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Show H His Masterpiece. Francis Miles Finch, who died ro- contly at the ago of 80 years, achtov; d In ono poem, "Tho Dlue and the Gray," a more certain Immortality H than many poets of many volumes. The poom appeared two years after the cldso of tho civil war, and appealed appeal-ed at once to the national heart. It comes nearer than any other thing in American literature, except some great prose utterances of Lincoln, to' putting Into words the best that men were thinking In a time of sorrow and hope. . k ! |