The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-09
Supposed to Bear Unjust Criti-l.
cism Lightly, They Nevertl1e-I
less frequently Take It Much
to Heart-Some Notable In;
' stances Senator Hanna's Last
Words The String2De'atl1s
From Scandal.
By Calvin Dill Wilson, D D.
From Scandal.

tAutllor sf sThe Hero Of the Etn5 me ne
Copyright 1904 BY Joseph 3. Bo WI s "a
III t shsl aa puHs1s and ct'rlsaturss e
SsaAs which they are the OBJECTS &c Is: ~ J.
tQE6R Is assumed that wnei, \, shey Z, er n
they1t1ake risks q getting hit i !
that they say ut is politics; y IS bu Y! :.
ness. ana HI cannot be helped" Dlsr 81; ell
said that men who cannot stand abuse us
should not 60 tinto public l!f@ but ~
Is open to question whether anyone STANDS as
It perfectly. IS
Disraell kept scrapbooks containing
caricaturess OF himself and laughed over
them; he may have been acting. spur
geon, q more sincere man ana one DOS DOS
sessed Of great humor, did the same san, s
revealed tho bitterness Of resentmen,,t !.
and Spurgeon,s sermons occasionally
showed, without personal references that At
he knew what 1t was 70 surfer surfer :! Afo !, ~
In Morley's Life Of Gladstone mere
are citations from that statesman 1ouI.
nails in which he indicates passages IRON ON
courage and strength in the heated caln-
paigns through which he passed: IN ger-
soil. who dealt largely in attacks upon p i
other people scarcely ever Wrose, y sFp nts
without revealing some resentment 81 at e
.tacks Upon 4. himsel f.s5. The instance Of
Keats Is we'll known, It being asserted .; q
that he$ died broken hearted over mars y =
criticisms Of his poetry Byron song ! e
had been sent him by John Murray, fear-
Ing to find inyt them assaults upon .himsel -.
Bonaparte thrown mt. trenz \; Is ~
English %caricatures representing MIN y q
"a dwarf. JamessG. Blaine Is said to hn !,
BEEN deferred with difficulty by his
friends from suing the humorous ,'l s. paper pr
that, REPRESENTED Re y. him as me 'aeeooeu
Mr.. Blaine In his memorial sPeech, upo on
President Garfield, said the SANDERS OF
I the presto entialFg ca mpa en- n most ~, IN
preston upon d Garfield, but that IN one
Or two Instances the iron had entered
his soul and he had died VII n n,,Lnese
SnfGSrE9t5ssg t
read a newspaper until 1t had been look-
ed over by a friend or secretary ana Of
fensiVe matters a bout himself. II found,
cut out. So, as az matter Of fact, 2
very strong men do take abuse to heart.
The newspapers reported that the last s.
words OF Senator Hanna were n ni, aae IN
sarily without significance as to wha taha AZ
Often passed through his mind; he said
to his nurse, evidently mistaking 5her.,lor
some one not ren, h.%aya nsen
sGga y said d. the Senator, why do YOU
20 about the country abusing me ~ I Z Is
pro bable that there was more In, these
words thangat first appears. Mr.. Ha ma
once said in reply to the question: Their
he. resented caricatures Of himself, 1t
Is politics. 1t cannot be helped. do
not like st on my family's account" Did
not the Senator's dying words suggest
that the abuse hurt him more deeply
than wa supposed XII
sS TO find the probable bearing Of his
words consider other instances In Guy
4 q I'd, M,a, ina ssant' 81 story @ ."rheS String,H
plain man Is, rep presented s walking
one morning through his village, when
he saw a. bit Of string on the ground
and stopped and picked 1T up. Near by,