Evening star., 1921-01-16

seventy nine. Think of Grimm, La :
place. Lanmarck. completing tire.
of eighty Think of Perugino. at
seventy-siX. painting the walls or
vast cathedral. or Humboldt de-
liberately postponing until seventy
six the best work of his life. ms
immortal KosmoS, completing 1t at
ninety. Think of Calico discovering
the daily and monthly vibrations OF
the moon at seventy-three. Think OF
Irving and Lamartine. Hugo and
Holmes. Wordsworth and Longfellow,
Hallam and Grote. George Buchanan
and Samuel johnson. Kant, Savigny
with masterful productions between
seventy and eighty. Think of Henry
Clay. Calhoun. Metternich. Bismarck.
Crispi. Theirs. Franklin. Morgan.
Reagan. Roberts. Allison. Morrill,.
Uncle Joe Cannon. Champ Clark and
in politics after seventy. Think of
Commodore Vanderbilt increasing the
mileage of his railroads from 12O to
10000, adding a hundred millions to
his fortune between seventy ana
eighty eight.
Turning to the age period from
sixty to seventy, the list grows still
more interesting and comprehensive.
To this decade belong the best de-
ductionS of ConfuciuS. PasteurS dis
covery of cure for hydrophobia,
Monroe's famous doctrine for the pro-
lection of the South American repub-
lies. the permanent safeguard of a
continents liberties: the third and
fourth voyages of Columbus. result
ing in the discovery of South America.
and many of the brightest deeds of
Webster, Beaconsfeld. Jefferson. John
Adams. Benjamin Franklin and Mar
tin Luther. To this period belong
many of the worlds most splendid
paintings. In music some or the
rarest fabrics of Wagner, Haydn.
Verdi and Gounod are the fruitage
of this period. In general. literature.
philosophy and science many of the
most imposing performances have
been achieved by authors between
sixty and seventy. Prominent among
these we find many of the best COM
positions of Cervantes, Schopenhauer.
Hugo. John Stuart Mill. Rerkeley.
Mommsen. Voltaire. Ruskin. Emerson
and Francis Bacon. Especial men
ton should be made of Michelet S
ode on St Cecilia's day. Milton.s
Paradise Regained.' Edmund Burke,s
Reflections on the Revolution in
France and Sir Richard Burton's
translation of Arabian Nights
source of infinite delight to every
T.
Coming now to the deeds OF men
between fifty and sixty we find many
of the most far-reaching achieve
ments of all history. Between nifty
and sixty Columbus made his first
VOYAGES of American discovery, per
haps the most important single events
in human records: Morse invented the
telegraph. Richelieu reconstructed
France Caesar corrected the calendar
and wrote his Commentaries Crom-
well established the protectorate. Lin
coin issued the emancipation procla-
nation, Bright instituted his reforms.
Loyola founded his great society. JET
ferSon the democracy. Knox accom-
plished a great religious revolution.
Wyclif and Luther translated the BIZ
BILE and brought its eternal truths to
the hearts and hearths Of the English
and German masses, Schliemann made
his most notable excavations. Hunter
gave a fundamental impetus to surg
cry, Kepler contrived his table of
! !logarithms, Chesterfield his system OF
social ethics. Hegel and Lotze their
systems of philosophy. Leibnitz found
ed the Academy of Berlin. Penn nego-
itiated his famous treaty with the In
dians Washington became the frst
E. Lee made the Confederate resist
ance sublime, Herschel invented the
rejecting telescope, Canning and Peel
performed their most brilliant laborS.
Burke devised his India bill and Sc
cured the impeachment of Warren
! Hastings, Garibaldi became the ruler
of Italy.
| made his most valuable contribu-
tions to biology. Cuvier to natural
, history: Copernicus wrote his great
treatise on the revolution of celestial