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Show Lawkkm k liAKKETT tlied yestertlitj in the zenith of h'u fame. Next to iiooin, with whom for tho lost few-yearn few-yearn he was ati"oeiated in tho mimio art ami in htisinesi, lie was the greatest of American aotors. lint tlie tstao loses in 11a intKTT more than a noted tragedian. It loses in him tlie most painstaking and consciemnotis deline-alor deline-alor of historic characters. lie was pre-eminently a man of detail, of system sys-tem and of study. It is said an actor' fame dies with him. In tho ruse of iiAKKKiT at least it must be different, for surely his precept in the faithful portraiture of his characters must find eager imitators. |