The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-19
SOME NOTED BACHELORS
Men of Marx in Politics, Art and Literal
ture who Never Married.

From ne 81. Lo.n GLOBE Desocrdt.
Samuel J. Tilden was the richest American
who ever entered public life and remained sin
gle to the end Of his days His persistent cell
bacy was remarkable. for, unlike Sir Thomas,
Mr.. Tilden was born with money, and thus from
his youth was considered eligible by the mammas
Of many young women.
No Republican Of half Mr. Tildcn's prominence
has gone through life without marrying but,
including David Bennett Hill who seems TO be
q confirmed bachelor, Dcmocracy's rolls show a
noteworthy triumviratc Of the distinguished
celibatcs, James Buchanan, the only bachelor
President. being the third memberl thereof Blu
chanan Is understood TO have RETAINED from tax
youthful affections was obdurate He In said N
have regretted the single state 70 the day OF his
death. Mr.. Hill. on the other hand, is reported
to be a bachelor from choice.
Literature has furnished a long string Of names
70 the list Of eminent bachelors Possibly the
bestknown unmarried man Of letters to-day IL
Henry James the novelist He main tains sto,,tly
that the artist no matter what the medium Of hia
expression. should remain single. on the ground
life tend 10 wear delicately adjusted nerves
and exhaust the mental fbrc Of genius, whether
its possessor be a painter Of pictures, a worker
in words a modeller Of statues, a composer Of
music a singer or one who amuses the people
John tireenleaf Whittier was bachelor, though
not from the Same cause as the brilliant fiction
writer mentioned. Whittier was a great admirer
Of the married state. we are told and in bis boy
girl for his sweetheart Together they went 10
school as children. and when they grew 70 youths
ssta,o he told her the story most girls like 70 hear.
and love must wait fo- recognition. She prom
lsed. but waiting is wearisome; before recognition
came came TO The young gentle vcrsemaker she forgot
him as a lover and was married 10 some one else
:. Edward FitzGerald. the translator of Omar
kahyyams quauains was bachelor, aud there
was romance IN bis life much like the one which
saddcncd Whittier's, but there was little else
which they had in common The ceibacy of
Charles Lamb was full Of pathos for he rema aimed
single all his life that he might care for his sister
Venerable John Burroughs naturalist az well
as writer. and one Of the most charming of men.
has never married Mr. Burroughs was no, even
that a romance caused his bachclorhood
The only literary bachelor who IL acknowl-
edged to be haser Of women is the English poet
hlgernon Charles Swinburn- His sentiment
appears TO be based upon tho fear that woman
OF little culture would be duh beyond description
As lifo partner and the conviction that the clever
woman IL the least attractive Of her sex
only one noted Protestant divine has been a
,b, sH He was Phillips Brooks who finished
ingiy possessed every quality desirable in a model
husband The cause Of his remaining single np-
pears never 10 have been understood even by
the lair. nor has any one been able to recall a
romance In his life In his student days and his
s,s az n. he had snd.hp
chndtcn was remarked often His letters 20 some
Of bis Juvenile friends. published in one Of the
magazines, were models in their way
The bachclorhood Of Sir Isaac Newton was
puzzle 10 some OF his contemporaries bu: Others
knew he remained single solely on account Of his
mother He though, the world Of her, and her
affection Tor him was unbounded: but her ma
6rnal love was marred by jealousy, and when.
ever her son thought on marriage or eyinced a
passing interest even in pretty face she wept
and wtung her hands, and managed somehow
70 check true loves course He finally told her
he would give up all notion Of marriage a. long
an she lived. After her death he found himself
too deeply absorbed in his scientific work and too
mature to think Of mairimony