The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-06
Y n ELIOT.

has sadO to England by the PreSiteht
70 President Eliot, Of Harvard, IS the
most popular act Of the Tart adiiff1-
istratiOn.. Mr.. Eliot is easily the l"le
most scholar in American ana is as
much at home in discussing questions
Of government as in questions OF ecu
cational policy.
When England, under the ne" Alp-
eral government, sent Mr.. bryce aS
Ambassador to this country. ne fe
caived q welcome. so cordial anu Sc
general as to show tina the American
people honor a man above an oaioiai
We have had lords in plenty as am'as-
sailors but plain Mr.. Bryce ranks
higher among English-speaklng PEG
pie than any lord or duke or earl. e
even the King of England h1InseA. iae
is a scholar. an author, a diplomat OF
the new and better type VINO beii1Ve
in the diplomacy of knowledge aio
honesty rather than in the Old di-
plomacy Of deception and mystery.
If President Eliot goes to London
he will meet the sam welcome tha'
Mr.. Bryce has received in this coilel-
try. He has no millions to lavish
unon costly entertainment, but he has
what is worth more than the gold OF
Ophir-Iargeness of view. breadth o.
patriotism, scholarship and learning
that take hold uDOn practical pEoo-
lens, and a greatness that nttds
neither wealth nor title to~makc him
the first man in any assemble - Of the
worlds big men. The follow 3 from
1.-The. interpreter" in the April A:neri-
can Magazine is an a~ppreciative state
l,ment of President Eliot,s positit4 II
America:
president Eliot is greeted on his re-
tirement from office WITH q 80.
shout Of welcome from all classes, II "a
and poor. learned and simple Pt'ple
| who hardly know what a unlV.rsits
means attach a vague Signlflcance o.
greatness to his name and ao1n AFlth
the others in a~pplaudfng nm. lie II
| like q who has eturn2
with his shield or his arm, II l ear
/ apply such a figure Of speech 20 a
benevolent gentleman with white side
whiskers and spectac1es. And what mas
he done? He hasn't built naNles CT
made wars or consolidated railways
and he is poor. For forty years lie mas
been the head master OF a great school
intently managing its affairs. broaden-
ing its field and its influence. Ills ap-
lpearances in public life have been IN
the manner of {. school master-crltl-
cising coldly faults in policies and ten
/ denotes. reiterating sOund, limos con-!
mOnplace rules of public c0nduct
| Sometimes it has been annoying to Us
the Public. to find that he has return
ed our examination papers marked =
or ID when We expected an "A or 81
worst a b Yet it would be hard &c
| mention one man who has done more
to Influence public sentiment, and al
the same. time it is almost Impossible
| to lay a finger on anything OF greai
moment accomplished by him in pub
lie life, 50 quietly has he gone .bou'
all his work. The public feels rather
! than understands his Influence n in
fluence of men of his kind. l don
think there ever has been a more re
,markable demonstration Of approval
for a mar who in his whole career
never performed a single spectacular
act or appeared at any time to plead
with the emotions Of the public Oh
with anything but their disciplineo
sense of practical necessity and who
always has seemed to draw -away az,
most s%cornfully from the. frequent
tumults of the time. It is q grea
tribute, n ] feel with him that it I'm
plies not only the worth Of the oblsct
for there is q good deal Of unreWaTdeo
worth around US, but a sound senti-
IAcut III CiiS ACo11S
Not many of them, say as Mr.. Wordl:
Man has aid in effect. and has the
deckhand said in terms: Everybody
| says you are a smart man. How does
it happen that you aren't rich They
| say: Here is a man to be hOnorcd by
US because he has done the Days
Work."
There is need of more men Of the
Bryce and Eliot type in public life
particularly in the diplomatic service
We-have had too many men who gave
big campaign contributions and Were
rewarded by foreign appointments
ard some Of them by the lavish eN.
penditure of their money have no
given America the place it should oc'
cupy. James Russell Lowell an'
Nathaniel Hawthorne were as capable