| Show Goldwin Smith Canadas Grand Old Man Mana Always a Warm and Outspoken Friend of America AmericaL L ED recently as to toM M hi his health Goldwin Smith Q Canada Canadas grand Brand old man malt and most mot distinguished man loan f I f lIed There Thre Is nothing the ther n r me but the Incurable 1 h of f year eara In Gold GoW r 1 vhs is ca e the signs Ian of th the dl die a i 0 s pi 1 rl are purely physical In Jit Ini i i anc n he lacks lack none of oC the clear clears y s J i 1 n l I i evidences of ot a well preserved i 14 4 ath r vigorous old age ace but hi hoe mum md f i Intellect shows show not the theIn theis is mt In re l a of ot Impairment I j 11 I U t 1 t a man malt who admits admit that he heit heuse III use it tiM tai t J i with about Pitt l i war waa premier of oC England In lit Inui 1 IV tut ui H It distinctly the Iho re n r m lu England l over the reform d i id H I members t I also alao fc seeing el g th the adl Id J of r f a It neighbor near his hili boy boyi i J e burned by II raiders who op up opi i h Introduction of oC He recalls recall KM its u Q lad seeing III L r ants nA light the f lire fire lit in hi his fu fit fun n y with whit a I Under box When u a buy boy th the cloaks toak was w still in ini I i the ih curfew was waa the custom alder this aged aed spectator ot of oft I t ui ut say iy with a smile halt half quiz I i Idl u Ye Yee Y It I is true I have witnessed d sein RUt rath rather r ri i in th the world worlds way of ef I Mime decidedly ted ltv I ii t come ume upon upen the scene sumo gome sumon ii 11 n me ale mechanical other oth ar arthe are aN Iu 11 the most omit astounding I think lea 1 told a It awu wu beers bears an still further on th thi the Iha theof i of his hi longevity One On day h hd he hed d J a package Jick from con coti coni cona i u a portrait of an n old political I vi hum h In hr h hud had almost forgot forgotten DOI ten tell ruh rush of affair H lie wrote list Ian Iani listo o i Hy ly to 10 thank th U the sender render anil and to toy toi I y i u h pleased he h was wa to b M hi and how Interesting It was waa to toi hut Ihal i ul III least tw twe of at the old id cli dl chI i r I left In lit tie the lb course ciura u of lit time iliac a aI aImo Imo in to I hand Informing kIt him kl that I it n t imd lel been ben sent by th tl the sun ion ef of Cud mi that h haits the s was wasN t N d ware r of a H nd hi kill fd t tn rut t Ire still In Ih his h would 11 n la IU dolt I ii di 4 many man anther I 11 of or ofin in hit i WI tt I i 1 Peel feel eel of ot th the ily spent with fright and nd Cobden In the propagation of the school hool of free Cree trade I am ate he adds add whenever that subject t Is I mention mentioned ed one of the last sear r leaver leave left Slut flut fluttering Wring on that tree and 1 I am not nol I ashamed of the tree on which I 1 grew gren Ire i He lie might tell of oC serving on the fu mou Gladstone on Oxford Oxton reform a as aa far back Mck as 1860 or he b could 0 recall 11 aa as he once one did hi hl II celebrated cel pupil In history th the present King ling dward 1 dwardA I MA A little cla class waa was formed for tor tills this till scion icon ot of royalty he relater relate I used ud I Ito to examine him after the lecture and andI I 1 has no doubt that I bored him to I extinction lint Hut t a It h never let me see nee lIe tint that h he was waa a bored pram Krom this I 1 gath gathered tI and ered that he would successfully dla dis discharge charge the t moat most arduous duties dutle of oC royalty He Ile would never ner los lore his he hI self command or Ilk one of DC his predecessors ion sors ht a It town clerk In tn mistake for tor tho