The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-19
some MILESTONES OF LIFE
Az iNI SRA NOON COMPILED
m 70. ROBERTSON NIGOLL.
% Is Called The Round % the Iiock.'
Tells what various Men Have Been
DOinE at Certain Ages and Nas In
splred by Oliver Nentieli HOLMES.

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spIred by Oliver Hendeii Holmes
Sir " Robertson NiColl. the discovered
, ~ Ian Murlsren and J. NJ. Barrie. has
, compiled from his experience and KNOW
edge a book such a. no young man could
write "Tha Round At the clock. which
Is different in its nature from anything
else from the pen of It's author, will appear
. this fall from IN" publishing house IT
= Hodder h Stoughtnn. London.
Their" are I think. writes Dr. Nicoll.
mot few who lk" t. know on their h,rth-
days how oih"rs were faring at tho sam"
age. and for these thus hook has been
written. | have collected IN" facts at
intervals for a considerable period.
Though hav" had the help II kind
friends. We, hav" mainly depended
ON my own reading. and am painfully
aware 81 the iuade1uacy of this com
pilation Perhaps. however. 10 may give
pleasure Ia some. and II may even be
taken as basis for some more thorough
and scientific work IN the future
4 Dir Nicoll's main idea IL that every
one at any given age is naturally in
terestsd in what others have been doing
and thinking At that particular tune
/ e IL" and no selects types for compar-
son from IN" beginning OF tn" hour Of
life clear on around the clock He at
/ tributes his inspiration for such an idea
To q " Holmes
This h'rlo volume no writes was
commenced and carried through under
, the influence. II oliver Wendell Holmes
| Perhaps no one has written more wisely
and cnpiously about the mIleStnn"s of
lif" than ~. Alike IN his prose and
poetry u - almost IN" dominant sub.
Ject In the NTr Poy''o iio he writes.
Il have just lost my dear ard honored
contemporary e the last century. \
hundred years ago thus dav. pcC"rnher
H. 1884. died IN" adnlrahl" and ever -to-h"
remembered Dr samuel johnson The
year 1900 WAS made pond"rous ard Illus
trious IN English biography bv has birth
NV own humble advent to N. world
Of protOplasm was IN the year ISIa Of N"
present century summer was just ending
when those four letters son D wer"
written under tho da'" of my birth.
August ~ Autumn had just begun
when my great pr"cort"mporarv "nt"r"d
this unchristian univcr~" and was mad"
n member Of the Christian church on the /
same day. for he wns horn and iaptiz.d
on the 18th If September
Thus there was established close /
bond ~ relationship between IN" great .
English scholar and myself Year hy wear ?
and almost month hy month NV M" .
has kept pac. in this century with ms lif.
in the Lac, century | had only 10 orsu .
my Boswell AZ any tino. and | knew Just 4
what johnson AZ my age. 20 or - or -. /
was thinking and doing what h. feelings ,
al Ia ..E 20
had wrought IN his . odv hlS mind. his .
feelings, has conn ar.onshIps. hIs r"pu-
tatinn
II was Tor mo KIND Of unison lotv"eu .
two Instruments 10th I'ayi0s that old
familiar aIr IIf" ou" iaSso"n. II
YOU Will and 't" other an eaten pID"
II YOU ,hons" 20 find IN mag" Tor ~. hgt
=,ill keeping pa"" with each other until
the players both grew Old anil gray
At lat m" thinner thread = sound II
heard by myself. and H. deep arcumpani-
man' rolls ont - thvrd"~ 10 NOR"
feel lonely now that my great companion
and friend of 80 many v".-. has l"f' m"
II | am not mistaken. rays Or
Nlcun -psy.hploSi.'- a." s'gdvinc mor.'
earnestly III" stages Of If" and o. l.
lvIta yo-siui" they nay army" NJ result.
a4lliNNN' tIlhf' I'f' YEA llII''F FfIA 10Y lIf'
conduct 1t uf' Prof William .llr"s -
suGc-~tivn on those points
Nv odd fri"rd and follow student ,
Mr. Duf Nl.douaid m III remarkable"
,nok AfrI,ara tells us that when h..
vas eNpounding ~" S"rnOn on IA"
Mount D." Wa advised tn ,rrIt SuricIaut ,
.n'o the day - th" evil u"r"ot and
IaAa NO Thought Of 'L.. morrow U"ra.I-.
- matter 81 fact %" negro r".". thinks -,
u tomorrow a. al D. It- also been laid ~
nor" nroadIv TINT ia" hran,aus take no !.
.ccouu' e tam" and cannot tell how old
hoy are ,
II S...u.s .. rfaIn that .u ~" fltr-,, tho
ears ~" tHvs auu vrrn in. hours -
mortal he. 49,. be- r,rk rn'i wI'l over !
increasing -rl,livd" ~" mann rar' Df ,
his Nulum.. deals with iE' "HGirTlout"s - &
non endowed NOR. literally than their
.llpws Indeed = has been said 'ha' lr.r /
.r-ra'H.r' 90 general oitrU UII -leal- com a
lUnp,ar.' fpiN- from ~" fact thaf iis ,
nu-' influential PORTIONS ar" due To- men J.
Z genus and nat men 81 g"aIu- m uleiT
Interpretations It hi" ~" very apt 20 v
~" appearances II 'hp-" whu :
ave no genus ~ All
still wh.u w. trace tho steps - the 2
Most brilliant and iuriuua'" Csr.rfs w.. b {
nd ~" sam" I"ys and the saiu. TRAILS v
: befall ~" Obscure no draw IN this =
ftnOsph.ra - sweet To- breathe - sur. (
10 hIll lu = t'N sCur" ~ years ~ tartu.-'
n,.",l hardly 20" sad that ~" rharact"ri-
atoms gwen - the lIstr'Iu- 4 NJ" arr
10 no way hart aud last Those who '
~" tong enough VII probably pass
through them all but they will come ear
or or later There can b" o." attempt
: rigidIty ~ PRECISION II
Inc Chararf"ri latIOns 81 llr NIcolI's ! \
VISIONS - NJ" INTO lust runs ar" Indicated :
v ~ book chart"r heads. which indeed
I've. a far .id"a E th" VorNfts"lt H.. "
happier heads 4 N" Round II the Clorn =
h- story Il our Lives From Year toy ear. q
r" - follow. In" clock Has tn" v
myth e 1t" ln,r"aS..d.- IT'S Acts
"lug seven Ages Who can Tell "
hat Eanv rlun-''. IN" FIr-t Five =
"sr- = Lif" IN" N"~ Hero and Her. y
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rom ~ - -. That Fat"iIi Si>ta J
ustrum From - - 81 ~ hen oar "
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san stand lr'u ~tIll UpI ',ii,sun . -
rom 81 :" ~ \ tiat. ~ Ghonf. From &"
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