New-York tribune., 1907-03-31
A MAN OF HIS COUNTRY
AuthOr of "T'he Nan JVithOut
Country IS Years old This Week.

Country s. Years old This Week.
fzoblesse obiige." which he translated "our priv
nege compels us, in address before enthusiastic
college students a third Of a century ago. may
well be regarded as The motto Of the Rev DR. IA
Hvsrd Everett Hale All his LONG me- "hlch WI
round OUT eighty-fve years on "wednesday OF t-'
week has been devoted 20 the performance OF ils
duties which he regards as the highest prlNliese'
sr,esa have included service minister or the
C,spel for more than half century his only hVlhs
rivals IN length Of service in this country oeiis 1T
T.leolore J. Cuyler, of Brooklyn. who mas AllAlieu
the same length of years ard the Rev ROBERT So-
,-or who is over fougscore; work as an autho' i"'
evan a longer period in which his compeers are
Donald c. Mitchell Xix Marvel now OF me same
age and Colonel Thomas Wentworth hiss'HSOIi
only "a year younger who began ms iittifi' ),
ahoilt the same time; lectuT1ng ana sIeai-ihs III 90
ar+s of the country for the benefit OF all sooo
ea,,ses and as his latest place IN the puDIc es0
esiatf,- as cha aplain Of the United States senate
sine the death OF the blind chaplain D1' " ~
Ailburn. -. o,,,bo- %
vrhat is considered by many persons tIle ms nus
effective short story in the English language ne
Man Without Country" which appeared III N ny
Atlantic Monthly IN the days OF the CNll "S'
and aroused much excitement 10y It's "'ei A'i'
which led many readers II regard It as a ial1
fion Of facts OF the clrcumst stances aIee ,@+ be
Il was composed Dr. Hale hiInse5 & ce'II Ibers was
wrote il IN the summer OF looS. MlSH l. 0tfo The
,nrch exc citement over the election IN ONO @ ltle
ie L,e,,se ~ their chief characteristic) had
named Clement J.. NallanoighaIn as callelot9 s5 10 %
i've ulle ~ i --yaSted lly General Burnside
and sent TO q rebel general on me olnet sige "a
Inc Ohio River Those who believed as ne olu az az
diskea Lincoln Wal 4I.ia's etor,, did not appear
until December. and Mr. Nallandlgham mao s pse1A
defeated by hundred thousand pla9oilty IN OStO
Der sun the story achieved instant popularity
Its authorship had been Intended to De 10
strange incidents Of fiction writing the aulhor Sg,
lected the name Philip Aolah TOT siS % ilo b~ the
spsnards in Texas IN 1901, six years before @ Lhe
story noEel ~ .oi.; H. - s rheT was colored
Philip Nolan, ole OF the slaves from the old Nolan
plantation. who fought in the civil War ana , aieo
namesake diseNowed.
BORN NEWSPAPER MAN
While DIR. Hale was the son Of newspaper
asitor and was as he declares. Graded in the
sheets Of newspaper" and wrote for the editorial
and other columns OF many papers FOR a score OF
wears or more it was not until he published MY
Double and How He Undid Ne" in The Atlantic
Monthly" in 1899. that he may be said to have Won
his literary spurs
TIe mad been a pastor in Worcester, Mass. for
zen years and had been n his Boston pulpit three
The vivid description in this story of the bur
den Of fulfilling the many routine pupilc uIt.SS
The temptation IN consequence 10 secure the ser
vices of substitute who could liapersoimls'9 m IN 1i
S71eerines such as There has been 50 much sald,
and on the whole. wen said, that 1 VIII not
occ;.pv the time" and I agree, in general Win
my friend on the other SIDE ot tAe room: 70 10
life In reprinting this story, Dr. Hale sald lilAt
q Boston journal called IL improbable ana ne
thought II - z,-..,,,.
a Country and others Of the authors stories
gained the dignity Of covers appeared IN lSs, ana
was entitled, IF Yes. and Perhaps. WltA TIE
subtitle, -Four Possibilities and SIX kAasBe4a-
fions with Some Bits of fact
rho rreface saws: The title 10 this book mas
met general opprObTiUm. except In feW quarters.
where WAS fortunately regarded 2S beile,ttl
contempt. At least one or them was tue
living truth. far il could be squeezed out
~ hlue books ard the most proper OF documents.
Others might have been true II the cesllhes llau
81 willea. Others would have been true nao tIey
had poetical Justice been the working rule of
vulgar world OF the other stories, Desl0es tL.e
two mentioned. in TIE volume tEe best known IS
,HI,re Skeleton IN the Clcset. wAlcn nrst aI1-
fate oc the Confe6eracy was tangled up with 4
ho0nslirt.
From this initial volume the library OF the books
whose tie pages appear me hAi,le ~ l-l".,Iu @
dated July 1895. entitled ''TarTy at Home Travels,
al filled with he same genial spirit the same Keen
Observation. The same whimsical fancy ana tAe
same underlying moral and spiritual uplit that
found voice IN the motto OF Ten Times One IS
Ten
TO look UP and doWn;
10 look forward and not back:
To and not in:
And lend hand.
The Harry Wadsworth Of that book, the nspira-
Gion OF all the Lend-a-Hand and Lookup clubs
which have sprung from II and Of The Lend-a-
Hand Magazine Frederic William 5reenleaf
died 1852 DR.. Hale in his latest book speaks
Of him Ny dear and near friend. my other SELF
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