New-York tribune., 1911-02-03

from Germany The reply was terse:
NO descriptive letters. am sick Of
them. When you have been there long
enough 10 know something, send to me.
and il ther. is anything In your letters
! will publish them Taylor waited
nearly year until NJ thought he knew
something. and then sent seventeen let
ters; which were published and which
were the beginning Of his literary career.
Some years later. when Taylor was q
member OF the staff. Greeley one day
called him into his room. pointed 10 a
poem Of Tnylor's which had just ap-
peared in literary magazine, and
abruptly asked. Why did YOU publish
that gassy stuff? The poets Indignation
was even greater than his establishment,
and he retorted fierceIy: "Mr Greeley,
I should feel hurt by your question II !
had any respect whatever FOR your judg-
men. in regard 70 poetry" Greeley
smiled a sad, forgiving smile. and said
nothing. Years afterward." said Taylor
- saw that he was right: the poem was
only q piece Of sounding rhetoric. for
which gassy was perhaps q coarse but
certainly not an inappropriate epithet."
Never in any such undertaking has a
man gathered 10 himself such associates
as he mad on the staff OF The Tribune
an honor roll Of American light and
leading: George william Curtis. George
Ripley, Margaret Fuller, Charles A.
Dana, Henry J. Raymond. Bayard Tay-
lor. Edmund Clarence Stedman. william
D. Howeils Richard Hildreth. Richard
Grant White, Henry james. Whitelaw
Reid, John Hay, Carl Schurz. Clarence
Cook, William Winter. Grace Greenwood.
Kate Field. Noah Brooks. Joel T. Head
ley and a host Of their compeers. J'pon
every one Of them he IMPRESSED his own
authoritative individuality. from them
he evoked such loyalty and love as few
men have ever known. and through them
and through their successors. in over
widening circles ne sent his influence
radiating and expanding throughout the
nation and throughout the world. And
when he died the President OF the United
States followed MS ashes 70 the tomb
and The whole nation mourned as never
before private citizen; and from every
quarter. from POLITICAL friends and from
political foes from rich and roor from
hisn and lowly. came spontaneous trib-
utes Of affection " Bereavement and OF
reverence almost without parallel.
Greeley was true 10 the intent and 70
the promise OF hts youth He meant To
De- printer. above all n newspaper
printer. He became tho founder and
for more than thrty-cnc years was the
editor " d great newspaper 40 won
der then. that years before his death
before even the inception OF the circum-
stances which led 20 his death ana which
invested It with unique characteristics
OF rathos and Of tragedy. in the fulness
ot MS gowers and at the zenith Of his
contemporary fame, he wrote:
Fame is q vapor, popularity an acci-
dent riches take wings; the only earthly
certainty is oblivion: no man can fore
see what a day may bring forth: while
those vino cheer to-day Will often curse
tomorrow; and yet I cherish the hope
that the journal l projected and estab-
Lishsd viii live and flourish long after |
shall have mouldered into forgotten dust.
being guided by d larger wisdom. a more
uH-rring sagacity to discern the right
though not by a more unfaltering readl-
ness 70 embrace ana defend it AZ what
ever personal cost; and that the stone
which covers my ashes may bear 20 fut-
ur@ eyes the still ineligible Inscription
Founder of Tie New York Tribune" 70