Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-05-21

writer give SO little clue to his personal
identity, 80 vast Is the scale of his
| genius, and extensive the range OF his
search of character over all mankind.
1t was truly said, sit is the grandeur
of his genius that precludes us from
| discerning any personal trait in his
writings" This noble catholicity Of
mind encourages all men to join in
cherishing his memory; for he wrote
not for any ono class OF order OF man
| kind, nor for the delight and instruc-
tion of one grade, of intellectual taste
or capacity, but alike for prince and
peasant, rich or poor, high or low,
'"aristocrat, autocrat, democrat. lie
ran his master hand ever the heart
strings Of humanity, and sounded tho
entire gamut Of its mental and moral
capacities. In grand passage in his
Short History, Green says The age
was one in which mans temper and
powers took new range and energy.
Tho during of the adyenturer, tho
| philosophy of the scholar, the passion
of the lover, the fanatcism of the
saint, lowered into almost superhuman
| grandeur Man became conscious of
the immense resources that lay within
him, conscious Of tho bOundless powers
that seemed TO mock the narrow world
in which they moved. " Thus it il
that men of every condition OF life and
fortune, of all lands and of every creed,
can be, and should be. partakers in the
lessons no has taught, and he brought
TO comprehend their true significance.
For they are Divine gifts convey ed
through Shakespeare teaching the les
son that conditions of birth and for.
tune cannot be bar to the intimacy
of minds, that in our day tho simplest
and poorest of mankind can choose
for companions, counsellors and friends
the crowned kings Of thought, and that
no array of adverse circumstances can
shut out from any open. willing mind
the rays that will shine while time
shall last from the mind Of William
Shakespeare
At the luncbing following tho open
ing exercises, Mr. Bayard responded
to the toast to his health. He said
| beg you to believe how warmly and
sincerely appreciate the kindness
with which this toast has been hon
orod, and With which it has been re-
ceived by you. know that English
men arc not fond of exaggeration.
Sometimes | think they unjustly
ascribe that amiablc attribute to Amer
leans Laughter. Although l have
characterization to speak most unreserv-
eddy of my feelings in coming to STRAIT
ford. Avon and in having such re-
ception us this, will not enter further
upon IT. A hundred and twenty years
ago thore was slight difference Of
opinion manifested between certain of
your fellow subjects who had gone
beyond the Atlantic and those who re-
manned ON this side. After while it
was decided that it was better for
people who could not agree to set up
each for themselves Laughter and
SO my ancestors in the war of 1872,
which closed in 1888, did, putting a
strong sense on the word set up for
themselves. One thing that they did,
and for which | an bound to respect
them, was to put limit on all power
not only upon kingy power, but unon
any other power anu among other
powers, the power to inilict punish
nent by one man upon another 1t is
| that which | remember to-day
Laughter. One of the causes of the
| American rebellion against King
George Was to put down cruel, un.
usual. and severe punishment, and to-
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