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Show Names. Most men of high destinies have lil'h sounding names. Pym nnd Habn-kuk Habn-kuk may be pretty well, but they must not think to cope wilh the Croniwells and Nnlnhs. And yon could not find n better case In point than that of the English admirals. Drake and Itooke and Ilawke are picked names for men of execullon. Frohlsher, Rodney, Bos-cawen. Bos-cawen. Foul-Wather, Jack Byron are, all good to catch the eye In a page of a naval history. Cloudeslcy Shovel Is a mouthful of quaint and sounding syllables. Benbow has a bulldog quality qual-ity that suits the man's character, and It takes us back to those English archers arch-ers who were his true comrades for plainness, tenacity and pluck. Raleigh Ra-leigh Is spirited and martial, and signifies sig-nifies an net of bold conduct In the field. . . . "Vlrglnlbus ruerlsque," by Louis Stevenson, |