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were moved to gather a considerable sum
OF money and present It to him.
Hawthorne accepted II and q sympa-
thedc biographer says that It was proba-
bly, the hardest sacrifice" OF sentiment no
ever made His letter replying to the let
ter accompanying the gift b a masterpiece
In Its way. written. one cannot but fancy
with the most careful attention to its lit
erary syls. In It he says:
1t Is sweet to be remembered and cared
for by ones friends sweet to think that
work through life. And Il 10 bitter. never
theless to need their support. My success In
life Ii really and Justly a matter Of Shame.
l am ashamed of 1t and l ought to be.
Tho fault Of . failure La attributable to
the man who fails. Nobody has a right to
live In the world unless he be strong and
able and applies his ability to good pur-
pose"
Four days later. on February 5. 1880. he
wrote the closing words of his finest ro-
me nee. The Scarlet Letter" Later Presi-
dent Pierce made him consul to Liverpool,
the best paying Office then in the gift OF
the federal government and his emolu-
ments as consul and the returns from Tho
Scarlet Letter" gave prosperity to him for
the remainder of his life.
The writer OF today who could produos
such tales and romances Hawthornes
would not need to wait TIL he was near
ing nifty, as he did, before securing recog-
milton. He was forty-nine when. in 1883,
he was able to repay Hilliard and his
friends, with interest, the sum which they
had given him In lS4s.
Apostle of Freedom
Giuseppe Garibaldi, not an American born,
but for a time an American citizen. and as
truly devotee of political liberty any
o. those who signed the Declaration of In
dependence. was born on July 4, 1907.
The story of his life as a fighting italian
patriot is one of the worlds greatest TO-
mances. He was first exiled from Italy In
1894. then choosing South America for an
asylum. He served the now forgotten re-
public Of Rio Grande de Sui. and later the
republic OF Uruguay. In 1s49 he returned
to Italy, and entered the service of the
Roman republic. Defeated, he was exiled
again. This time he came to the United
States. This was In 1850. the year that
Hawthorne completed THE Scarlet Letter"
Garibaldi was then as hard pressed for
money as Hawthorne ever was, but entirely
without the representations which was
Hawthorne's curse through life. Confront
ed with "a plentiful lack of cash. the great
Italian established candle factory on
Staten Island. In the harbor of New York.
and apparently decided to live the rest OF
his life as a citizen OF the United States.
for he took out naturalization papers and
manifested a good deal of interest in the
politics of his adopted country.
However, he remained here only four
years; then he dreamed anew his dream
of the freedom and unity of his beloved
Italy, and returned to its shores. settling
az O farmer on the island of Caprera- Five
years later he was in the military field
again in the war waged by Sardinia ana
France against Austria and he was hg-
ure in most Of the fighting that preceded
Italys final unihcation. He died twenty
four years ago on his Caprera farm.
July 4 In American Wars.
The Fourth Of July has been e. big day in
the wars of this republic In 1851 July 4
was the first day of the extra session OF
Congress, with eight states unrepresented-
On July 4. 1868. vicltsburg surrendered to
Gen. Grant
On the same day news was sent over the
country that the federal forces had won at
Gettysburg.
On July 4. 1884, Grant was gradually driv-
Ing Lee back. though at a terrific cost Of
human life.
On July 4. 1888. we got the news that
Cervera's entire Spanish feet had been de-
stroyed of Santiago by the United States
fleet. that 600 Spaniards had been killed and
drowned. and 400 taken prisoners on the
day before.