Statesmen . e of the Seven Wise Mas-ters, by his fables and proverbs. Whatever were his limitations, and these wereapparent to those who knew him, Lincoln wasfully equal to the time in which he lived and tothe vast burden that he lifted and carried withgiant ease and strength. The tragicalness, theneedlessness, so to speak, of his taking-off willalways remain to mortal eyes inexplicable. Whyhe should not have been permitted to live andenjoy the well-earned fruits of four years ofstrenuous labor, why he should have been al-lowed only to look over into the Promised Landof Peace from the Pisgah s
Statesmen . e of the Seven Wise Mas-ters, by his fables and proverbs. Whatever were his limitations, and these wereapparent to those who knew him, Lincoln wasfully equal to the time in which he lived and tothe vast burden that he lifted and carried withgiant ease and strength. The tragicalness, theneedlessness, so to speak, of his taking-off willalways remain to mortal eyes inexplicable. Whyhe should not have been permitted to live andenjoy the well-earned fruits of four years ofstrenuous labor, why he should have been al-lowed only to look over into the Promised Landof Peace from the Pisgah summit of those last saddays, we may not know. Somewhere in Godseternal plan that noble, self-denying soul livesand rejoices in its strength. And even we, dis-consolately lamenting his unrewarded years oftoil, may find some consolation-in the thoughtthat in the vast movements of humanity in whichnations and individuals are insignificant factors,the life of Lincoln was long enough to serve itsmajestic mission,. The Statue of Sumner, by Thomas Ball, in the Public Garden, Boston. SUMNER. In October, 1850, Charles Sumner delivered awonderful speech in Faneuil Hall, Boston. Thiswas at the important turning-point in the historyof American politics when old parties were dis-solving, and from their elements were rising thetwo great parties (for there were really onlytwo) that were to stand arrayed against eachother until the civil war should destroy slaveryand open another epoch in the history of civil-ization. It was my good fortune to sit within afew feet of the rostrum, at a reporters table,looking up at the young Apollo, who toweredlike a demigod at an immense height over us. Iremember one reporter, who, fascinated by thesight, looked up and breathlessly said : GreatGod ! that man seems twenty feet high ! His personal appearance was not only one ofextreme elegance—for he was always dressedwith scrupulous care—but of magnificent andmanly proportions. He was six feet
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