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Show All tlngllah lsw r la.HCll. lVuaps the looat iveiiArknliln son-trllmtt'in son-trllmtt'in to ierlee1k'At llteratun. thla month is thechsrs'-teralisit-h ef .Tame, ltussell tsotrell by W. T. Mueid in 1,1. Iterlew or Xricwa. Mr. Mttad ay that America luaa I,mi ber laatstreat laa-t, one who "liad no romi-eer sinre Kint-r-son, au 1 who left no am -sur." In bis own laud leiwell was not ill his last (lays III timrh with hi- loiiutrvliiru aa lee hu lm-n la-fore Ins was tuiiiUter to Hie court of Ht. jAines. Illglitlr or wrongly, they felt that In. luvl f ill, a anumwhat from Ida first woika ami bi-llr.' love for freedom free-dom and human hmtli, rlund, that Urll Idi s,ial distinction nnd llnll.li dfniien luvl wasketind hia repnblii nnialil. Tl.o mighty Ititiuen, .-1 srr, leeal m ens KiiflliBliiiie.il will therefor., bo learn, -.1 now for thn rlrat tliue w I interval by Isiwel.'a fellow aoniitry tl. msa. fays that on that aide of n Atlantic still linger veterans who lu poetic power are the compeers of Lowell. He ul.la thla, howeier, "Hutneiih-T ononeshls of tlie Atlantic nor on tlie otlnvr la there any t left whose verse la iu-tlnct wltli so much Insplratiun, or one who haa In him ao lunch of His sear of Hesse latter days." What this Inspiration was to his own life. Htsad tells ns. He wrltse, "Thl artlclo Is atmply trm fervent outpouring of thn gratltnds uf uns amoiisT His tltou-aaml tltou-aaml whom hs Iias helped. " Htes.1 was only liReeii when lis first felt the lli.pl-ratioll lli.pl-ratioll of Lowell's wncvl. IawsII's pf-f-acs to "Iba llooi IMIlor'a Oreaal" belail Bteal to detenuliie blioocupa. lion 111 Ufa, he lalievea. Tliree or four years lalf ho liap ne.1 i,u s Volume f Lowell'a poems. Ntea-1 waa ttn u threat. ene.1 with bllndnese. Hs was obliged to give up all serious etudy, and life looked dark Indeast to him. Among tli 1-oems lu Use volume was that rulltled "I.xttetiisUnetloii.Haid nuwwbenthn dUttr.guilui journalist g,mi lavtk to tho lank vrfcHfi so tills,! hta boylali dresina he tlmls a line drawn In m-tl around "llxtrsuas Unction" and the wotde Writtstl, "Tbla ansil ahaj-ed my bin.'' A dying man says to ths holy man whn wnuld shrive Idmt Uallsao ts-.lTUaai larssslwnsMba, Akave Hilt ttierouMdee, Uaallt: lnje aadtler yr ibaa Iblaa wlU Mai Tbla rui-iallej vUr vield ne lla breatbl Tnaseabriaeletl aaaeaaVaiadceiaTalalaa Ttiau ball oil ran eiaabM- awai, Uaada loa! bava ptttabee Iba wotbtls Aa a.-1 Iba) rl,e ked Ibe IWse.V.a' Alar, Taea las dead Yevllb tbaa STlsafl I bands, A ad tbars, wtlk arsalbal soad svs rel, Tba skoat or oil Ineal auadal Hti-ad was at thu must Impressionable time of Ids life. The ..m tilled hloi with horror, this youth of eighteen, at tho thought tlut billierto holudllie.1 fur hliuself nlotie, aud fur the workiug out of hia own ambitious dsydre-snis. The mental process tbrongb wbhli hs ssel with Ida rnfseldeil health atiJ falling eiieightwss not unliks that tle-ecrtted tle-ecrtted by n llglotis rsons as convlo-tion convlo-tion of sin and conversion, Mr. Blend wnlsfloflti At lbs saas tttta Ibla reetorsefol bnrror woabl oniallm alMte aawewbat. peoealilr onliiaVoou-saloiuilUuarliealtlisad Iben an liuouusu lueptrslloii llie tiled ise troHi I bv Itassi tin tbla Uined koad llieswrul IWl tints laid Its eenae. rallax babda Tbe r'aiars la lis pureoae vast 1'auae.l. aallfua My supreina eensmsnita. Iff reooiered Bad lur ereaisbt dbt lad rail, t-irhape. afl. I all, 1 mlsl.l sal live D, uvlli r pui -im. Towblti'iirixarr Tbsseasir (amala llo-l lanlwl rrou uul tbs deep sod sa) a, m "Isavalbnlt-asraalaitloriire; Wet Iboo nol ,llad la maay wa)al Aru Sid o bau a aiwl tarlli at elrlrer T1,eldiatbate,rilhlliS vrmUS lb Ibe aolld Waa a dlilba rail lu Uae lour ilia In rlsbtlau It sauk daep laio tar mhiI. .led tbere. In tbe dalbumssbd Ibeslounior IhatllliMJor asak-liaaud asak-liaaud trial, I pm swsl rmai iwe.aa er lbs evil oaa,Bll Sraaluaor fawa and lbs lllerary saoblll'ibsua bl, b I Lad ted lav tarbMel,ahd ri-aolulal) hi iiiimK Ibers aiel tbeu te do Hbat lllllet uoald.nbaisl Ba.auMlnttbo i.l,n bvrniindes lee. to rulttll -lbs tru-l lr euchbUb ease aleea." 11 aaSMjaot Ibsds. eiale iniaaintata urllfe. sums Uan I tun boceellr sa) ibal I bavu ueear resaedad lltar- rarrasioarBSlbtloaaeraa-M wntlli a alias, aictptlsa In so far aa It enabled bus ts strike a blaster Ll'tslu lbs i suae or Ibuas tor sbsul 1 sascBlb-dtoPebl. |
