Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-21
CONFER @7ARDY HONOR
ON IMMORTAL ORA TOR
Patrick Henry Awarded
Niche in New York
Hall Of Fame.
.EFFERsaN INSPIRED
lllM TO BE LAWYER
i.nries Governor of Virginia,
Leader in First Continen-
tai Congress.
NJ VERA PALMER.

~ AlAs lGtFHI 'itNI.pn vi AIA scfs
ienry 70 the Hail OF Fame honor has
ONE TO the Old Dominion. although
o,ncwnat late In that the tongue
H. Virginia" has been atill close
- :. century and quarter. In fact
'atr!ct Herr: has been dead so long
aat n large number Of people whose
thooi day. are no% = memory have
,robabiy forgotten just wha; kind 81
L man hG was. reincGn bcring only.
mar he made a great speech at st.
Johns Church AL abaut Give me
i6cFty. or give me DEATH" and had
oIncthlng important 70 do with a
asc recorded as the parsons cause
inch was tried ~ Hanover Court
iousc. aud which looked then much
4. Il does today.
ii ~ certainly not tile purpose Of
he writer 10 give a life OF the
minen. statesman. MI in column
|r two. hut to comment briefly az,
80 more personal side Of that Illus
r!ous hSurc. who. as = l,;tic lad
as 50 seemingly lazy that all his
cishbors around atud!cy. In Han
yer County. where he was born or
GOD Scotch blood. May -. 1895. Won
cred II he could ever amour; -
myihEng. For white II surely
ooked az !; ho was destined for
Their ,h!ngR no. savoring OF great
lcss.
but ihis apparcn; ,nzlncss. we arc
old vas really Tho result o. :.
lrea'nE temperament and a love OF
ne out aud from thc time
he boy was old enough 10 shoulder
gun or carry a fishing roo the hours
e should Nave been at his lessons.
Ike the good ana Industrious chit
trea.n or in the forest. One histor-
an states auihoritatlvcly ",ha: his
onpan.ons frequently observed him
yins alone under the shade OF a
rec that overriding the scqucsie-ed
,tream watching for hours. "a. the
anne spo.. the motionicss cork OF
IN nshinE line. without one en-
'ourasinS symptom or success, and
T!thout any apparent source OF en-
oyincat. unless he could lind IL II,
ne case Of his position or IN N.
fusion o. hope: or. which IS mos;
probable. In tn. stiffness Of the scene
r IN the silent working OF his own
nasina,!on."
Li,y Ills FnsorI,e Author.
Having been laugh: IS his Father.
ohm Henry. and Is his Uncle rat-
lex. rector of 81. raui's par!ah II.
hanover, 70 read and write aud 10
am..iar.zc himself wiih tn. classics.
special? Latin. Of which J.ivy was
IS invortte author, the you,h
co-ned other studies. ana man. stu
,oEts believe tina: 4 was those in
p!rcd Romans who laid the founda-
ION Tor that c!oqucncc which the
outh's own genius was 70 fan into
lame no, many years hence.
Although so impractical Il soon
'Scame apparent. even TO Henry Kim
u that the tim: was rapidly ap-
reaching when he would have 10
arm q living and on LAYING aside his
tndics he became a clerk in a ncar-
$ country store ana later tie p.r,-
- .! his brother. even Jess business
&c than himself. II was no: long
cf9re ,hcy lost their money and
)uud n It's place j sooIiy acculnu-
ion OF unpaid bills, and SO It he
n.e ev.den: tina. ,h.s inaolcnt boy
IF act cut out 10 be a merchant.
~ maze matters decidedly more
IMPLICATED. Patrick Henry married
aoit this time. although he was
80 Is years Old AMI penu.less. his
lie being Sarah shelton. the equally
eant'css daughter of n ncighbor
no kept the inn at Hanover. ana
here they went 10 1.-Two. The old
otel is yet standing and does a
iourisa!ns business, particularly in
he summer. but a wing has been
ddcd since the Gays when John
hc!ton was host. Then, in 1859. Pat
lex Henry happened 10 be IL Christ
.d.han cambridge and there me-.
nomas jefferson. L lad Of iG, who
- on his way 10 william and Mary
'o..egc 10 study law. The meeting
- brilliant idea in tic head Of
.ic Hanover man, for on deciding
Mt he could not dig and was no
acre successful at trade ~, thought.
ierhaps. he could talk. So ho de-
crnined 70 be lawyer.
Qualifications Arc Doubtful.
VI education. culture and a univcr-
|:.y degree are essential to make n
/ nan a legal light, then Patrick Hen
Is would never have risen to his
CLOVIS. much less above them. for
thomas Jefferson told Daniel Web
Ter that his pronunciation was yul-
n and vicious" Authorities differ
10 how long he was engaged In
!dyins law. some asserting it to
~%c been riac months, Others six,
~ yc; another group states IL was
.!.S aiy weeks. Eut TO Williamsburg
vent as bravcly as the rest. IN
mt on seeking admission to the bar.
t.!y to find the examiners strong.,
,pnoscd 10 receiving him. Iu COM
ncntins on the event jefferson de-
Jared:
Two OF tho examiners, however,
'.yton and John Randolph, men or
;r.at facility OF temper. signed his
icensc with as much reluctance as
heir dispositions would allow them
/" show. MIR. Wythe absolutely re-
used. Rob. c. Nicholas refused also
/. first, but on repeated importuni-
es and promises OF future reading,
. signed. The two Eandolphs ac-
|fao wiedged no was very ignorant, of
IL !aw'. but that they perceived him
".ac. u young man OF genius" There