The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-07-10
A Fright from q Fire.

over with his spray--everything of him
and about him is from the throne. is
it for him to question the disposition OF
royal favor?" This was almost the only
bitter word of personal rebuke waich
proceeded from his great mind. While
the Russells continued to frOlic in the
ocean of bounty Edmund Burke only
enjoyed his modest pension for two
years.
He received his early r1dmcnrs OF
education from his mother (wno "i,' Il
member OF the family Of Na5eS OF Cas-
tletownRoche, County Cork,) and who
is said to have possessed no ordinary
intellectual endowmentS. At The a. oi
IL Edmund was placed at Ballytore
school, in County Kildare, and in ,3il
he entered Trinity college. His univcr-
sity career was not, however, brilliant
for the bent OF mis- mind tended more to
that discursivn reading which fami'la,-
ICES the mind with n large number of
authors than to the minute details from
which college distiDr'io so often
spring. Still. his was nu, IN uHhonGrct
course, for W find that hr nntn' u
scholarship liz lT!i. III Burke won no
university huuOrS." says lar" writer,
neither did Swift GibbrH. dryden or
Milton" In lI1I hr arrived III London
to enter his name rs y student for tn"
bar; but he did not b"rnm" II n."mb"r
of the profession. II WAS now that his
talents began To bud. tie suon put fnrth
those blossoms, through Inc periodicals.
by which he gained considerable rcpu,A-
ton. Becoming acquainted with his
country woman. Mrs. Wollinstun, tine
celebrated actress, she Introduced him
to the highos; men of genius in London.
Macklin tho first TRACE liam Of That day.
a countryman Of Burke's. extended the
circle Of his acquaintance. Althongh
he prcfesscdly read Inv. he gave him
self to the study of the widest range of
knowledge. particularly that which III
folded human ratur". history, ctii s,
loetry and criticism. Ills lirst essay of
Col sequence, "A !lahiralinn of Natural
Society" was an roniral Imitation of
EoIlngbrokc's phil ,suoieal writings.
The hit was hap1s the style was 50 we'll
sustained :.l2t mlny beloved it to lie
new tract written ~ Lord BOlinn.-
bloke himself His .nyi and probably
his most splonhi essay was his Essay
nj l..
which stamped him rs A deep Thinker.
ard which soon obtained Il place AMONG
t1a Standard cha seal productions. In
this work iillrkn proved himself 4 clear
sighted observer of nature az, Il philD-
sophie Investigation of her WORKINGS
Previous to his writing Che "Su.,,i,nn
and ReautliUl' BurHr entertained an
idea OF coming tn .\meilc... but his ath-
or opposed the pr. oct. Had he conc
gone there is little doubt that in the
contest of las he would have maniutiv
asserted the principles which have con-
secrdtcd to En lying fame The memory
OF that great national struggle. rroyi.
dence, however, designed hun, tor an
other part in the same great drama. and
destined him to defend, with wonirous
eloquence in another hemisphere, the
sacred principles which George Wash
!ngton guarded with his sword His
tory was the study in which Burke most
delighted, and he lved into It's denths
with increasing Industry. In 1853 he
began the Annual Register Of the civil,
political and literary transactions of the
times, which he contributed to and
superintendent for many years. Burke
soon aftcrWard entered on that ;rllerc
OF actioE which he was destined Co
adorn, and ii was in his native country
that his political life began. When
Lord Halifax became Vicerry of ireland
Burke WAS appointed private secretary
to the lientanant's secretary. Single
Speech HAMILTON" 80 called from hay
ing delivered one good speech i'll Eng
land. IN 1865. When Lord i;reenyille
was driven from af!cc. the Marquis of
Rockingham, who succeeded him, took
hurke as his private secretary. and In
the same year he VIZ. returned 10 par
lament fer Wenlnv"r DR.. JChnsou
said that whatever society Burke vas
placed he wCuld shine, and this vas
soon realized by his splendid abilities
III parliament HIS vas = life Of stucy.
OF the requirement and thu display of
knowledge. Poetry and history afforded
his imogery and facts; philosophy,
power. His rsvcrcntial study of tho
fathers Of tho church particularly those
at the Middle Ages. taught him the ma
e1.ro and Ise % logic and subtle ron1ol-
Ing. GEd = vivid foncy and re.anaivo
memory s"vn him The command Of lie