thu lord loro mayor liven I 1 van Ida liU first years In Cornell In III 70 when he assisted Ezra Era Cornell to lay the foundation of a It great real uni university varsity to b bt be hi his ripe old age ageA ageA A Man of the Present It Jt must mut not b be wi Interred Inferred from all aU this tola that thaI Smith betrays betray say any ar mark mrk marked ed Inclination to 10 live only In lit th the past put Quit Quits to 10 the contrary he 1 is Ia singularly alive to the doing of th the present and ad andI I III b keen In hi his appreciation of matters up to te hate In spite of his hili advanced ag a age e he be continues continue to furnish H II wkly weekly column for tor a Toronto journal III Hl cover lover worldwide happen happenings lags ings In and they ther are pungent pU lIt cud and alto als altogether gether ehr satisfactory examples example of ef the UI notable stylist tUt that lie he II I is Thus The Th notes note no on oil currant events event ar are re copied cp widely n tend nd commented on freely both In is I Great Gnat and in America Amer It Jt I is ac cc acknowledged that there the U Ir I no ho man a on a either II a aide a of 0 th Ih the Atlantic so ao qualified by II experience education and a knowl knowledge edge ed of 01 politics politic to lu discuss present day questIons of 01 moment e It Il I la Is nat eel tu lu b N be at NI a that tit this octogenarian win attn of old aid Onford should 14 stilt still possess pOll th the ea l of ll the cul cut cultured culI lured I public U It I t l I la how ova VOl that M a mull mall K i H tv 1 nf 1 In I y years r 1 should hould still r etui n r t MI III I II I INterest I In evesSe vM sad Mil leeel tad and lid lite each fh an us la Is cc r 1 1 ti l s tW f 2 y F J t 7 r 1 r mow r 1 y i v vt t l l h I i Y Yr L r r l t r r I in ill iii r t tf f I Ir IJ Il II y r J l I e I 11 I A i it ii ib t i t J b i JA t I I I as asi L I AT i 4 1 y I I 1 j L MOlT OF j I It U JC by pen and voice Although the tb professor r ha has haa abandoned pull pub public lu lic 11 peaking i as all a part of hi his hla pro prof f lon he Is le I un still seen en occasionally on Oft tin rh It platform H Hu sometimes speak peak it at agricultural gatherings gathering and nd von even appears at t labor Ibor conventions convention being bet deeply ted l In the cause teas Moir MI than i slaty hll year ago 0 Goldwin Sn lb lili itil on one of f the most moat brilliant WI tl r in 11 i t England He wax was a on of II h It n Ii M I 1 and std out most alu I contributors contributor to In I the III Review 81 During tb lb long years yar of ot discussion that ed j i Ih Iha IK American civil war h he wrote rot tel y on n n the t h various vital that thit were rl to 10 b be settled sad always what hat wa wu then lien th the unpopular lar tar side Mill Ih In Great Ot Britain He ev even n t t u tt nerle series of pamphlets pamphlet In Is I do de doft II defense ft ot of t hi his conviction I Ho tio genuine wa was hU his love luve tar for America Amerie i I I and American that tbt in m ISM II h he be beup mad up his hi mind to cast hi bl hh lot among I UK us I aces ec CI i tUna pling u II professorship In Ih the theat gr at rat new law university a It which h was wu rising rl on an Cayuga Uk lake Three Thre years yar later It h Iw he selected Toronto n as II hi his permanent per home In th the nw saw world and at one enc e be became berain rain came the greatest Inti intellectual luat force fo b M the Domini in from thu th I day da he ha has been the tit I l wiling auto ui c no of republican lican 11 pi In the Hi Ulan In Hi His Nw New World Hem H The Th l ti ne in 11 in Is 1 tit tin hi bIle ite ul of the t