stands in the front rank. It is a great contribution to history,
and a still greater gift to the literature of this country. All
Americans certainly should read the volumes in which Parkman has
told that wonderful story of hardship and adventure, of fighting
and of statesmanship, which gave this great continent to the
English race and the English speech. But better than the
literature or the history is the heroic spirit of the man, which
triumphed over pain and all other physical obstacles, and brought
a work of such value to his country and his time into existence.
There is a great lesson as well as a lofty example in such a
career, and in the service which such a man rendered by his life
and work to literature and to his country. On the tomb of the
conqueror of Quebec it is written: "Here lies Wolfe victorious."
The same epitaph might with entire justice be carved above the
grave of Wolfe's historian.



"REMEMBER THE ALAMO"

The muffled drum's sad roll has beat
The soldier's last tattoo;
No more on life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On fame's eternal camping-ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.

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