The National tribune., 1909-06-24
EDWARD EVERETT HALE DEAD.
A Good, Great Man Gathered 10 the
ImmortalS.

The immortals "over the river" must
have sung loud paens of joy when the
soul of Edward Everett Hale winged its
flight, for here or there, he was the
chiefest soul among them. We cannot
say that we could have better spared
a better man." for among US there was
none better. Intellectually gifted, a
born patriot, philanthropist, humani-
tartan, Christian of the highest type,
man with country which was proud
of him, man of mighty activity, he
stood almost alone, the last of that
group of men of giant minds who made
the last half of the last century notable.
DIR. Hale lived a full life until the end.
He was SO years old, and yet the activi-
ties of his brain were not dimmed in
the least. He was one of the few men
whose phenomenal promise of youth
was realized in the man. At the age CT
II he was translating from the French
and German, at 13 he entered Harvard,
and at IL he graduated. He learned
practical printing, he was a magazine
writer. newspaper editor, author of
many books. The book that will be re-
membered by the people longest is his
Man Without a Country" Get 1t and
read it, and IL you are not thinking
much about country and home ii will
renew your youth and your enthusiasm
to think that you have both. 1t is diff
not use superlatives. He was such a
human man with all his learning, his
culture and his natural dignity. His
life might be summed up in the sem
tence, He loved his kind"
Senator Hoar, late a Senator from
Massachusetts,, who was devotedly at
tached to DIR. Hale, made him Chaplain
of the Senate. In speaking of DR.. Hale
at the SD anniversary of his birth Sen
ator Hoar said:
'Dr. Hale has done good many
things in his own matchless fashion. He
would have left a remarkable name and
fame behind him If he had been nothing
but student and narrator of history as
he has studied and told of it; If he had
been nothing but writer of fiction
author Of The Man Without a Country
or Ten Times One is Ten or In His
Name'-if he had done nothing but or
ganiZe the Lend a Hand Clubs now
found in the four quarters Of the world
If he had been nothing but an eloquent
Christian preacher; if he had been moth.
ing but beloved pastor; If he had beer
only voice which lifted to Heaven In
prayer the souls of great congregations
If he had been only a public-spiritet
citizen, active and powerful in every
good word and work for the benefit o.
this people; If he had been only remem
bered as the spiritual friend and com
forter of large numbers of men ant
women who were desolate and stricken
by poverty and sorrow; If he had beer
only jealous lover of his country
comprehending as scarcely any oJhel
man has comprehended the true spiri
| of the American people. Il he had beer
| only one of these things IL would b,
enough to satisfy the most generou.
aspiration of any man, enough to - Ak,
| his life worth living for himself and Mi
AM Nrat do I
ticle when l say that Dr. Hale had beer
all these and more?
| Edward Everett Hale has been tn,
interpreter of a pure, simple, loving anC
living faith to thousands of souls. II,
has taught us that the fatherhood anS
tenderness of God are manifested her,
and now in this world, as they will b,
hereafter; that the religion of Christ 4
a religion of daily living; that salvation
is the purifying of the soul from sin
not Its escape from the consequences O
sin. He is the representative and tn
reincarnation of the best and Iofties
Americanism. He knows ths history O
his country and knows his country:nel
thru and thru. He does not fancy tina
he loves his country while he dislike
and despises his countrymen and every
thing they have done and are doing
The history he loves and has helped t
write and to make is not the history O
a base and mean people who have drift
ed by accident into empire. 1t is tn
history of such Nation as Milton cor
ceived, led and guided by men whoI
Milton would have loved. He will hav
a high and permanent place in !jteTa
ture which none but Defoe shares. II
possesses the two rarest of gifts-tha
to give history the fascination of fotio
and that to give fiction the verisimiIi
tude of history. He has been tho min
lister of comfort in sorrow and of Joy /
, common life to countless persons [
whom his friendship is among the mos
precious blessings or by whose firesid
he Sits personally unknown, yet q Eel
lpetual and welcome guests