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Show A TltlBl'TE TO JOl'KNALISSI. Governor David Bennett Hills' oration at the unveiling of the statue of Henry W, Grady at Atlanta, Georgia, was a most glowing tribute to one of the nobles'u men and the brightest mintls that the South or this country-has country-has ever produced. It was also a tribute to pure and loyal journalism everywhere. The career of Henry W. Grady was a peculiar one. He made many failures before he made one success. suc-cess. Indeed he never made but one success, and that commenced when he obtained control of the Constitution. After that his life was a continuous record of bright achievements; and in his chosen profession, the luster of his genius is not dimmed by comparison with any of his contemporaries. It was eminently proper. then, that the South should raisearnonnimentto the memory of its son, the phi a citizen, journalist, orator and patriot. It was Grady who wrote: "I have seen the field of journalism so enlarged, its possibilities so widened and its influence so extended, that I have come to believe earnestly that no man, no matter what his calling, his elevation, eleva-tion, or his opportunities, can equal in dignity, honor and usefulness the journalist who comprehends compre-hends his position, fairly measures his duties and gives himself entirely and unselfishly to his work.'1 Of those now living, mauy may in the years to come forget that in the southern city of Atlanta a pile of granite has been erected in his honor; but the name of Grady, the brilliant writer, the impassioned orator and the j Wiirm-hearted man, will live in their : memories as long as life shall last. |