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 . r. He died at Baltimore, February18th, 1834, in the sixty-second year of his age. In the supreme court, Mr. Webster, in announcing his death, remarked, Oneof the oldest, one of the ablest, one of the most distinguished members of thisbar, has departed this mortal life—William Wirt is no more ! He has this dayclosed a professional care
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 . r. He died at Baltimore, February18th, 1834, in the sixty-second year of his age. In the supreme court, Mr. Webster, in announcing his death, remarked, Oneof the oldest, one of the ablest, one of the most distinguished members of thisbar, has departed this mortal life—William Wirt is no more ! He has this dayclosed a professional career among the longest and most brilliant which thedistinguished members of the profession in the United States have at any timeaccomplished. Unsullied in everything which regards professional honor andintegrity, patient of labor, and rich in those stores of learning, which are therewards of patient labor and patient labor only—and if equalled, yet certainlyallowed not to be excelled, in fervent, animated, and persuasive eloquence—hehas left an example, which those who seek to raise themselves to great heightsof professional eminence, will, hereafter, emulously study. Fortunate, indeed,be the few who shall imitate it successfully. 512 CHARLES CHARLES FOURIER. CHARLES FOURIER was born at Besanqon, in France, on the 7th of April,1772. His father was a merchant and magistrate of the city of Besanc, received a collegiate education in his native place and at Dijon, wherehe distinguished himself in his studies, especially in geography, botany, andmusic. After completing his studies, Fourier was placed in a commercial house atRouen ; and in passing through Paris, he was struck with what he termed themysteries of commerce. On asking the price of some apples, which werecommon in his native town, he was surprised to find it what he deemed exor-bitantly high : eight cents was asked for an apple sold for one cent per dozenin the country. This ninety-six-fold differe
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