The courier., 1901-11-16

a HN n
was always modest man. 1T rba,
time he was the most talked abor- -
courted OF any man in the -r-,-,,
Queen Victoria and the lesser NO.
archs of Europe were eclinsed i'm ..-
effulgence Of the great American G.,
eral Grant had accomplished the ,-~s,.
est military success Of the ceDru~-
We leave Napoleon out of the g1asrf,,
And Europe worships military heroes
An hereditary, divine right king ,c----
pies the centre Of the stage and fs -b,
cynOsure Of all eyes until a nrf-ar-
genius like Napoleon. Wellington -
Grant comes into the neighborhood.
then there is a glory between the Efrg
and the people that Obscures the king
Even a modest man. like Grant 7-o--
shipped by cOmmoner and king. -7us,
grow to regard himself as an oracle
When asked for his opinion about n
Hung Chang, after Chang had -nra,.
tanned him at his country home and
presented him with costly levels
Grant said that Ii was one Of the three
greatest men in the world. The other
two were Beaconsfield and TOlsrov
By later units of measure Il Hung
Chang rates higher than either of
these men Beaconsfield died gvfrh0ur
having accomplished anything II 0er-
manent value to his nation or race
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Tolstoy has ignored his superhuman
gift of telling a story we'll. and has
preferred TO become an Indifferent
economist and interpreter OF the Scrip
lures. Men who are numbered trsr.
second or third great Of a century n
generation, counting in, as Grant lid
all nations. must in their lifetime nave
affected humanity. leaving sign Il
their existence for at least gener-
.ation- 1t is only about twenty years
Isince Beaconsfield died. and the sands
are smooth There is no sign that he
sonce passed this way. II is too early
to form any Judgment about Tolstoy
He may modify the institutions u als
country, but il is doubtful He : not
enough Of a politician. He is not con-
tent to keep just a little ahead # The
people. He scars and expects them TO
follow his fight as we'll as they caI
with their eyes and perhaps Try It
themselves. The feet of the muJiAs
cling to the ground, and they laugh Il
|Tolstoy and wonder what he IS tryln-
Ito do.
Grant also compared Ii Hung Chang
Ito Gambetta and to Bismarck. In re-
gard to this John Russell said: Be
hind western statesmen were stab
|lished civilizations. the forces u Id
vanced empires. They did not create
but carried out what was begun. Bis
marck was the successor Of Frederick
the Great, Gambetta OF MiraDeau.
while Lord Beaconsfield could only
have found his ideal in the cOnquer!ng
soul of Chatham. Ii Hung Chang was
alone with his problem History gave
him no precedent. The outside word
had no sympathy for him. The vest
ern nations looked upon China with
carnivorous eyes. He accepted the lp-
palling duties before him. He rejected
nothing He had breadth. depth. on
niscience He meant that China should
grow. broaden. rise. He worked .1'
the Chinese people with an intelligence
and courage that must forever "aHN |
him as one of the worlds foremo.,f
men of this age. Yet Ii. with al. his
greatness, was still a Chinaman. i7
the China Merchants 'o."-
pany and brought his commerce under
the flag of China. but he was devote"
to his native ways in matters "i .7
ligiOn. His superstition or respecl .o'
what the mass of the people believed
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