Arizona republican., 1911-02-28
MOTHERS OF GREAT MEN.
Instances From History Show They Were Frequently Remarkable
 Women.

! The mothers of men of genius have frequently somewhat remarkable wOm-
 men. more remarkable than the faith CTS. Caesars mother was "a strict and stately lady of the old school. uninfect- ed. by the cosmopolitan laXity of her day" Consequently, though the Caesars were weathy, their household was simple and severe" Its greatest son was always p1ssionately devoted to his mother. who shared his house up to the time of her death,' when she was 46 years old. Her influence upon him was doubtless great and bencfi- cial"
 | Charlemagnc's mother was "a mat ] ron of the old school" and made her
 mark visibly upon the nature of her son. who grossly deterioratcd" after her death in his forty-second year. Cromwelrs mother was strong, homely and keen" of face, with firm
 mouth and penetrating eyes, a wom- anly goodness and peacefulness of eX- lpression." Cromwell thought more of
 her than of any other woman. more than of his wife" She survived her | husband thirty-sevcn years, remain ing throughout her life to her 90th year by her sons side, was lodged by
 him in Whitehall Palace and royalty inferred in the Abbey
 | The mother of William the silent.
 who had seventeen children. five by q Husband previous to Williams father.
 was devoted and affectionate. endured
 a long life of calamity and bereave- ment with heroic serenity and courage
 and died after an honorable career,
 aged =.
 Napoleon attributed his elevation to
 his mothers training. laying down the maxim that future good or bad con duct of child deUends entirely on the
 mother The only gift which he seems to have received from his father was a
 tendency to cancer.
 | Mozart. Goethe. Scott Lcbnitz. Au-
 gustine. Gregory and Francis dAssissi. all these had mothers of some note and fathers of less-AuguStinc's father was 1 "an unprincipled scamp | It is quaint to discover that among the ancestors of Goethc-"the most in- teresting though not the greatest man that ever Hved"-there were three tai
 lors. His mother was IS. his father g. when he was born. Mozart. who died | OI luDfIiuldl li'liliA iAAT ti N'''f'4 V t'''''
 or strenuous taint is in som" way a favoring condition of certain types of
 aesthetic and intellectual capacity'- | had a lively but delicate mother. The
 mother of Leibnitz was a peacemaker, | Hike her son.
 l Augustine's mother was often beat en by her husband and had dialcctical
 subtlety that is reflected in the i'm
 mortal "Confessions." with much of
 the Iooseness of the saints own earlier days.
 ! Gregory's mother was Veritable
 saint. From his mother Francis d'As-
 sisi inherited his delicate body. Sra-
 cious nature. courteous manners. intui-
 tive reverence and dainty fastidious- lness
 ] Martin Luther took after his moth
 CT. who. although she had a reputation
 for mildness. whipped him till the
 blood came for stealing nut, Renan mentally was q true son of his Gascon
 mother-a small tradesman's daughter I-aIthough tinged by his fathers eN-
 cessive sensibilty and Emerson was two-thirds his mo-her. albeit from his
 father he inherited trace of eccentri- city.