Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 248, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1917 — Goldsmith Flrat Humanitarian. [ARTICLE]

Goldsmith Flrat Humanitarian.

Goldsmith “was perhaps the only writer of his day," it has been said, “who thoroughly understood the social condition of the Continent. Nor was he less observant of English society; the ‘Deserted Village’ has often been quoted by economists in illustration of the change which has gradually substituted large estates for the small holdings of a numerous yeomanry.” In this quality of world-wideness he stands alone among his contemporaries, and this quality Is reflected in his essays. He is large-hearted, because he had had a large acquaintance with mankind. He is the first of humanitarians, using that word-to indicate an interest in mankind as a whole. He is, what he described his mythical philosopher to be, a “Citizen of the Worlds— William J. Dawson.