30 Some Eminent Men 



Alfred the Great, the greatest of British kings, 

 was the fifth and youngest son. 



Sir Richard Arkwright, the inventor, was the 

 youngest of 13 children of parents too poor to 

 give him an education. 



"The great Arnauld," famous French theo- 

 logian, was the youngest of 20 children. 



Audubon, America's naturalist, was born when 

 his father was 57, and that father was the young- 

 est of 20 children. 



Sir Francis Bacon, one of the most profound 

 of intellects, was the youngest of 8 children. 



Sir Charles Bell, famous surgeon, was the 

 youngest of 6 children. 



Bismarck, the founder of the German Empire, 

 was the youngest surviving son. 



Blackstone of law fame was a youngest son. 



Robert Boyle, "the great Christian philoso- 

 pher," was the fourteenth child. 



Elihu Burritt, ''the learned blacksmith," was 

 the youngest of ten children. 



The fact that mental eminence comes from the 

 late progeny of a man rather than from the early 

 progeny may be seen in the Lee family of Vir- 

 ginia. The story begins with Richard Lee (1646- 



