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tion of 1833, than on the title page of any book.”

Thirty-six different volumes have been issued
of Mr. Whittier’s work; among them biography,
essays, and a historical novel, Margaret Smith's

ournal. For many years now, he has not been
able to read or write for more than a half-hour at
a time, yet he still accomplishes much.

Although Presidential Elector in 1860 and 1864,
voting for Mr. Lincoln, and one of the founders
of the Liberal Party, the early form of the present
Republican Party, he has refused to participate
largely in public life. He says, “I have always
taken an active part in elections, but I have not
been willing to add my own example to the greed
of office.” He has been a member of the Board
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of Brown University. He is greatly loved by
his townspeople, both at his home at Amesbury,
and in Danvers. His books furnish a comfortable
income. He is genuinely fond of children and of
animals. When I saw him last, his dogs came to
welcome me, one holding up a bruised paw for
sympathy, while the mocking-bird talked so much
louder than both of us, that Mr. Whittier was
obliged to cover his cage. Such a life of cheer-
fulness in toil, of perseverance, such an example of
unselfish allegiance to duty, such an instance of
noble success won through utter devotion to high
principles, is a rich legacy to the children of our
country. Some one has well said, “The most val-
uable gift of a man or woman to this world is not
money nor books, but a noble life.”

    

     

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By SaraH K. Bouton.

IV.
JOHN WANAMAKER,
T was about twenty years ago that a poor young

man, in Philadelphia, started, in the southwest
part of the city, a Sunday-school, in a shoemaker’s

shop. Saloons were on every corner round about.
Rough men fought and stoned each other in the
streets, and murders were not uncommon.

“Vou will probably lose your life!” said his
friends, trying to dissuade him.

But that young man had become a Christian.
The highest love always renders us heroic, and