. The story of the Hall of fame, including the lives and portraits of the elect and of those who barely missed election. Also a list of America's most eligible women. ear, Motley was appointed UnitedStates Minister at Vienna; in 1869, he occupied a similarposition at the Court of St. James, and on retiring to privatelife he took up a permanent residence in England. Thoughfor some years he continued his literary labors ill healthbegan to interfere with his work, and in 1877 he died. Motley was a member of many learned societies inEurope and America. His works were not only popularwith the readi
. The story of the Hall of fame, including the lives and portraits of the elect and of those who barely missed election. Also a list of America's most eligible women. ear, Motley was appointed UnitedStates Minister at Vienna; in 1869, he occupied a similarposition at the Court of St. James, and on retiring to privatelife he took up a permanent residence in England. Thoughfor some years he continued his literary labors ill healthbegan to interfere with his work, and in 1877 he died. Motley was a member of many learned societies inEurope and America. His works were not only popularwith the reading public, but were frankly accorded thehighest praise by scholars. James Buchanan Eads The celebrated engineer, James Buchanan Eads, wasborn in Laurenceburg, Indiana, in 1820. At the age of twenty-two he constructed a diving-bellboat, and subsequently built several boats for raising largesteamers. In 1845, ne erected the first glass works west ofthe Mississippi. In 1861, he built eight ironclads in onehundred days—these steamers were employed in the captureof Fort Henry, in 1862. In seven years he was engaged in the construction of 384 mm <•.-.*. :-. Si FAMOUS MEN the steel arch bridge across the Mississippi River at , and at a later period, he deepened the Southern Passat the mouth of the Mississippi by means of jetties. Hesubsequently formed a company to construct a ship railwayacross the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and was identified withmany other gigantic enterprises. Eads was the first American to receive the Albert Medalof the British Society of Arts, which was awarded him in1884, three years before his death. Patrick Henry Patrick Henry, the eminent orator, was born in Vir-ginia, in 1736. His early life was marked by failure. Firstas a storekeeper and afterwards as a farmer, he provedunsuccessful. Turning then to the profession of law, it didnot appear at first that he was destined to be more fortunatein this direction than he had been in others. He was,
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