a joining of the characters of such men as Socrates and Washington. We
see Disraeli, a poor boy and we see Disraeli more powerful than any
other man on earth. We look at Gladstone as a boy starting in life,
determined to be a scholar. We hear his glorious voice, we read his
books, we study the laws he has framed, we watch the empire he governs,
and we feel he succeeded in his boyish ambition. Everywhere--in the
lives of Agassiz, Humboldt, Proctor, Seward, Farragut, Nelson,
Abercrombie, Joseph E. Johnston, Longstreet, Stanton, Aspinwall,
Lorillard, Ayer, Helmbold, Scott, Garrett, Ralston, Garner, Watson,
Howe, Singer, Steinway, McCormick, Morse, Edison, Bell, Gray,
Applegarth, Hoe, Thomas, Wagner, Verdi, Jurgensen, Picard, Stephenson,
Fulton, Rumsey, Fitch, Lamb, Fairbanks, Corliss, Dahlgren, Parrot,
Armstrong, Gatling, Pullman, Alden, Crompton, Faber, Remington, Sharp,
Colt, Daguerre, Bessemer, Goodyear, Yale, Keene, Gould, Villard,--and