. La vita di George Stephenson, ingegnere ferroviario. L'impeto di questa opera d'arte il grande originale non sarebbe più - che theyshould essere costretto ad accettare l'effigie marmorea del engineerin al posto della presenza vivente dell'uomo. * la statua ereditata fu posta nella St. Georges Hall, Liverpool. Una statua a tutta lunghezza del defunto, di Bailey, fu eretta anche un anno dopo, nel nobile vestibolo della stazione di Londra e NorthwesternStation, in Piazza Euston. Un abbonamento per lo scopo wasset a piedi dalla Società di ingegneri meccanici, di cui hehad è stato il fondatore e presidente.
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. The life of George Stephenson, railway engineer . etion of thiswork of art the great original would be no more — that theyshould be constrained to accept the marble effigy of the engineerin lieu of the living presence of the man. * The statue herereferred to was placed in St. Georges Hall, Liverpool. A full-length statue of the deceased, by Bailey, was also erected a fewyears later, in the noble vestibule of the London and NorthwesternStation, in Euston Square. A subscription for the purpose wasset on foot by the Society of Mechanical Engineers, of which hehad been the founder and president. A few advertisements wereinserted in the newspapers, inviting subscriptions; and it is anotable fact that the voluntary offerings shortly received includedan average of two shillings each from 3, 150 working men, whoembraced this opportunity of doing honor to their distinguishedfellow-workman. George Stephenson had a shrewd, kind, honest, manly face. * Minutes of the Lirerpool Board of the London and Northwestern Railway Company, 6th Sept., 1848.. Statue of Stepliensoix at Evistoii Square. i HIS PORTRAIT. 465 His fair, clear countenance was ruddy, and seemingly glowed withhealth. The forehead was large and high, projecting over theeyes; and there was that massive breadth across the lower part, which is usually observed in men of eminent constructive skill.The mouth was firmly marked; and shrewdness and humor lurkedthere as well as in the keen gray eye. His frame was compact, well-knit, and rather spare. His hair became gray at an earlyage, and towards the close of his life it was of a pure silkywhiteness. He dressed neatly in black, wearing a white neck-cloth ; and his face, his person, and his deportment at oncearrested attention, and marked the gentleman.30 CHAPTER XXXVI. HIS CHARACTER. The life of George Stephenson, though imperfectly portrayedin the preceding pages, will be found to contain many valuablelessons. His was the life of a true man, and presented a strikingcombina
