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( Flies higher than thy most eqlsl spirits nlghi
Praised that nor doUut nor hope could ben,
Earth loitiest bead, found uprishtto the end
.--Sr1tbWrts.
1t comes to every nation once, anc
seldom more than once. TO have itSell
summed up in the genius of single
man. Victor Hugo was the epitomC
OF the best traits in the Gallo charac-
ter Towards the French he holds a
position similar to that held BY Dante
in italy, by Camoeus in Portugal by
Ceryantes in Spain. By Goethe in Ger
many, and by Shakespeare in the great
globe itself. PHILADELPHIA BRiiet;a.
He founded school of fiction which
was his own, He created form Of
poetic expression unheard OF before
his day. He was fierce political
thinker and writer Of great force and
strength. 1t would be uniare to COM
pare him to any one man living or
dead He was himself the great orig
inal = quebec No,1iqg Chronicle.
Victor Hugo was a pioneer realist.
His men and women were OF flesh ana
I blood. Who has not been drawn ten-
derby TO CoSotte as sweet young girl
/ from real life; who has not admired
that actual personality Of Drawn aud
/ muscle, Jean Vatican --CiegeiaRd IOice.
His like will never be seen again 10
the present age. France and the
7 world may well mourn the loss OF so
great man.-St. Joseph, No., Gdsette
His early poems and ballads, souor-
Gus or sweet. full OF color and viyaciiy,
and his later Songs OF the Woods and
Streets, will always be read for their
grace and genuineness they are feasts
whereat the champagne OF the century
is poured, and the honey Of Hymettus
Is served. Philadelphia record
Whatever place critics may give
him all will unite in saying that he
WAS man who had talents that came
nearer to genius than any man now
living. Boston Globe.
There are no great men. Massillon.
over the body of Louis XIV, cried
out: God only is grcat!' A crea.
ture is only proximately great, and
Hugo, who was poet, novelist editor
essayist, patriot in the true sense aud
politician in the high sense, was as
near greatness as is possible for hu.
mainly in the ordinary world detni-
tion.-Ne,0 iort Mercury.
The giants are departing. one 81
one, from earth, and with Victor
Hugo's death, possibly the most pic.
turesque figure OF this century has (
vanished. The Jelrish Messenger.
He was doubtless the foremost lii. I.
erary man OF his time, and the great. .
est Freuchmau in the world of letters .
since Noltaire. = Mitcaukce Sentinel.
In his death the world loses neon.
parably the greatest literary mind IL
the century and one Of the giants OF
the literary group Of history. Louis.
ttHe Commercial
Victor Hugo sternly reminded hts
country that virtue was not u mere
sentimental within, that morality was
not mere prudery. - Ptiiad9 iphja Rxl-
ietia.
In politics, he was largely iustru-
in creating in France tine sen.
timent upon which the Republic abidcs
- Cincinnati Times stu.
For sixty years his reputation was
bounded only BY the civilized world. i
Ierre Hautg, Lgd, Saturday EcsHiag
Haii.
France has some extremely clever
1ovellsts, some men Of genius Daudet.
lola, Octave Feuillet left, bus tney
ire the satellites. The sun has zone
Times.
well, then! Before this master
his triumpher. tins conquercr. this
dictator, this emperor, this all-powcr.
III, there rises "A solitary man, 4 wan.
lerer, despoiled, ruined. PROSTATE
and attacks him. Lpuis d
Napoleon has ten thousand eanuon4 q
md five hundred thousand soldiers. q
he writer has his pen and his iuks,and. :
ne writer Is nothing; he Is grain !
L aust, he Is a shadow, he is an exile :
a refuge, he is yagrant with q
mt a passport; but he ha4 by his side d
nd lighting with him two powers Il
tight, which Is inyincibIe. and Truth 1
552. '''' :" q
lie stood at the head Of modern !
rench literature, and rs a patriot and o
mend Of humanity there has been No =
iore eloquent defender and advocate y
-AeW Orieans CitV ITEM. q
Fearless and stronrmiuded ~ Ia q
st. the old poet died worthily. SLOW. y
Z and quietly he sank until the feebla o
reath could keep the struggling sy;rif =
0 longer. Around him were ill., y
reatest names Of France. At bis Y
cor We're academiciaus. noblemen z
athors.-KansGs City Times. q
OF the three great representative 4
zen OF the three great European ma. -
ons. mother Bismarck in Germany !.
Or Gladstone IN England has enioyed u
le undisputcd pre-cmincnce accGrd,.d :,
: universal suffrage to Victor HUGO "
France. r Ptiialelphia Times. +,
10 find man as completely pro,t n
France we must 90 back to Yolfaire n
hose genius that Of Hugo perbrns n,
asst resembles. Indeed, the nero h,
xtaposition Of the two names 4 MI !,
suggestion, for to Voltaire the dcaJ h
'et would have been source of ipev. =,
tustlbIe merriment, fountain Of to
'Igrams, new world to conat;er mi =
piore.-Br0ohiUn Eagie. IN
Few men who have ever lived are u N
cure in fame as Victor Uuro eli
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