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Show 172 A LEAF FROM masterly strokes, following each other in quick succession; and though felt-deeply felt, no more to be described than the vivid lightning's zig-zag, as produced from the deep-charged thunder-cloud. If Douglass is not always successful in his attempts to heave up his ponderous missiles at his opponents, from the point of his descent, he always shows determination and spirit. He is often too far down the pass, however, (bcrcwean though he be,) for his intent. Ward, from the eminence he has gained, giant-lilm, hurls thorn back with the force and skill of a practised marksman, almost invariably to the detriment of his already fallen victim. In Douglass you have a man, in whose soul the iron of oppression has far entered, and you feel it. He tells the story of his wrongs, so that they stand out in all their naked ugliness. In Ward, you have one with strong native powers, -I know of none stronger; superadded a careful and extensive cultivation; an understanding so matured, that fully enables him to successfully grapple with men or errors, and portray truth in a manner equalled by few. MY SCI!AP BOOK. 173 After all, it must be admitted, both are men of extraordinary powers of mind. Both well qualified for the task they have undertaken. I have, rather than anything else, drawn these outline portraits for our young men, who can fill them up at leisure. The subjects arc both fine models, and may bo studied with profit by all,-cspecially those who are destined to stand in the front rank. NOT~>.-TL has been some years since th bo drawn; and though my hnpt·essions es ecinll c a vc sketch was undct·brnne some slightchanl{esince,~se~n" inybi~! Mt;. Douglass, has ened, nud more matured thought, still I tl~nk on t eu ar·ged, str·engthful observer will atLest substantially to its cor~cctu:~.whole, the care- |
