Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-01-04
John Morris On Dr.. Hawks.
This ia the time OF gift.givi

us ID tne time OIL RllteRlVtuF3
and the Observer is glad that it
las a Christmas gift o iresent to
its readers this morning. II is a
pen.portrait of a man whose every
act rejected lustre upon the State
of his nativity. 1t is a picture
which III true North Carolinians
will 'ead, will study, will ponder
with intense satisfaction, and hav-
ing read aud studied aud ponde.ed
will take pride in hanging ON the
walls of meui"iy, SO ts.at III elsure
moments aud III quiet, twilight
seasons OF medltati"n they NAV
have It at hand as d so,ace OF col :
tinuous dcIecration. A:,d as no ape
precia,iv", {. ultuI MAJ cat s'and
in admiration before a rea; work
of ait, Without sharing his admi.a-
tica equally bet ween sut.j ct AMI
artist, so, we feel CERTAIN. 10
patriotic sutj.ct OF the OLD N nth
State can read the sketch We prs
ent to-day OF France LIS er Hawk +.
and thank God that til s great
ecc'esiast was a N rih Caiolin;an,
With, ut, at the same time, pa. ny
homage to the genius oi the Nur:h
Carolina blegrapher OF Dr., Hawks
John r. Morris.
Nj. Norris sketch is ir.dted ad
mirable. We do lot know how to
FLY commend it. he has surpassed
himself, and that it saying a great
dea'. 1t is worthy OF himself and
of the nrb,e man whose cha.ac.cr
it delineates. There is a rich fed
for the historian in North Caro-
lima biography. NvtLipg is So
stimuiative OF patriotism as the
study of the lives Of great aud
good men, The story of their strug-
g'es, OF their uusc- fshbess of their
Efforts to benefit makind exer,s 9
subtle influence upon the characters
Of earnest, aspiring yourg men,
unconscionsly, perhare, even to
themselves, yet nevertheless really
and certainly.
The evil that men do lives after them:
The good is oft i tered with their bones
Says the immortal bard. yet it is
not altogether true, for the good
th-t go d mel do lives after them,
too, AL down successive ages, but
hos, and how much and III what
way it will never be known unit
that day when the secrets If all
hearts are re7ea: ed, aud II is rem
dered 10 each man according to his
due. Aud at that last Cettlement,
when the angel that keeps the
records of great men, and adds ny
the figures in theco,umns, decades,
and the centuries, and the c, C cs,
aud the 9ons, and announces the
grand cum total which each has
contributed to the anueIioration o1
mankind, he vii stop the first
swelling outbreak ii a.geiic APP,
plause to say that a great per cen,
OF this CORY is to be shared with
the biographies.
M. Morris show that he has be.
slowed much study upon b : sketch
and his research has rcveae ed lie
little that is new. We had ncv5l
heard before that DR.. Hawks hac
a part in moulding the splendid
character OF Th"mas F. Bsyard
Mr.. Morris has painted the portal
with a deft brush. The shading ii
delicately traced, and yet WI hal
when powerful and vivid descrip-
tion is necessary, it is done with
wealth of words that is cnviable
The picture presented to Us of DR.
Hawks by means OF the penetrat
ing study OF his portrait is remark
ably well done, and we feel con
iient that it must be lifeslike. In.
deed, we believe this sketch il
destined to live in oIr State litera-
ture.
We lope it viii lead to a better
acquaintance by our people with
this distinguished son OF Nortt
Caroline. He Was a .markab
man il many wnys, aud he lovct
his native State, AS attcssed BY til.
~existcnce of the b stor, he wrote O
her. W. hope hat M. Morri, wi
impe' others. as he id II to reae
the description b. DR.. Hawks o
S.r Walter R.:eigl. 1t will repa,
a careful peiusa.. 1t is worthy I,
be compared with come OF HI
dcscIipti ms of the historian Green
We have time to quote only IN
sentence, where Or. Ha~k ks !
DIFF .rcntlating the kln.iy K ,leigl
troA tue royal james. AT er re lin,
us that James profe SD to be
man Of letters and Raleigh was SO
he reaches the climax with tn,
sentence: RI. elgh had "a uiu'
strikingiy original-th mind 0
James Wat but the lumber garre
in which confusedly To stow ava
other mems thoughts"
1t is a consuunmation dtvoutl
TO be wished, that the example Sc
by Dr.. Hawks in striving TO per
petueat the truths of North Caro-
Lima history, will De emulated b
come of her patriotic sons. Justic
Walter Clark had he patriotism
the ability. the love of research, tn
trenchant pen, and, we believe, til
Especial aptitude for the wori
We homo he will feel that ha