The Edison phonograph monthly (Jan-Dec 1912)

Record Details:

Title:
The Edison phonograph monthly
Date:
Jan-Dec 1912
Publisher:
Louisville : Pennant Litho, Inc.
Volume:
The Edison phonograph monthly (Jan-Dec 1912)
Leaf #:
00073
Language:
English
Collection:
Recorded Sound and Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Reprint, with an introduction added, of a periodical published 1903-1916 in New York by the National Phonograph Co
Date Added:
November 16, 2023
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«©£ EDISON PHONOGRAPH MONTHLY Published by Thomas A. Edison, Inc., Orange, N. J. NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO., LTD., VICTORIA ROAD, WILLESDEN, LONDON, N. W. THOMAS A. EDISON, LTD., OF AUSTRALIA, 364-372 KENT STREET, SYDNEY", N. S. COMPANIA EDISON HISPANOAMERICANA, VIAMONTE, 515, BUENOS AIRES. EDISON GESELLSCHAFT, M. B. H. 10 FRIEDR1CHSTRASSE, BERLIN. COMPAGNIE FRANCAISE DU PHONOGRAPHE EDISON, 42 RUE DE PARADIS, PARIS. W. All communications to The Phonograph Monthly should be addressed to the Advertising Department, Orange, N. J. Vol. X APRIL, 1912 No. 4 Who Are the Ten Greatest Men Now Alive? A Symposium of Representative Opinions By tht courtesy of the proprietors of the "Strand Magazine" ive are enabled to reprint extracts from the interesting article which appears under the above heading in the December Christmas Number of that popular monthly magazine. The term "greatness" implies a certain rare quality which lifts a man up on a pedestal and sets him above and apart from the run of mankind. "Genius," perhaps, would better express this quality; but whatever term is used it < implies power by reason of singular and commanding gifts. Who, then, are the ten greatest men in the world to-day. The task is not an easy one, but it can be achieved. With the first five, indeed, it is comparatively easy. Most AngloSaxons will agree that Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Roberts, Lord Kitchener, Thomas Edison, and Theodore Roosevelt should not be excluded. Lord Lister. Prof. EH Metchnikoff . Lord Kitchener. Lord Roseberry. Joseph Chamberlain. Theodore Roosevelt. Lord Roberts. G. Marconi. Rudyard Kipling. The next list observer of men, runs thus: — Joseph Chamberlain. Lord Kitchener. iLord Roberts. Lord Lister. Rudyard Kipling. Emperor William II. Thomas A. Edison. Richard Strauss. Ernst Haeckel. Thomas Hardy. Porfirio Diaz. John S. Sargent, R. A. Lord Rayleigh Emperor of Austria is that of a very experienced Sir Frederick Milner, Bart. It Theodore Roosevelt. Louis Botha. Lord Roseberry. Thos. A. Edison. William II. In order, then, to arrive at some decision, not, it may be, permanent, or one that will stand the test of posterity, but not the less significant on that account — perhaps even more valuable as reflecting contemporary judgments — the Editor of "The Strand" has asked a number of eminent observers in various departments of effort to compile a list of the ten who, in their opinion, deserve this tremendous honour — the ten men who are the most certain of statues after their death. These observers may properly be headed by the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Right Hon. J. W. Lowther, M. P., whose list of eighteen names shows the embarrassment under which most of the list-makers labour : — The ten of a distinguished Frenchman, M. Paul Deschanel, President of the Senate, consists of the following names: — Emperor William II. Ehrlich. Edison. Rostand. Togo. Wilbur Wright. Roosevelt. Roseberry. Clemenceau. Bonnat. Now we come to another kind of observer. Two new names appear in the list of Mr. Will Crooks, M. P.:— Sir Edward Grey. Edison. Prince Bulow. Roosevelt. Louis Botha. Metchnikoff. Lord Lister. Joseph Chamberlain. Lord Roberts. Kipling. Or we may consider the list of the ten greatest men, as they appear to a successful novelist like Mr. Charles Garvice: — Eli Metchnikoff. Edison. Kitchener. Marconi. Chamberlain. Kipling. Roosevelt. WUIiam II. Roberts. Hardy.