Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . name and fame, of Noah Webster every American may be Washington, Franklin, and Fulton, though his birth and achievementswere here, his name belongs not to America only, but to all mankind. Achieve-ments such as theirs, like the light of the sun, can not be cramped within par-allels of latitude and longitude, but belong to t
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . name and fame, of Noah Webster every American may be Washington, Franklin, and Fulton, though his birth and achievementswere here, his name belongs not to America only, but to all mankind. Achieve-ments such as theirs, like the light of the sun, can not be cramped within par-allels of latitude and longitude, but belong to the whole world—to the entirebrotherhood of the human race. Noah Webster will long be remembered, as the youthful soldier, who wasready, if need be, to pour out his blood and his life together for the land of hisbirth ; as the thoughtful statesman, who early devised a scheme for uniting thestates under a constitution, such as the country now enjoys ; as the grateful,citizen, who gallantly sprang to the defence of Washington, when factious menrose up against him ; as the laborious lexicographer, who throws a strong andsteady light upon the English language; as the Christian moralist, who taughtmillions to read, but not one to sin. FRTEDRTCH SCHILLER. 445. FRIEDRICH SCHILLER. To portray a life so eventful, or to analyze a genius so profound and so ex-pansive as that of the German poet, Schiller is a task which none but a ripescholar and true poet should perform. It is a task, the faithful accomplishmentof which should occupy the space of a volume, and hence all that we shall at-tempt in this sketch, will be a mere outline delineation of the events of hislife, without attempting to portray the features of his character or to express anopinion concerning his various and splendid productions. FRIEDRICH SCHILLER was born at Marbach, a small town of Wiirtemberg,in Germany, on the 10th of November, 1759. His father was a surgeon in thearmy, and at the time of Friedrichs birth, was abs
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