The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-09

a new edition, with addenda of some
interest gathered since. But condi-
tons have prevented this.
let me write briefly of him. He
was of excellent common sense, with
out particle of egotism, had a limit
ed education, but, as DR.. Deems told
me as his own opinion, that "he was
the best master of English he had ever
known upon two continents" His
physical organization was not at all
imposing. He did not look as if he had
great ability, nor did he express in his
face that he had any genius. And still
he was endowed with an intellect that
at times burned like Il pent-up fire. and
flashed at times with the brilliancy
and beauty of a meteor. Accustomed
for many years to listen to many dis
tinguiShed orators up &c 1870, both IN
Church and State--Bishop Pierce,
Deemc, Fuller, Hawkes.. Burton,
Chaplin, Moran, James A. Duncan. and
others OF the clergy, and Webster
Clay, Winter Davis, Badger, a. w
Venable. H. w. Miller, Kerr, Vance
and others of the bar and the political
arena. | am persuaded, after ample
opportunities afforded me for Il cor
rect judicious opinion. that | am JUS
tilted in declaring that on rare occa-
SionS, when in the mood, with bless
ed baptism of fire. / have heard fal
from Mr.. Lowe OutburstS OF noble,
living sustained eloquence, more cleo
t1ical and overwhelming in its infiu-
Fence and charm than / have heard
from any other speaker even down &c
this year of grace 1904 That is my
sincere opinion, worth what it may, III
to this writing. / am satisfied that
without any of those magnificent quail
ties Of mind which attract and charm
that he would remain a correct, logical
thinker, of excellent Judgment. anC
with a certain underlying strength
not great, but agreeable and instruc-
tive.
But / must close this roaming
among the great and gifted. The lit
! erature OF the world possesses SO many
illustrations adapted to my purpose.
that j might prolong much this line
CT reflection. 1t is difficult to select
two or more blushing peaches from
the luscious fruitage that bends the
teeming boughs of the responsive tree,
which shall be more beautiful and
delicious than their equally attractive
neighbors, SO it is difficult to choose
from the noble and grand galaxy OF
the worlds Valhalla. a few of those
bright names forever enShrined in the
heart of a literary devotee, or the man
OF true culture. ! leave the subject
alike impressed with the correctness
OF my conclusion, ana WITH the barren
mes of my own performance. lone
good deed dying tonguless, slaughters
thousand waiting on it."-Shakes-
| 9eare.
Many years ago I met with the fol-
| lowing lines:
And must Trelawney die, and must
TrelaWney die?
| Then thirty thousand ornishmen will
know the reason Why"
I supposed that these lines were
correct, but 1 knew not of their origin
who was the author, and yet ] haG
read Macaulay's History of England
twice, and he told the story of the
imprisonment of seven English Bishops
III the Tower in London in 1853, by
order of King James IL, the blunder-
ing, incapable Romanst. Sir Jona-
/ than TrelaWney was one of these sever
| unfortunates. | find in the New York
Saturday Review the following
which gives a different version of the
| lines, and by whom written. 1t says
| 'Hawker's note, in part, on his poem
| is:
1.-THE choral lines
! And shall Trelawney die?