Anniversary Poem Delivered at New Haven, Conn., Before the Connecticut Alpha of the Phi Beta Kappa, Sept. 12, 1826
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Phillips Brooks: A Prophecy of Manhood's Possibility (Classic Reprint)
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His aim and his desire to face humanity's need was stronger than any disposition to formulate a creed for the faith of humanity.
He loved men, and their love for him was but a reflection of that wealth of heart which he lavished upon all.
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James Gordon Brooks was an American editor and poet. Though his poems were fairly popular in his time, his chief distinction is as a journalist.
Background
James Gordon Brooks was often confused with James Brooks, and was probably born on September 3, 1801 at Red Hook, New York, though some authorities give Claverack as his birthplace. His father was David Brooks, an officer of the Revolution, afterward a member of Congress. J. G. Brooks was graduated from Union College in 1818.
Education
James studied law at Poughkeepsie but his interest was soon turned in other directions and he never applied for admission to the bar.
Career
As early as 1817 James Brooks had begun to publish verse and prose in periodicals and in 1819 he adopted the pen name "Florio, " by which he long succeeded in concealing his identity as an author from even his friends. In 1823 he went to New York, where for two years he was literary editor of the Minerva, which called itself a "literary, entertaining, and scientific journal. " The Minerva was combined with the Literary Gazette, which had a brief existence and was then absorbed by the American Athenæum. Brooks continued with these journals until 1827, when he became an editor of the Morning Courier, an influential Democratic paper, strong in its support of Andrew Jackson.
In 1829 it was merged with the Enquirer and later became the Courier and Enquirer. Brooks remained with the paper until 1830. At one time previous to 1830 he was also an editor of the New York Daily Sentinel. His verse was published in the journals with which he was connected and in the Commercial Advertiser.
In 1829 they collected their poems in a volume, The Rivals of Este, and Other Poems. The title poem, by Mary Brooks, is a melodramatic narrative of medieval Italian intrigue, in stilted verse. Of her other poems, "Hebrew Melodies, " verse renderings of selections from the Psalms and the Prophets, are the best. The longest poem by James Gordon Brooks is "Genius, " the Phi Beta Kappa anniversary poem delivered at Yale, September 12, 1826. It is a eulogy of intellect, in stately but uninspired verse. After the publication of this volume he wrote little verse.
In 1830 Mr. and Mrs. Brooks removed to Winchester, Virginia, where he was editor of the Republican. In 1838 they returned to New York State and settled in Albany.
There he was for about a year editor of the Albany Advertiser but got into trouble with the Van Rensselaers, who owned the paper, and resigned, after a fight, in 1839. He was then for a short time an editor of the New Era in New York. He died at the old Franklin House in Albany.