The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25
Washington as a Mod
ell For All Men.
Mr.. H0AR'S LECTURE
He Speaks Before Students
at Catholic University,

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator George
f. Hoar lectured at the Catholic Uni
versity this afternoon before a large
audience. Right Rev. Mgr. Conaty
presided and introduced the senator
with few well chosen remarks. After
acknowledging the kindness Of the well
come accorded him, Senator Hoar
congratulated the youth oil America
that we have for our national hero
character they may take as u model
OF behavior in every condition, tran
saction and occupation i'll life. There
can be no question of morality, of cour-
tesy, noble and elevated behavior. of
expediercy in the conduct Of difficult
affairs which may not be in some ways
safely answered by determining what
George Washington would have done
in the like case.
No other nation has such q model.
Our religion is taught by an exemplar.
That We might not be charged with
exaggeration in our estimate of our
beloved hero, Mr. Hoar cited the opin-
ion of the great foreign authorities.
Earl Russell said His fame was
far purer than that of Julius Caesar
or Bonaparte, and greater than that
of Hampden. Russell or Sidney"
Lord Erskine said: washington was
the only being for whom he had an
awful reverence"
Charles James Fox: Such a charac-
ter is hardly to be found in the pages
of history
Lord Brougham: He was the great
est man of our own or any age"
Mr. Green, the author Of the His
tory Of the English People: Men learn
ed to cling to him with trust and
faith such as few other men have won,
and to regard him with reverence
which still bushes us win reverence
| for his memory"
! Count Herxburg, Frederick the
Greats famous minister: washington
surpassed in his great virtues and quail
! tiles the most celebrated men OF an
tiquity."
The lecturer then cited from Fisher
Ames' beautiful funeral Grafton and
| Mr.. Jefferson's statement that wash
ingtons fame will so on increasing I'M
til the brightest constellation of yon-
der heavens is called by his name
He applied to him the saying of the
old monk of King Arthur: The world
knows not his peer nor Will the future
show his equal: he alone towers over
one and greater than those that are
to be"
Mr. Hoar considered and compared
the principal biographers and eulogists
of Washington, stating the peculiar
characteristics of each, and recon-
mending to the young men the study
of them all.
Chief Justice Marshall was COM
mended specially for his comprehension
of the political history Of Washington's
time. in which he bore so large part;
Washington Irving. for his matchless
style Jared Sparks, for the thorough
! ness of his Investigations and the I'M
erring certainty of his historic judg-
ments; the beautiful orations of Ed
ward Everett, of Fisher Ames and of
Mr. Winthrop, We're especially com
mended to the study of the young men
of the country. Mr.. Hoar adds: But,
after all, among the elaborate biog-
raphies of Washington, the best por-
trayal of him in literature is the life
of him by my colleague, Henry Cabot
Lodge. 1t may be trusted thoroughly
as to it's facts and its judgments a
flood of light has been poured in upon
the subject by the material which has
been uncovered since the time of Mar
shall and Sparks and Irving. The me-
lnoir is enough to tell the story of the
great and important transactions of
Washington's life, and still compact
J enough to retain its hold on the inter-