Arena magazine - Volume 04 . The twilight is passing, the dawn is upon us, and to-morrow will be indebted chiefly to these true brave men and women whom the superficial call pessimists, for the glorious heritage which wiU fall to humanity; for they are related to the manifold reforms which crowd upon the present, as were Copernicus and Galileo related to ti*e science of astronomy, as Luther was to the Reformation, Jeffer- k* to modern Democracy, as Wilberforce in England and Garrison hi America to the overthrow of black slavery. They denounce the haqoity of the present hour; they unmask the ca
Arena magazine - Volume 04 . The twilight is passing, the dawn is upon us, and to-morrow will be indebted chiefly to these true brave men and women whom the superficial call pessimists, for the glorious heritage which wiU fall to humanity; for they are related to the manifold reforms which crowd upon the present, as were Copernicus and Galileo related to ti*e science of astronomy, as Luther was to the Reformation, Jeffer- k* to modern Democracy, as Wilberforce in England and Garrison hi America to the overthrow of black slavery. They denounce the haqoity of the present hour; they unmask the carefully concealed evils which are undermining public morals; they demand a higher standard Digitized by VjOOQIC 128 THE ABEKA. of life. If they aim to destroy the old wooden building, it is becausethey see around them not only the quarried stone, the mortar and ironbeams, but a million hands waiting to erect upon the ruins of the old anobler structure than humanity has yet beheld. I Digitized by VjOOQIC Digitized by VjOOQIC. Digitized by VjOOQIC THE ARENA. No. xx. JULY, 1891. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. BY GEORGE STEWART, D. C. L., LL. D. To the year 1809, the world is very much indebted for aband of notable recruits to the ranks of literature and science,statesmanship and military renown. One need mention onlya few names to establish that fact, and grand names they are,for the list includes Darwin, Gladstone, Erastus Wilson,John Hill Burton, Manteuffel, Count Beust, Lord Houghton,Alfred Tennyson, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. Each ofthese has played an important part in the worlds history,and impressed the age with a genius that marks an epoch inthe great department of human activity and progress. Theyear was pretty well advanced, and the month of Augusthad reached its 29th day, when the wife of Dr. AbielHolmes presented the author of The American Annalswith a son who was destined to take his place in the frontline of poets, thinkers, and essayists. The babe was born atCambridge, Mass
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