Show 9 WILI BE WO W since the death ot of a liun hun arod writers havo have put out articles ho walling the fact that there la Is no living person to succeed him that there la Is tie no living boob worthy to put on oil and wear tho the mantle tint that foil fell from him from it 11 sonio havo have reasoned reason od that the iho race is deteriorating and they bovall tho the fuel fact that probably will havo have a such as ai wits was ho rills seems to us very superficial thoro there havo have to bo be conditions in ID order to develop certain things when tin was born his country had III immig fiig thou a dozen groat poets when tie ho was I 1 but nine years old a triumph c came abino to that native country which made it the foremost nation ot of the iho earth and after afler tile tho exhaustive wars of 0 the previous pr ivious thirty years thoro there camo came a calm to Ei Eri iffland gland a calm ard and content contentment mont a resting period in the career of that chat preat great nation which ani just exactly calculator to develop the faculties facilities whit found opra aion alter lit in poetry wo we do not nol bellevo believe any laud ever do volois a great sculptor or a great poet pact under certain conditions for the iho development of poetry thoro there la is nothing like ilko a triumph in hi arms and power tor for a sculptor there must ho be a calm which comos with tho the history of pest triumphs and glories which keeps t the 0 self respect and patriotic pride ot of tho the artist alavo and kindles the ambition to malco make a groat croat name to add to the tha glorious roll of his country As snares and and others lived in the splendor 0 of the elizabethan ago age SOV lived in tho the splendor of the victorian ago age ho he had behind him waterloo wal arloo he be bad in his bis soul boul always tile the consciousness of En glands power and from time to time during his ufa other feats eats ot of english prowess prow oai other triumphs ot of english statesmanship made inspirations tor for him film then loyalty bent slid and knighted him and aad overy every incentive to struggle tor for superior greatness was furnished famished hiva him beyond that ho he was always rich anti and never vexed with potty cares his home life was wonderfully der dor fully quiet and sweet he was always potted by the other sox sex for he was wai as handsome as he bo was waa nt every opportunity was supplied him to bo be great that Is 3 to develop everything which tended to greatness which w aich had an original gorni germ in his being ilo ho was a groat great poet but we do not think lie ho was as great as ho he should have boon with his surroundings and when england can give the same surroundings to others of her sons there will bo be other just now england like the tha united states Is going through a speculative ago there la Is such a thirst for money over there as never was semi to in tiny any country except our own the brains of men and women are burning up in schemes for obtaining vast wealth it Is the ago of money of groat ships great works the mineral ago age has come the ho age 0 of iron and steel when TEN lysok 4 was a boy it was tho the dream of the rich men to got get a little wooden yacht that might bo be eighty tool foot lonz to bo be propelled by the winds that required tho the services of six sailors and a cook whon tr died the fad was to have ton pleasure yachts adorned with ith barbaric splendor handled by men mail for commerce tho the old wooden ship had been discarded the old plan of riding the seas had boon been put aside and in lieu of those iron and steel giants giant 9 sufficient in size to take aboard a doze u of those I 1 little ittle old ships ship such as KELSON eloer fought in 10 were made to plough through the seas regardless regard leis of wind and waves the material ago age had set in anew in fit england tho the talk was of great bridges great ehica great factories great conquests of trade ucb such wealth poured in upon the land that all former calculations were nought we do not expect another in england for another litty fifty years tears until more fields shall have bare boon conquered q bored more mines opened moro wars fought perhaps until another calm comes which gives men man time lime to think and which gives honest hearts the time to reflect that after all thero there is not very much in groat ships in groat factories except as means to do the worlds world work that there Is nothing sublime after all but sublime human minds 0 I 1 |