New-York tribune., 1909-06-11
DR EALE'S CAREER.

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.-aa re vas the last Of that old school or Ne"
Frglsnd writer's. including Emerson Holmes
Lowell Bancroft. Hawthorne, Longte!lo" anu
tier all Of whom we're his personal IIle'lIS' =.
t1o,, r,s early fame founded largely upon ms
story The Man Without Country. ne "'n'.S
.-archea hirYsel. as q great American through "'S
ability as 4 preacher and his public spiri,eohtSS
Tso-n tn Boston April :. 1922 be was the son q
%..bs, HALE and Sarah Preston Everett captain
~a-bar Hale the patriot cf the Revolution vas NE
v-Ast-,c1e while his father vas the owner of me
Boston Advertiser" leader IN hnahclaI 'i =
ard rioneer in railroad building IN ms oouh,'E'
Edward Everett. after whom he was named was oiS
uncle -. .o
school with his elder brothers and sisters ana al
rhe axe IF nine years he entered the Boston La,'i
school When only thirteen years ola I,7 -
oor1sga education a. Harvard Immediately are
tts graduation II 1888 he became teacher N une
BOSTON Latin School where he continued TWO year,
devoting part Of his time - stucylng ior me @ @
isrrv Some time passed in his father ~ n-"S
ranar office and there he acquired suHlo'er'
i1,-r.5qa ~ details 20 Re able 10 nj vacancy IN
a.. a.,ar+roent He was editor Of The AdFer-
+ise-., 5urirr the Civil War. He was president ot
the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. lSse 70 49, anu
/ frequent speaker at college gatherings
! NJ t4sla WAS ordained as a Unitarian minister
., 7s4o and IN the years Immediately following ne
| supplied pulpits in various psr's o. u -,
, trv among other places IN NashiHE'ol wiz"
s,en- 2 winter. In 154s he took charge OF CHGi1
AZ Worcester, Mass where he remained Tor ten
years resigninz 70 accept call - the Sou'h ooh-
gregationaI Unitarian Church Of Boston,
had THEORY OK MINISTERIAL WORK.
d. Hale's theory Of a minister's work was "T-
vrsssed bv himself as follows. The man who Is -
r-each 10 men Of affairs must i've among 'hen'
read what they read and n certain extent KNOW
--pa- they know In pursuance Of this theory he
80 -os ? series Of public letters Irish innigra-
tio1 which proved the inspiration Of much suose-
ouent state legislation .,,
Dr. Hale's story,-"Ny Double and no" ne uon @
~ published in The Atlantic Monthly IN l>7'
do q great impression. and was quoted far ana
/ ,-i5a In The third year Of the Civil War ne pno-
( lshed his best known story. The Man "Itlou'
/ country" Il also was pubIsfed ii i"' -N''a',Il
Monthly, d" and was intended 20 ihuuef.'e tAt
,,.,-,,,7 elections but reason 1t could not
he brought out in season. y Is cons'derea ny
( nan to be the best sermon on PATRIOTISM ever
! written. ..
4,r7e,5 p score Of newspapers and magazines, and
,-ss a contributor to the editorial columns OF "7
many as papers at one time FroI 10 me oiH'
War he wrote editorials for The New oTk lilDu'le
Toari7aDs the most influential book from tle pen
- =, Isla was his Ten Times one Is Ten.
which LED 10 the formation Of many chaTltabIe OF
/ eanfzat!ons such Lend a Hand clubs, hlns
T,s,,pt+ers Look Up Legions' and the like F"-
,,ar1- wears H. was a leading promoter OF thau-
raqIa circles.
Among his published works. besides those men
- Margaret Perciyal in America, In
! his Name" Mr.. Tanger's Vacations Mrs NleI-
/ ,-,.e Scholars His Level Best. - ne IhEi'iH
! - .1-ns and Downs Philip Nolan =
t,rierds 90 Fortunes of Rachel" -Four and Five
| ..,r,,z,e in New York, Christmas Eve and CHRIST
! mas Tav" christmas in Narragansett OuF
,-,i-+ro.s IN = Palace Sketches IN Christian lis
| - - KANSAS and Nebraska What Career"
| .r,cr,e Heroes" " The story Of Massachusetts
| ..Svg,aris and other Homes, For F1fty Years
a New England Royhood" " "chautauquan History
! - .ro T-nited states" IF Jesus Came to Boston"
|
! ,--- ., we N. People" New England Bal
..T,.1,ers in the United States Senate and
| ..F-oundation of the Republic
mr. HALE's MARRIAGE.
On October 1s 1852, he married Emily BALDWIN
| r,o-t5,s Of Hartford, Conn. granddaughter OF
-r,.n T7@echer Three of his children
I -, ,.i,ed prominence in the public eye MS
! con Fdward Everett Hale. jr is professor OF
| be,oric at Union College; Philip Lesie Haie, an
other sen. IS an artlsl- an" ~"
! nav Hale is also an artist.
/ T 600 rr Hale rendered his resignation 70 the
south congregational Church on account OF MS MS
1 sge The congregation would not accept IT, % %put
| eot1, ,od an assistant for him. and maze MN
.a- @arI,- emeritus Although DR.. Hale did not
p paslo -ogarIv. he occasionally occupied the pull
| r,t even in his latter years -
/ Pn Pryr,,ard University conferred the degree OF
n nnon him in 1879. and he received the de-
gree Of LII d from Dai ''i " ~
tHa,a vas among the leaders in almost every
i,.o-.,nt advance movement OF the last 9'S's
- Among his companions in early manhooo
- wendell Phillips and William Lloyd Garrison
re had been cha plain of the United states senate
since 1903. - r.,.,. so,i-l,. IL
a. Dr TIale'z age advanced his friends deligh'eu
,rate his birthdays. Especially noteworthy
-. ,ho occasions of his seventeen and elghuell
a,,,;..o~saries. at both Of which pubic meetings
,,a,d IN 1899 purse of $500 was given him.
49, =, ,o,o a fund Of 2SOe0 was raised In the
tt celebration which was held in 81 'mphony %
a4f5iep
tas 49, 5f,ine while his friend. Senator Hoar'
,,1ao5 one az his most eloquent addresses
talks OK EiGHTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY.
=, 80 ,,,.rv,eu which he gave on ms elsh's IN IL
.,..sa mr. Hale said in part:
AT 80 slwavs been glad that chose my pro
I ..s.,a,, ss did. and have always oeen elaa 70
i. s,ao,a into il young gentlemen OF spHlt W.
.nt to be Of service TO the world Inasep -
.,. ~an, .,,sr have tried my hand in nationa! OF
-t-,, Snouu ss much SIS have done in later years
socisi - ,ecassites brought upon every man o.
spi-fr by the Civil N az ..u- r,.,.od,, 7-ho
eon6 a citing Dr.. Andre" Peao0ay. W. ~
said in public address some sixty years '''''