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...midst of this age of Queen Anne, Pope stood out as the foremost literary man. It was a time of sharp struggle between the Whigs and the Tories and each party, eager to strengthen its position, did its best to draw into its ranks the leading men. The leading writers especially were sought, for political pamphlets had much to do in swaying the popular mind. In this way such men as Newton, Steele, Prior and Addison found their way into high offices under the government...
...draper, but very early in his life his father retired from business to a small estate at Binfield. Pope's education was of the most miscellaneous character; he received his early training at home and later went for short periods to several schools in and about London. At the age of thirteen, he went home and set himself to study, determined to be a poet. Although he never became a great scholar, he read widely and studied all the best critics and the French and Italian poets...
...age of sixteen he wrote his Pastorals, which were well received by the London wits. After the Pastorals came the essay on Criticism which was exceedingly popular. It was a criticism of the common opinions of the time in regard to poets. Its force lay not so much in the ideas presented as in originality of its expression. In it, the early development of Pope's style is plainly shown. The Essay on Criticism was followed by the Rape of the Lock, a poem interesting not only for its delicacy and skill of expression but also for its matter which...
Johns Hopkins, the founder of the university that bears his name, entered Baltimore nineteen years of age with sixty-two cents in his pocket, and died worth seven millions of dollars. He worked harder to make the first thousand dollars than he did to make all the rest...
Edward Everett was given a professorship at Harvard before he was 21 years of age...