterious. 80
young, - talented; 80 az N syery way -
1--we. Why saoui1 he have gomez And
even his poor body Is not ours 20 bury.
IL - TIE instinct OF humanity 20 bury TIE
dead, and yet this - not voucEzsaled AS
the poet cTsSc 10 TIE
..Fair ship ina, from the Italian shore
Safest the placid ocean plains.
So cry we 70 mat Sated skip that carried
Cur friend away,
Z hear the noise about thy keel:
hear the beil struck Ia the night.
see the cabin window bright;
see the sailor al the wheel
Thou brinzest the sailor TO his wife,
and travelled men from foreign hAaaczs
And letters unto trembling hands,
And. thy dark fresgnt--a sanisssed life.
80 bring him; we have Idle dreams;
This hook OF quiet fatters thus
W.
The fools of habit, sweeter seems
ITO rest beneath the clover SOC
That takes the sunshine and the rains.
or where the kneeaing hamlet Grains
the chalice OF the grapes Of God:
Than IL with thee the roaring wells
Shou5d gulf hlm fa1hom deep in brine:
And hands 40 often csaSSped ia mine
Should toss vita tangle and with shells ="
The life Of Frederic Grant / need rot
give tonight That has been told already
ana - known well 70 al his frlenus.
tempt to characterize that life. say -at-
teaupt." Tor l fully conscious Of the
difficulty Of analyz4ng a character Ike
viii fairly represent that life IL Is the
word business" i know IL Is more gen
orally used OF things but 1t IL good word
rust Is blessed This Testimony of the
wssss king Of old may we'll be quoted tn
respect TO this just man whose memory IS
blessed indeed TO this whole community,
blessed tn comfort to his family, in bene-
dict!on TO hts friends. In fruitful lessons
70 youth and young manhood. The Just
man - he who loves justice, the man who
gives every one his dues: the honorable,
true, good man. Sue-h man wac Frederic
Grant. tie was just Ia his love Of law
aaa 81 liberty under the law. Most tena-
cAsIs was ne In hts support OF the state.
4 close 2stleient OF political economy and
next 10 THIS, Of history, the story Of hu-
needs awakened in Mr.. Grant a fervent
love for his own country. and this. too,
tf3t Ia any merely sentimental or abstract
Way, but IN divine altrutssn that made
hlm ioxe his neighbor "a himself He was
intensely democratic for he made friends
among all sorts and conditions Of men,
and he WAS just 10 all IL may De said
that he had a passion for Justice. There
WAS a quiet en- UnuS iasrn about the man
that manifested a noble patriotism u is
commonly thought that justice implies
only rigid. harsh conformity 10 law. bat
in this man the love OF law. and the love
OF country and the love OF the human
brotherhood was warm and genial
This supreme Characteristic OF business
was manifested IN three great ways.
First SINCERITY. This Is a noble word.
In the Greek II means proved by the
be tested by the light. In the Latin the
w0rd stands literally for without wax"
Ii WAS the custom In the Roman markets
70 sell strained honey IN bottles. and Il.
when held up 10 the light, there was no
wax then IL was 'siue cera' or sincere.
The heart Of this man was wonderfully
solutely truthful He could be relied on
implicitly. de never .quiIfbled or falsely
as a politician lay largely In his sincerity.
W hen he spoke in or out or convention
men knew he meant just what he said. II
ss e s9shs es ~ Io..G a,d 80 be w9nld say ~
would stand BY the promise at any cost.
He made no false Pledges One who had
told me he ha3 never known him TO tell
lie, not even by foolish exaggera8ion or
mean equivocation. There IL an odd Ger
man proverb 'sT'he clear Is the true" and
this might be applied to Frederic Grant.
HIS heart was ciear-pure. All indecent
talk Or coarse testing were 20 him repul-
tected augst but purity In his words or
acts. In music there Is an EXPRESSION
''just intonation." where all chords or in
teryals are given In purity or exact math-
enstical ratio. The music Of this ufe had
In it, purity the lust information" or
him Z may be said:
TITS strength was as the strength Of ten
Because hts heart was pure"
was sehsiensst Now ,be nst ' man =
often thought 10 be the stern man. the
man 70 be dreaded because cold and sus-
tere- No one, however. WAS afraid to ax-
yroHrh Mr. Grant. ] venture 70 say he
had the condolences or more men than al
most any other leysnan in this city, and
was as gentle as a child and ss sweet
hammered IS a woman Yet this gentle
ness meant not weakness. but was the
outcome Of strength The strongest IS
heart, set, when convinced Of right moth
ing could Swerve this mans VITA He
s as 81 h rT, as h,n 81 81 , rock While
perinE rtv1liess flowed down 20 cheer even
those % whom he could not yield / say
nothing could change him Yes. one thing
and ere only-his own sense OF business
II 2 - reason Was aEepafei 20 and the an
reai sustained. he was quick % confess a
change Of judgment some men are disiu-
eiined % acknowledge change Of opinion
lest they mRv appear weak. Int this ITSELF
= Weakness The truly great man. II his
mind - altered, viii confess g. Such a
man was Nr Grant Tie Was gentle IN
his willingness 20 readtust his views Of
slassn snt things when reason gave oom-
ruau1- This sentences went forth IN char
tfy Tie was KIND in HE eIgFrisut of
Others, though be had no false sense 81
charity that wresIl3 conceal thu hyp0crfta
or defend the kuave Ia hls 3eesfs be was
+ henei}ceUt How many he hoped no one
can tell, for hs kept r'lch th'rEs secret
Get those WHO were nearest 20 htfa know
that Re gave hahituaily aud generously
He knew the soy q giving. A. the sseF,
scent OF woodland flowers buried beneaf n
SWINE overhAngiug vines reveals the sourca
I OF swesfnfss 30 the fraxr.nc> o. this
good mans deeds has betrayed the lie OF
the dosr.
HIS charity was like the snow
Soft. waite ard silent IN ia fall:
Not Ike TIRE noisy winds that blow
From shivertng tres the leavss-a pail
For flower and weed.
Dropping below.
What was bis crsrd7'
The poor may know.
He haa great saith IN losveS - bread
t8~ HUuwrW Tse0pae young and old
Ard h0re inspired, Kind w0r4> he saf
To those he sheltered from the cold
For We must feea.
"A Ws3 kis fss~sy
As well "a rray
cannot say
Thir5 The tniTt great marx Of iris jest
PES was humility The humble mar - the
u.s. n,an tor humility 8 facog. ton az
olaens rights su& acknnwIedgAeut ~
others werth. Ts1a ee}aSh. saucrsse8 man
- c-t1st- Nj Grant haf M ssafft{.-aE as
psatieHs Sor f'Self. bat ~ ga have for