“Address,” Cooper Union, New York City, Feb. 27, 1860,—Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln, the great “War President,” was born in Hardin County, Ky., February 12, 1809, and died at Washington, D. C., April 15, 1865. His “Address,” at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pa., and his “Second Inaugural Address,” won for him everlasting fame.
We will now discuss in a little more detail the Struggle for Existence.
“The Origin of Species,” Chap. iii,—Charles Robert Darwin.
Charles Robert Darwin, the famous English naturalist and philosopher, was born at Shrewsbury, February 12, 1809, and died April 19, 1882. He wrote: “The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex,” “The Expression of the Emotions in Men and Animals,” “A Naturalist’s Voyage,” “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection,” etc.
God’s rarest blessing is, after all, a good woman.
“The Ordeal of Richard Feverel,”—George Meredith.
George Meredith, a noted British novelist and poet, was born at Portsmouth, Hampshire, February 12, 1828, and died May 18, 1909. Some of his famous works are: “Evan Harrington,” “Harry Richmond,” “Ordeal of Richard Feverel,” “Rhoda Fleming,” “Vittoria,” “The Adventures of Harry Richmond,” “Beauchamp’s Career,” “The Egoist,” “The Tragic Comedians,” “Diana of the Crossways,” “Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth,” “Ballads and Poems of Tragic Life,” “A Reading of Earth,” “One of Our Conquerors,” “The Amazing Marriage,” etc.
Ils n’out rien appris, ni rien oublié.[1]
—Talleyrand.