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Show JiMI.S ItLSM 1 1. I UU I U Tits old I.illn poet who aall that I ale Death knock with umllacrlmlii-atlug umllacrlmlii-atlug foot at tho cottago ot the poor man an I at tho t.cs af the king, ajHike corn ctly. Ho doe he knock w llli inual luiiartlality at tho tabln of tho olwuirelaliorcratid at tho maualon of the man of farmland wiatlli. Thedlapatchea toll Ut that Jamr Hn..elIioiIl lagonu tnoiu tho vatt majority. IIo waa a man of fame, and an Ami rlcan whoao nauio will probably atand on tho rolo of literary honor aa long aa the Kngliah language and literature aurvlve. Jlewaatiorii In ('ami ridge, Mau , February , 1S1U, Ho aprungfrom a family whlcli wa one of the furvmuat among the foundtr of New I.uglaiid Hegriiduateilfroni Harvard In ISVi, IIo wa admitted to tho bar in IS 10, butneerado(ed hw aa aprofeaalou. In 1911 ho puhllthed hit llrttvolumo of I'm mi. lt married Maria While In 1811 Hlui waaanardintnliarltlon. Il, and rolmbly hy her lullueiiie he became ono llltnaelf, though In hie younger d)a ho entlrlzed and lam. Ironed aliolltluulal and trauacotident-allala trauacotident-allala alike. Mr. Lowell waa Utt known by hi "Hlgelow l'uer," which wire Ural 1 ut Uahed lutho Uoatoi) Vuurltr during the pirlod from June, 1811, to ISIS, In fact, It a by mean nf theiu iera that lliu abolition movimi ut acquired the riiogultlon of men of malth and leornlug. Hitherto It waa looked on a the work of n fmv mlajul led fjnatli or Imauennarchlata. IllIEMMr. Ieell wa appointed eucieeaor to Ijongfullow ua j ruf iejor of In lie a httfia and modern liuguago lu Harvard Uulvenilti. He ui volu. minou writer. He wa the rlrat idltor of the AIManltc UoiMlj Inlhla inagailnaapieared hi eecoml aerleaoflllglow l'are," In which he laahnl tho rolavery patty right and left. Ixiwell' life In officii! polltlctl work comnienoed In 1677 when ho waa a-pointed a-pointed to the HponMi inlaalon by President Hayca. Hawaatranafcrred In IWJIrum tho laudol thellnUlaltlon totheCourtofHt-Jamea, london.frjm whence he wna recalled In I1! by I'rreldent Cleveland. Notwltliatandlng thla recall Mr. Inwell' indoraed the llcy of Cleveland' Anmlnlalratloii, an! though not lconilng one of bit active up)iot'.er, Incurred tho Oil pleaturo of the leader of luellepuu llcnn party. A memorable Incident of hi life occurred oc-curred In Chlcagolntliewlnterof 1897 Tho Union Uaguo Club of that city la among tho ataanchett and moat or thodox of the Kriubllcan ivlUlcalcluba of tho country. On of It main fro-lurra fro-lurra la an annual lecture or dla-coiirao dla-coiirao by eoma ilUtlngulahed Iar-ly Iar-ly man, who la rxclol to tx-pound tx-pound party doctrine. Ou thla occa tlon Mr. liowell waa Invited to lecture, and wm given, acuatomry, thoprlv-llegoof thoprlv-llegoof chootlng hi own ubject,but aa a matter o( con rae, It waa kupgAaeu' lie would touch on the Ilepubllcan Illtlialgoal. The Union t.ngue turned out It chivalry and Itabtauly on tlio night ofthelecture, but the rlugrln pictured on Ihe face of tho Iri-aguar call bo Utter Imagined than deacrlhnl whin Mr. Iiowcll announced hi tubjett na the autherthlp of "Ulchard III, "ono of Hhakeaiieare'e I lay. The fact la Mr. Lowell did not en-done en-done the lactic of hi parly at that time, nor wa ho prepared to acci 1 1 huneetly It tarltland aiitlonicheme. He waa naturally conaervatlve, though wherorefurm waa needed ho waa a vehement n former. In later jear the ltciaibllcati parly pri- and leader ma lu little of him, but Mr. Iowrll did not rupoo giving to n iarty what wa meant lor inankliid. He waa an American Amer-ican In the full nine nf the word, an! maduthe name Amtrlcau riiectod In foreign laud. A a acholar, poet and dljIoinatM ho take lint rank with any among tho Kugllah tpeaklug lace. Itwaakmwn hit health wa dorllulng lor the nut twoyiara, tmt tho announccnieut of hi death aeeois tuddenanl unexpected, unexpect-ed, and will lu rvgarde.1 by the country coun-try at large a a grout national lou. |