The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-02
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HENRY GEORGE, an unthentriCa1 man, had
upon the theatre of Fate q noble, tragic
exit. It might nave been that the ardor of
his disciples had cooled. It did not cool.
He died as any man Of powerful influence
might care to end his career, at the height
of his fame and cheered by unmistak-
able evidences Of his continuing strength.
He did not survive his work. He could not
have done more for It IL he had lived to the
extreme age of mans allotted time.
Living and working after the end Of work
and life, HENRY GEORGE, alive again in
the name N hopes and political Inherit
ance he has given to his son, is still a
mighty force in this election. What he was
and what he represented Ia still an actual
and undiminished strength. Dead, he Is
respected, and by the most strenuous oppo-
nents of his theory Of confiscation, as a man
in the open.
The strange, adventurous history of
HENRY GEORGE, from California to the eau
Gus, was something to make US thankful
that men Of genius have o license from des-
tiny. He came neither from Ballot nor
Trinity; from Harvard nor Yale nor Co-
lumbia. What a strange, eccentric, irregu-
lar man he must have been. How did he
learn things9 How did he write things,
this i~rregularly educated, wandering son
of Genius7
able, perhaps so unimportant2 The de-
pressing question still oonfronts us, as the
Hon. GROVER CLEVELAND, the protoplasm
Of tho indispensable SETH, to-day dis
pensed with forever, would tell the trem-
bling sons Of Nassau. Why wa it that
HENRY GEORGE, the man with no natural
advantages, surpassed the Hon. SETH Low,
a person horn rich, If not intelligent, who
devotes himself with such passion as may
be properly attributed to a highly moral
clam, without a pearl, to the exploitation
and Qualification Of HIMSELF Why to-day
will HENRY GEORGE speak from the grave
Why will the Hon. SETH Low, the SNUG.
gest thing on Morningside, be buried, deep
M dark2
SETH Low had every gift that the sys.
tematic cultivation of self can bring. The
fairies that gave GEORGE nothing but in.
telligence and courage and unsel1shness
gave SETH Low every chance of life. SETH
Low was rich SETH Low had the oppor.
tunity for education corresponding with
his future on Morningside; every ex'
terror and dividend.making advantage
SETH Low had over HENRY GEORGE
except the fact that HENRY GEORGE was
intelligent; except the fact that HENRY
GEORGE cared, in all his peculiarities OF
| opinion, for his ideas. he had ideas. SETH
Low has himself. his own idea.
We would like to think we'll Of SETH
Low. He thinks we'll of himself. SETH
Low was supposed to be a man of good
manner Nobody took him for q man Of
more than ordinary intelligence. At the
end of this campaign, where does SETH Low
stand2 Has he shown himself anxious fol
anything but votes7 Has he manifested
any higher aspiration than a wish to bt
elected2 When he began his canvass thu
people Of New York knew little about him
They had seen his pictures. They hoped
that he was more elevated thar tina
work of art. Since then they have learned
to know him. Learned to know SETH Low
How wise, how unselfish, how sincere, tn
records of the newspapers have shown
To-day he will get his reward. He has los
q reputation which was never deserved.