The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-07-21
TRANSFORMATIONS
BRAVE BATTLES wAoEo AGAINST
THE AGONY OF DISEASE.
Literature. a. We'll a. Art aad sell
ence aud History. l. Indebted TO
Pain and Worry and Suffering For
some Of Its choiceN Gems.

some of Ia. ChoiceN Gems.
There are heroes Of the pen as well
A. Of the sword. and the victories of the
study are quite as affecting and mem
orable as those OF the battlefield.
II "a complete list Of the fine exam
pies Of heroism Of authors were com
piled 10 would reach well out into the
thousands aud include a large number
Of lilustrious names. 10 fact. 1t is said
that few authors have done really great
work except Gaief adverse circum
stances. Literature. as well as science.
art and history. is Indebted % pain and
worry and suffering for some Of is
choicest gems.
There are few finer examples OF the
heroism Of the study than that present.
ed by Professor Finscu. the discOvcrer
Of the light cure FOR lupus. For the
las" twenty years Of his too short he
be suffered from painful diseases OF
the heart and liver. 90 which dropsy
was s~uperadded, aud IL was only by
daily self denial and the strictpst diet
Ing that be was able 70 live az all.
Yet for all these years. lived IA the
very shadow Of death and In constant
suffering. he stuck bravely 90 his great
life work. even studying his own dis
eases with the kcenest attention and
writing articles on them for medical
journals. The last two or three years
of his life were spent living on his back.
unable even TO be carried TO bis be
loved institute a few yards away. and
| yet the lion hearted scientist never re-
laxed for a single day his gallant fight
for his fellow men against disease.
The heroism Of the Danish profess.
or suggests a similar brave battle
waged by an English professor. J. X.
Green, the historian. against disease
and pain. II was in 1869, when the
disease which had assailed him fog
many years finally Frustrated him and
when the doctors gave him no hope Of
living more than six months. that
Green set to work to write his famous
short History Of the English Peo-
Pile" Day after day he toiled at his
task, holding desperately on 10 life
ami In n state Of ceaseicss pain and PIX
haustlon. and so brave was the mans
spirit that he actually prolonged his
life for five years. Even he was bound
to confess. II wonder how In those
years Of physical pain and despond-
ency | could ever have written tile
book nj all"
General Grants memoirs. which
brought his widow the enormous sum
Of 100000, were written under even
more trying conditions han Green's
history. In 1884, the year before his
death. the ex-president found himself
bankrupt through the failure Of the
Marine bank and face to face with the
prospect of dying penniless and leav-
ing his wife destitute. IL was at this
terrible crisis hat he began to write
the story Of his stirring career. But
the cup OF his misfortune was not yet
full. \ cancer formed at the root OF
his tongue, and the gallant soldier was
compelled to write day after day, SUI
ferlng constant and severe agony.
Mrs. Browning, too. wrote most OF
her beautiful poems confined 10 a
darkened chamber. TO which only her
own family agd u few devoted friends
could be admitted. In great weakness
and almost unintermittent suffering,
with her favorite spaniel as her com
p%nnion.
The German poet Heine was another
martyr and hero OF the study. The
last seven years Of his life were spent
on his mattress grave racked with
such excruclating pain that he had 70
take doses Of opium large enough to
have. killed several men In order u
give him II few blessed hours OF free
dom from It. Through all these years
OF torture lie not only bore himself
with a noble resignation and cheerful
ness, but produced many OF his finest
and most finished works. including his
Last Poems and Thoughts" and his
Confessions"
Sir Walter SCOTS heroic struggle
with misfortune and failing health dur
Ing the closing years OF his life Is per,
haps too well known 10 call for more
than mention. After the commercial
crash came which left him crushed
with debt and with shattered health he
set TO work with wearicd eyes and
worn brain" and toiled for yenrs, often
as much as fourteen hours a day, until
the end came and with It the lifting OF
all burdens. including that Of his debts,
every penny OF which his monumental
toll had paid.
In the list are also Frank Smcdley,
who wrote his book on "a bed Of an
gulsh;" Edna Lyall, who kept death AT
bay by her brave spirit and busy pen.
and Clark Russell, who set n mag.if.
iccnt example Of patience by his In.
dustry when racked with rheumatism.
II is also said that much OF Sir Arthur
Suiliyan's sweetest music was distilled
from paln.-New York Herald.