The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-06-13

1t was in this position that he won his
a series of educational reforms which
brought down upon him the bitterest
criticism and opposition.
Mann visited Europe in 1913 and
brought back with him reports on for
eign school systems which attracted
school system of Massachusetts, was
entirely reorganized and became a
model for many other states. From
1913 to 1853 Mann served as a men,
Der of congress from Massachusetts,
being reelected as an anti-slavery can
didate. After his term in congress
was over he became president of An
tioch college in Ohio and served there
until his death in 1859. History has
preserved his fame as the founder of
the normal school system in this coun-
try and father" of the American pub
lie school system.
Unlike his fellow Bay Slater, Ban.
croft, who won fame as historian of
America, John Lothrop Motley won his
fame as a historian of a European
country. He was born in Dorchester,
Mass, April 10, 1914, and was gradu-
ated fom Harvard in 1881. He then
went to Germany to study, and upon
his return to this country studied law,
although literature was more to his
taste. He published an American nov
al in 1920 h11t If attY.a atn 1itt1n of
tention. After a short career at the
American legation in Russia he re-
turned to America again to serve
term in the Massachusetts legislature.
During this time he was working on
history of Holland during its war
for independence, in which he had be-
come interested while abroad.
After ten years Of hard labor, dur
ing which he returned to Europe and
found it necessary to rewrite much of
that which he had already written, he
published his History of the Dutch
Republic in 1856 and was Immediate
ly acclaimed both in America and
abroad. Along with these literary
honors came call to public service,
and from 1861 to 1867 he served as
American minister to Austria, and
from 1869 to 1870 as minister to Great
Britain. One of his great services to
his country were the letters which he
wrote to the London Times during the
Civil war which did much to enlighten
the British upon the issues-involved.
Motley died in Dorchester, England,
May %, 1877.
A statesman, writer, an educator
and inventor and two historians-such
was the contribution of Massachusetts
to the 1880 Hall of Fame ceremonies.
To make it complete, she also provided
a great jurist-Joseph Story. He was
born at Marblehead, Mass, IN 1779.
Harvard graduated him in 1893 and
Salem saw him begin practice as
lawyer in 1901. Unlike other Harvard
law graduates who took up literature,
Story was soon convinced that the le-
gal profession was the one in which
lay his greatest chance for fame. So
he applied himself to that, after an
unsuccessful attempt at writing, and
soon rose to high rank at the bar.
He was elected to congress in 1908
and in 1911 became speaker of the
house. Soon afterwards President
Madison appointed him associate jus
tice Of the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States, and during his long career
Of "a years on that high tribunal he
assisted in the development of Amer
lean constitutional law and in fixing
the status of the American admiralty,
patent and equity jurisprudence. Be-
sides his work on the bench he also
established a great reputation as a
teacher as Dane professor of law at
Harvard. Story died in Cambridge
in 1916.