. Review of reviews and world's work. s accepted by the whole countryas conclusive. It was also the opinion of thosewho admired the admiral most that his decisionwas a further mark of that well-poised judgmentfor which he had gained so much credit. When Congress revived for his bene- The ^ Admitais fit the rai\k of Admiral of the Navy,restige. ^^^^^ |,g ^^^_^^ designated to this great office as a life position, he had received honorand recognition that might well have been re-garded as filling his cup to overflowing. Sounbounded was the confidence of the country in his good sense and knowledge
. Review of reviews and world's work. s accepted by the whole countryas conclusive. It was also the opinion of thosewho admired the admiral most that his decisionwas a further mark of that well-poised judgmentfor which he had gained so much credit. When Congress revived for his bene- The ^ Admitais fit the rai\k of Admiral of the Navy,restige. ^^^^^ |,g ^^^_^^ designated to this great office as a life position, he had received honorand recognition that might well have been re-garded as filling his cup to overflowing. Sounbounded was the confidence of the country in his good sense and knowledge of the questions atstake, that a great pai-t of the public opinion ofAmerica reserved judgment upon the questionswhether or not we were rightly in the Philip-pines, ami whether or not we ought to staytliere, uulil the admiral should speak plainly inconjunction with his colleagues of the Phili[)pineComniission. The country, of course, was pre-pared to give due respect to the findings of Presi-dent Schurman and the other members ; but. Copyright, 1900, Clinedinst, ADMIRAT. GEORGE DEWEY. (From liis latest photo-inipli.) 516 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF REVIEWS. every one knows that it was Deweys signaturethat gave weight to the preliminary report of thecommission last October. The country has notceased to entertain very loyal and devoted regardfor the splendid sailor and commander whoserved his country so boldly in destroying theSpanish fleet at Manila, and so discreetly in thelong and tedious months that followed. Butecstatic hero-worship is not a continuing American in his lifetime, not even Washing-ton or Lincoln, ever experienced the sensation ofbeing idolatrously worshiped by his fellow citi-zens with unflagging zest for more than a fewdays at a time. It is a practical world, andthere are many things demanding attention. Andthus, while we do not mean to neglect our he-roes, we cannot make it our business to think ofthem all the time. Last year the whol
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