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James Parton, The life of Horace Greeley, Chapter 26: three months in Europe. (search)
empts the virtue of a poor author. In the afterpiece, however, in which the novelist personated in rapid succession a lawyer, a servant, a gentleman and an invalid, the acting seemed perfect, and the play was heartily enjoyed throughout. Mr. Greeley thought, that the raw material of a capital comedian was put to a better use when Charles Dickens took to authorship. It was half-past 12 when the curtain fell, and the audience repaired to a supper room, where the munificence of the Duke of Devonshire had provided a superb and profuse entertainment. I did not venture, at that hour, says the traveler, to partake; but those who did would be quite unlikely to repent of it —till morning. He left the ducal mansion at one, just as the violins began to give note of coming melody, to which nimble feet were eager to respond. The eightieth birthday of Robert Owen was celebrated on the fourteenth of May, by a dinner at the Colbourne hotel, attended by a few of Mr. Owen's personal friends, amo
James Parton, The life of Horace Greeley, Chapter 31: conclusions (search)
What a mockery, he thinks, is this Freedom which is said to be our birthright, while the Freedom which results from assured plenty, right education, and suitable employment, is attainable only by an inconsiderable few? He is told, and he is glad to hear it, that the Prince of Wales and a few other boys, here and there in the world, are severely trained, scientifically taught, conveniently lodged, and bountifully provided for in every respect. And he learns with pleasure, that the Duke of Devonshire, and sundry other nobles, princes and millionaires, live in the midst of the means of delight and improvement, surrounded by every beautiful object known to art, at convenient access to all the sources of instruction. Free and far, over wide, enchanting domains, they range at their good pleasure, and wander when they will through groves, gardens, and conservatories. And far above all this, it is in their power deliberately to choose what they will do in their day and generation, and to b