The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16
AGE AND GENIUS
From the Philadelphia Evening Ledger. nNO paraphrase Shakespeare, what's In
 an age? At 9 Paganini was compos-

From the Philadelphia Evening Ledger TVo paraphrase Shakespeare what's in
 an age? At Paganini was compos-
 A ing sonatas at S7 Michelangelo was completing the great cupola of St. Fet- CTS Referring to the history of past wars, we find that:
 Nelson. Blake. Farragut and Dewey were beyond threescore when they achieved their fame. Won Moltke at ~ won the battle of Sedan. Oyama won ms greatest victories over Russia when he was past 60. Cromwell was unknown at 70. which is hardly remarkable. Wash ington was 43 when he took command of the continental army. but 2S when ne became the hero of the famous Braddock expedition, Caesar was B when he crossed the Rubicon and 55 when he sent his lsconic message from Asia Minor: T came, saw. I conquered" But Alex ander was only 21 when he stood at the head of his army on the plains of Thes- sally, and the conqueror of the world was
 dead at ss. Napoleon crossed the Alps
 Into Italy at the age of 3o
 In the field of statesmanship, Gladstone
 and Bismarck were the controlling powers in the European politics when both were more than 70 years old. Gladstone won great political triupmh at 80 and was made premier at s. Palmerston's death at the age of s1 came when he was serv- ing as premier. Prince Ito was at the zenith of his power when he was assas- sinated. He was then 69. Thiers Presi' dent of France, was 30 when he achieved his great diplomatic victory over Bis marck But William Pitt was elected to Parliament at 21, and was prime minister while still in his twenty-fifth year. Will berforce entered Parliament at H. At p Clay was member of the constitu- tional convention of Kentucky. and at 2S was appointed to fill out term in the United States Senate Alexander Hamil- ton was 17 when he made q stirring speech at meeting of American patriots in New York in 1774 and 19 when as Commander of an artillery company he performed work which drew him the special atten- ton of George Washington. But of Americans we shall speak again further on.
 II IS Tn muBic lnat Wc iOOh AOS tHS ySNe. full prodigies. At Balfe wrote song
 which was sung by the prima donna
 Mime. Westris, in Paul Fry" and at, 1( Schubert was the leading soprano in the
 Lichtenthal choir in Vienna. playing the violin solos in the services, and at the
 same age he was composing for strings ! and the piano. Beethoven produced a cantata and made a concert tour at Il Mozart composed an opera at F. Rubin. ! stein toured Europe at IA. But Hayden 1 produced his sublime Creation" at 66
 and Verdi was past 70 when he wrote the
 score of "Faistaff." In art. Thorwaldser took the silver medal of the Academy oi Arts at Copenhagen for bas relief wher
 he was q youngster at 15; Landseei
 gained fame for his paintings at Is. Al | IS Da vinci was acknowledged by verochii to have surpassed his master. At 20 Tin toretto was one of the most popular pain CTS in Italy. Michelangelo at IS executed l his basso relieve of the Battle of thu 'Centaurs. and at B he finished "Pieta,
 his masterpiece in marble. At 89 hc wal