Warren sheaf., 1901-07-11

~ no"A0 ~ C<A - SoCuC0 III stone
Hewn on the Parthenon, the name will waste; |
Carved on the Pyramid, twill be effaced.
In the heroic deed, and there alone
Is mans one hold against the craft of Time,
That humbles into dust the shaft sublime.
mat mixes sculptured Karnak with the sands, |
onannaled, blown about the Libyan lands
And for the high, heroic deeds of men
There is no crown of praise but deed again:
Only the heart-quick praise the praise of deed, |
Is faithful praise for the heroic breed"
In Philadelphia the Chinese Minis
ter, Mr.. WI Ting Fang, was the ora
tor Of the day. ?
The Tammany organization in
New York had big day. Mary
speakers from far and wide addressed
faithful Democracy. The speakers
were divided into two classes, those
who should deliver long talks" and
those who should give only "short
talks" Local, national and histori-
cal subjects were discussed.
,.*Closely following the anniversary
OF the Declaration OF Independence
came the sad news OF Prof. John
Fiske's demise. Prof. Fiske died at
the age OF tifty-nine years, while yet
a man OF apparently great physical
strength. He was the last of that
galaxy Of New England literateurs
composed of Longfellow, Haw-
thorne, Emerson, Holmes and
Lowell, and leaves behind himself a
name much more to be envied than
any rulers. In early youth MIR. Fiske
was marvelously precocious, begin
ming the study Of Latin at the age of
six, and the study OF Greek not later
than at the age OF eight or nine. At
twelve ne wrote from memory COM
plete and accepted chronology of the
worlds history from 1OOOB.C. to 49,
20 A.D. Many similar citations could
be made showing his wonderfully apt
mentality. His life time was devoted
hrst to philosophical, studies and
writings, his most notable works in
this line being ''The Destiny OF Man."
and''Outlines Of Cosmic P Philosophy"
At the time these were published
many hailed him as the American
Spencer,'a most promising philoso-
pher. But later he .deviated from
this course and commenced his work
as an historian. His researches in
this line bore fruit in the publication
OF many valuable and supremely in
teresting works, the best known of
which are The Beginnings of New
England, "The War of Independ-
ence, i" ''Virginia and Her Neighbors,"
"The Critical Period Of. American
History" j" American Political Ide-
as.' To the most ordinary reader
his writings are fascina ting and crit
les seem to agree that he has solved
the problem OF how to write truthful
history and yet maintain dignity
and interest OF style. As lecturer
Prof. Fiske was in constant demand
here as we'll as in Europe. During
the summer he was engaged to lee
ture before famous society in Lon
don. The American people have
lost perhaps it's greatest literary
genius. We sorrow with his afflicted
family, feeling the loss of a prophet.
That Washington will soon have
another statue is not of much inter-
est ordinarily. There are so MANY
here in the city. In almost every
other block one may see the likeness
OF a lesser or greater light in our
history. But soon will be completed
the statue of one Of our greatest war
heroes, Gen. Sherman, OF "Marching
Through Georgia" fame. To the
greater number of readers of your
paper it will be interesting to know
that the statue of Gen. Sherman,
one of the richest and most costly
ever erected in this city, has been
completed to the entire satisfaction
OF all concerned, by an artist and
citizen. Of Denmark, Mr.. ]. +. Will
'helmsen, Of Copenhagen, and who is
known in Europe as the 'ssecond
Thorwaldsen.'' Sculptor Wilhelm
sen, however, did not originally con
ceive the bas-reliefs which he has
finished. Karl Rob Smith designed
them some time ago and began the
work on them. But it speaks vol
umes Of praise for Mr.. Wilhelmsen to
be intrusted with the works some
other artist has conceived. These
bas-reliefs are an inrernstinp series