Show I 1 1 GEORGE BANCROFT the announcement appears in another C column of the death of george bancroft the historian the statesman the philosopher and as much more aa as you please ol 01 the human I 1 endowments that give great greatness nees to man america Ameri cabas has illuminated the pages of the worlds history with an array of as illustrious damps names as civilization ancient or modern has pro 4 deuced and among them all there is none more rich in the constituents of I 1 y 1 real greatness than georgo george bancroft or that has earned the title of fame or glory by mere humble honest and assiduous labor and sacrifice ile goes to his rest reat leaving a halo of I 1 1 a memory as pure and worthy of emulation as honorable ambition could crave through a long along life of abnegation and diligence with apparently no purpose of reward save the acquisition and propagation of useful truths be he has budded his own destiny to the negligence predecessors in kleaving leaving so 80 rich afield a field of unexplored I 1 knowledge more than thin to the aid and encouragement cf of his contemporaries he be owes tho the vastness vast nesa of his achievements ei it was industry and honest acdwell and well disciplined toil more mor ethan than 0 genius geDIUS that made blin him great in all lis li historical ree research earch be he loved truth more ban glory whether the heart 1 olma of man or of natu nature waa his subject modesty and accuracy were bi hie 0 controlling motives lie ile mingled and wag was a familiar la spirit m with jtb the greatest a men of hta fils age goethe was his friend I 1 von humboldt Ilum boldt waif was for a while a partner r in his labors and be wa wag 9 loved by von ranke Banket be renowned von ranke who with the grea greatest teet responsive 0 spon sive intellect of his generation for fifty years shut himself up a veritable prisoner sn in hia his li lib eary ary communing only with his books and making I 1 companions of the hours that the world and nature hag has designed for sleep ha he knew and loved lived our fellow countryman who has amt passed away bat but all this george bancroft has left for the pages of some other mans book and tor for ot others hersto to tell fo for r him his ilia fame was rioe ipe without the honors which other men r conferred I 1 |