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tune there, and rise to nobler distinction by the very influences which surround the earnest work of life. And as we have seen the peculiar development which a western training gives to one who makes it supplementary to an education in other parts of the country, so in a more striking way have we observed the splendid progress which those to the manor born have made in the higher walks of life. The pluck and daring, the ambition and energy, which characterize western men, frequently override all culture, and justify in the end man's proudest claim that he is "the architect of his own fortunes." With all the advantages of a liberal intellectual training, backed it may be by a distinguished lineage, to what grand results in life may not a man attain, who has the expanding liberalism and sympathetic influences of that great section to stimulate him?

In the life and character of B. Gratz Brown, we have a notable example of what the best culture, and a devoted application to life-work, sustained by deepseated convictions, will accomplish. The early surroundings of his life were favorable to success; yet in how many cases do we record failures of men in all pursuits where the brightest promises were made in all the circumstances of their birth, their boyhood, and their early manhood. Character is something to be won. It waits upon no accident of parentage, nor wealth, nor forced station, but rises to observance and dignity as the man himself directs under the impulse of a perfect self-control. B. Gratz Brown had the promise of distinction; but it was his work to attain it, and we shall see how well his mission has resulted.