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Hereditary Genius
otherwise than as vagabond in its habits. The lust for knowledge, the delight in
communicating it, the almost pedantic attention to details, which are noticeable
in the poet, are all traceable in the father. Goethe married unsuitably, and had a
son of no note, who died before him.
Heine, Heinrich; German poet, essayist, and satirist of the highest order. Was
intended for commerce, but took a disgust to it, and followed literature, as
pupil and friend of A. W. Schlegel. He first published aet. 25, but his writings
were little appreciated by the public till aet. 28. He became partially paralysed
aet. 47, and d. aet. 56. Was of Jewish parentage.
U. Salomon Heine, German philanthropist; who raised himself from poverty to the
possession of nearly two millions sterling, and who gave immense sums to
public institutions.
[US.] The son of Salomon; succeeded him in the management of his affairs.
Hook, Theodore. Was a remarkably clever boy, who sang well and composed songs.
He had great success aet. 17. His constitution was naturally excellent, but he
ruined it by dissipation; d. aet. 53 of a broken constitution. Was unmarried, but
had six illegitimate children.
F. James Hook, a musical composer of extraordinary fertility and of considerable
reputation in his day.
B. Dr. James Hook, Dean of Worcester, accomplished scholar; eminent as a
political pamphleteer.
N. Dr. Walter Farquhar Hook, Dean of Chichester, theologian, author, and
preacher.
Milman, Henry Hart; Dean of St. Paul's; scholar, critic, poet, historian, and divine.
“Fall of Jerusalem,”
“History of the Jews,” &c. Very successful at Oxford.
Singularly handsome. D. aet. 77.
F. Eminent physician, President of the College of Physicians.
Milton, John; most illustrious English poet, scholar, and republican writer. Was
handsome and of girlish beauty when a youth. Had written “Arcades,”
“Comus,” “L'Allegro,” and “II Penseroso” before aet. 31. Became blind about
aet. 40. He abandoned poetry for twenty years, during the
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