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Historic Doubts On The Birth-Place Of Celebrated Men;
biographical history where we may , still we find obscurity enshrouding the origin of many of our most distinguished men , whether poets , philosophers , or heroes , and too often do we discover that " Time and tide Have washed away , like weeds upon the sands , Crowds of the olden life ' s memorials . "
As regards the period at which Homer flourished , Herodotus , the father of Grecian history , and Velleius Paterculus , no mean Roman authority , are at issue ; and as to his nativitas , we find similar uncertainty prevailing , for several illustrious cities , we are told , disputed the right of having given birth to the greatest of poets . With reference , also , to the birth-place
of the celebrated philosopher Pythagoras , historians are similarly divided in opinion ; and as to the precise origin of that wondrous military commander Julius Caesar , the Roman chroniclers have left it an historical doubt . We have been led to the consideration of this subject more particularly from perceiving that a warm literary contention
has recently arisen , regarding the hrrth-place , and hirkk-day of the late Duke of Wellington , of whom it will not be forgotten that , in addition to his other numerous honours , he enjoyed that of Chancellor of our ancient and venerated school of learning—that great school which was founded by the illustrious and heroic Alfred himself—the University of Oxford ;
and which circumstance alone must awaken in the mind of every scholar a vivid interest as to the solving of any moot question appertaining to the great man ' s history—besides which , we must never forget that his Grace was a distinguished member of the Order of Freemasons . Although it had been long accredited that the Duke of Wellington was
born in Dublin , on the 1 st of May , 1769 , nevertheless , no conclusive evidence of the fact has ever been published by any of the celebrated hero ' s biographers ; consequently the point remained open to conjecture and cavil . * Immediately after
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Historic Doubts On The Birth-Place Of Celebrated Men;
biographical history where we may , still we find obscurity enshrouding the origin of many of our most distinguished men , whether poets , philosophers , or heroes , and too often do we discover that " Time and tide Have washed away , like weeds upon the sands , Crowds of the olden life ' s memorials . "
As regards the period at which Homer flourished , Herodotus , the father of Grecian history , and Velleius Paterculus , no mean Roman authority , are at issue ; and as to his nativitas , we find similar uncertainty prevailing , for several illustrious cities , we are told , disputed the right of having given birth to the greatest of poets . With reference , also , to the birth-place
of the celebrated philosopher Pythagoras , historians are similarly divided in opinion ; and as to the precise origin of that wondrous military commander Julius Caesar , the Roman chroniclers have left it an historical doubt . We have been led to the consideration of this subject more particularly from perceiving that a warm literary contention
has recently arisen , regarding the hrrth-place , and hirkk-day of the late Duke of Wellington , of whom it will not be forgotten that , in addition to his other numerous honours , he enjoyed that of Chancellor of our ancient and venerated school of learning—that great school which was founded by the illustrious and heroic Alfred himself—the University of Oxford ;
and which circumstance alone must awaken in the mind of every scholar a vivid interest as to the solving of any moot question appertaining to the great man ' s history—besides which , we must never forget that his Grace was a distinguished member of the Order of Freemasons . Although it had been long accredited that the Duke of Wellington was
born in Dublin , on the 1 st of May , 1769 , nevertheless , no conclusive evidence of the fact has ever been published by any of the celebrated hero ' s biographers ; consequently the point remained open to conjecture and cavil . * Immediately after