The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-05

Il u Il, our, CHEF ruler. We talk q great
deal about the simple lfe,' put @ ""
like "a good show Jefferso,n'laan sI'Emplicl'y
Viii not do for an cra Of r oosoNNetlsalh ISM #
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a Study in Achievement.
Or. Oslcr's famous statement that at man ~
r. III his bsst before he reaches tho age
Of forty that he lcgns to decline lee Y from
that time, and that he is posltl' USE
less at sixty, has caused some OF US VS. =
mako Investigations to see II the st ;sl'S'
ment is justified by history For the PUT
nose nose Of study, We submit the folio wing Il
8list:&.s 9a 35.i Y 4. 4,
washington was forty-ninc years lrs it ola
when CORVALLIS surrendered 20 Y nm ~
Yorktown, and President OF the y i.t.
states 5fifty-seven.l
S THOMAS Jefferson wrote the Declaration clare
aof Independence at the carry az lt'' n =
sthlrty-three. @ al s.. s,,
AZ forty eight Henry clay was as appoilnit-
ed Secretary of State. 81
Alexander Hamilton ma ture ,t1 at 4 q very
ea,,,lv age, and at forty-two was In " o
hcydcy or his career.
Patrick Henry nladc his ce A.ls ~
speech in ST. Johns Church at thirty thirty,
I$nine. ~ r. AS
|35$At forty-six John Marshall was J. a s
,nintnd chief Justice OF the United States. ..
Abraham Lincoln was elected { rre :c
or tic United States the .1rst tii :l i a. AZ
| ff,ftv-two. and u. S. Grant was fortS-thr'e ''
at AppomattoS.
General Robert L. Lee was ~ ity- g sl y
Years old in 1868, when he was ats5the
high tide OF his success.
stoncwall Jackson was thirty-nine "h G
he was killed at Chancelloravlle. st
i Jefferson Davis was President Of, tho
! Confederate States at fifty-thrce, aaa
William Mckinley was President of the
4 United States at the same age,
Daniel Webster reached the fulness OF
i his intellectual strength at sixty-one.
Commodore Maury wrote his great ply
4 steal geography when he was forty-hlne.
\ When Napoleon fought the battle OF
/ A,,sterlitz, and was at the very pinnacle
& OF his power he was thirty-six, and we " /
! ,nrton was forty-six at the battle OF
Il Waterloo: 'it5' - $ 4 III rs II
Alexander the Great conquered Persia
ut the precocious. age of4twcnty-ilve, and
scipio Africanus CONQUERED Carthage a.
!. thirty-two.
!. Caesar was master of Gaul at forty-tWo
Columbus discovered America at forty
4 six.
cromwell was Protector OF England a
nfty-four.
/ Pitt was the wonder OF all, hnVlhf
/ been appointed Prime Minister OF Eng
! land at the very early age OF twenty
n four.
D Bismarck conquered Franco and VA
!; nppolnted Chancellor bf the German Elm
! pire at ffty.six.
q Frederick tho Great reached his great
u est power Mt forty-four years of age. &
II Turning to literary men, we ind tina
! they too did some Of their best wor
), at a very early age. ..
Sheridan wrote Tho Rivals" al twenty
four and Lord Byron wrote "Chiid
4. Harold'' at the same ngs,
! Scott brought out the "Wnvcrly Novels
!, at forty-thrce.
At thirty-scven Shakespeare had pre-
:, duccd "IIamlet" and many others OF III
we'll known plays.
!, Tcnnyson wrote I'm Memoriam"
i forty.onc, and I.ongfeow "Evangellne
is at forty.
4. Our own Edgar Allan Poe wrote h
u most original and popular poem, III
III Raven at thirty-slx, t5
he Macaulay produced his "lIistory OF En-
,le land' at forty-elght, and Victor iui
Sc wrote lies Miserables" at sixty.
Michael Angelo was probably at Il
hest at sixty, though he produced mu
ilne work many years after this.
ed Sir Isaac Newton ppblIsheA=tsiN' elah
M rated tho laws OF gravitaion at fort
ro. three aud Jenner used vaccination ~
IDS cessfuly at forty-sevcn,
dc. Al forty-foul, Morse demonstrated
am telegraph successfully and at forty-t
IDS Fulton ran the first steamboat.
md Mozart died at the carly age Of thir'
Of FIVE, and within his short life mad
ees liched the world by some OF tho mi
lay beautiful and classic music.
ar AT thirty-thrce Denosthencs deliver
Will the hrst Of his Phil'ppics, and AT for
ga thrcc Cicero made his celebrated oras
against Catalina
is Tie enumeration could be extended