FRANCE yesterday gave the last honours to the ashes of Victor Hugo. Beneath the dome of the Pantheon -- the desecrated Church of St. Genevieve now no longer -- have been laid his mortal remains. By the tomb of the dead poet is not the place, nor is the present the time to animadvert upon the impolicy of the action that, in order to do honour to a great name, violated the best and most cherished instincts of these whom Victor Hugo differed from, but never denounced. That may pass in deference to the dead who was innocent of offence in the matter. The Pantheon is now the Pantheon -- nothing more, and it has given sepulture to Victor Hugo.
It is needless to look back into the chequered history of the France which, the veteran patriot loved so well for the names of these whom history has recorded amongst the darlings of Fame, and who preceded him in ranking amongst these men whom the country deemed worthy of honour. Victor Hugo might have been better had he been otherwise in many respects then he was. But at least history will in vain search the incidents of his career for the record of one link that ever big genius forged to chain humanity. The Church politic's literature recognised in him something worthy of admiration, and his dead body yesterday stood between the city that he loved so well and the anarchical instincts of these whom pseudo-pupils in his school had only too well trained in the teachings of anarchy.
Morning News, Belfast, June 2
Victor Hugo's Funeral
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The Jesus of History
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