grunt ni r v mm of If f letters letter leU U 1 to l 1 VAL oat of the th 11 Ith i li I hn of th tb the city ell If Ir m nl nt t Mm Merl Bills Horned i u after alter an lilt aid uld Id rid ild 11 1 country home it I Ia Ia I a bit It td f t ol oJ lit net nev n i if In III It Its lla n tun of ut iv h ivy loud nud suro u iy by I a park III f e aria IlU dl t i with ui id eaks MUI cud and cli cU Ii In III In it II m In Infancy I fanc fancy anC net II 1111 a century o 1 ego the thu th wa was waa ull tut ll lie c outskirts of old III tilt lla little LOII today toda It I Is ii 1 In hi the of oC tin 0 city lIL a tt li t i L i r null and rui ru rush i from trum all Mil d i und and uD b in upon up tin tit i I book beok a l Uter of tn the die Mod aged To tin this K L lIh IUt at ami tm Gold Guld Goldwin win In 11 tH 1111 He H ha hr Ja thus been becu u rf r I 1 III tai fui 0 Mx ia It I M It i if cf t UI i lyt i in i a anlu u during ii tahi ir in lu II h i i r of df r I umi nud i M s activity rand and ba baking king up his hi i t IK v tut tuta u II a generous jenerou lai u tf f hi bl his ll n lit i WM was largely r responsible for or Uie tha MII iii iiiI I of ut r in th the cIty oU that f ke he nn his ni helped d house lbs ike u w I bola bor in a handsome building and n hi h ha has presented a I homo home fur for II a nu mis mission mi Ini milon lon Ion In educational line he h ha hu haa bu buan an en active worker on net of Toronto university and act Is b I an en n earnest advocate of th the public school system of 0 the th Do Dominion D Dominion minion The Orange Grange 0 I Is Ia an a Ideal Ial working work III can cen center r canter ter for fr a scholar who ha has f Into a rages ge n man n who t 11 to I Wei f fliter titers liter definition aloa pon possesses gravity and andt und judgment mn 1 alai true t n a I gravo n Gravity Om and i idOf dori dort no one ante will deny lIy the th occupant of tiC th the orange Grange though tb re are aft not a afew ateA afew few teA 1 who while Mm him himIn IIII In la highest I eat eta em yd y t might ha the especially nhen het the tM grave phil J Poi ter run full tilt Uh ui ll current t v c u Ip tot not infrequently laCI II doe doc In mi n i liters of 0 punk n mu M MMe meat mem Me hi ha h Nets 1 to the th tusk tuk tu of ot rowing up tap Ire am tail ind from croon that thai self If f appointed laak no of at opposition or OIt of will iU divert him huN II He In Is I Canadas C greatest foe me lance lann a aId candid Id friend Iad of hi lUll hs adopted country I How It Happened H HI 1 I A good deal dil of in tt w was aroused ed nasally by It th Ih the t Imn nt ho he h had hH hl hi i i CM rail r death th ti I Cornell CorDel r ii of f It II ir b i i 1 M tt all all known I how bUll th ill tam jin 1 I Ur 1 II irli i I t i MI h J 1 oi 01 I i Alta Altata u e eI I ta o fu u 11 It t t I 1 i t o LUI tt ii 11 h hi I 1 i aid juil II uI OI i F t i i U It nil 01 of nf ui dl II lUI 1 f ti nol nil in III t s illy 11 writ win 11 to I ii Wall oiin OO lIt years yram an II remark J tin Ih I nt rat numb nun i 11 I ii i ur of great nut Pitt that lital o i ct iU t b be UK rag ull ul H I t d 1 t fur or lr lI n il work II It w i t t lr Ira t the Ih dot dotur too toi hud bud of ut hi h H lla iii ti II It a It JUt Jest tI r u v then hen en V blI t I 10 i o 1111 i 01 I Hi the the theo t he Ch I Ib j jI o I b 1 11 1 ul it to t have lIan t jl b I 1 it a i u II 1 ii UK ur I i iii I r IMaI dei II 11 ILo 1 i ii r n t in ill If i mi j I foi ir 1 Mini t II I I HI Si 1 u IL t i l A 1 II Il 1 out ant t i II 11 IIII II h I II I tin ol rat t H I I I ll 1 Mill I iI I II I ul tin I i 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