We
help Elihu Burritt to say his letters at noon-time in a blacksmith shop,
and afterward, lo! he converses in thirty languages. We see Edgar Poe,
dying as poor as man ever died, yet leaving to the world a name as a
writer that Europeans persist is as yet the brightest in American
literature. See Horace Greeley, trudging across a State, anxious to get
a job for his board and clothes; then listen to his voice in the
councils of the President and in the hearts of the people. Remember
Salmon P. Chase, a poor Ohio boy, Governor, Secretary of the Treasury,
author of the best currency system so far conceived, and Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court.
JAMES A. GARFIELD
is now at work driving a canal-boat, now Republican leader of the House,
now Senator, now President, and now the object of a weeping world's
affection. See the poor boy Sherman, born in Lancaster, O. A short space
flies past us, and he has cut his own communications and marched with
his army into the enemy's country. The London _Times_ says if he emerges
from the unknown country with his army, he will be "the greatest captain
of modern times.
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