New-York tribune., 1841-12-08
GALILEO.

The name Of Calico j. one Of those winch 90
down through age after age wiki gsdimmed splsa-
dor. attended with the homage OF pleasant emo
tion, waeneyee rad OF spoken OF. l. j. moreover
oa. of those which 20 i've in 81 aternal youth
70 which 40 one i desrous OF applying tie Jest ot
an,iqul;v-whicn Is ever considered lrnueciafely
linked win the present and OF whose TINE Hot
even the =trictest datI-t anxious 10 inquire.
II i. in fact quite ignaieriai At wnat epoch sucn
man lived. His bod open. earnest sou, cOnuaed
neither 20 ais OWE age, nor me experience oi ms
associates, shot out the ,avs OF cmlnou, intellect
TO usdiate ages FOR sleeping IN the mist OF me TO
CONE and 70 affect the character oi science and
the aims Of genius ever IN oCr brilliant day is
fame Ike most Of hls discoveries, has hatdly 5-en
.urpasscd and while with the additional Agh.s Of
| knowledge, and the superb accumE.ations of m
yentiyc minds, Ne are gradually progressing IN
mos; other sciences astronomy. oi winch Calico
was the eminent disciple, seems hardly 10 present
TIC same ratio OF rew discovery and improvement
Bpti,is not BY yyay OF comparison that We wish
70 speak OF Gaieo. Ne are induced 20 a.ude
more particularly to ths character Of his mind ana
aear, than to the rnerii Of his discoveries. Above
all. would we seek 10 place MIRA before our readers
a. a d-cpc OF learning-a man whose earre . .ucss
,uodued all opposition-whose rsslduity aiil-G
Chem strange faith, while his arniabiiiy won
friends, and his sternncss cowed his onenies-A
man VINO bore bray4d, underwent and conquered
every thing, until the very briiance OF MS visions
and the -odty OF his arguments blinded and
stunned a whole people, and made him 4, cele-
5rated mar'yr TO cruelty "a he was an Ornam-st
un1cseryed by the age ne lived IN. 4 contem-
platsn Of the lie he led, aud the philosophy he
practced, would seem to make ~ know tnar a.
tonsmy, in ali It, parts is most protisal OF hyiy
and strcng' 'heung associations. No doubt II !, -
and We 90 not too Tar when We say that view OF
Inc planets, - face TO face Is probably uenr ap-
Iroach % the inctiabc glory OF the living God
When we walk at night, groyeling and busy a7 SO
are with the petty hustle and trivial concerns of
rarth, we are sulled into frequent silence b} the
aspect Of the heavenly bodies, Far H. they he in
.ncir blue and unattainable homes he magic they
giye out eectrifies the heart These as ;hey roll
Ike burning worlds amid the billiows of shift
ng ;ether, call unto the depths of our sous Tor an
,,rer TO the questions they mise, and though we
can only catch them twinkling IN the iHcomputable
.i-tance, the influence they exercise Is religious
tud all exciting. But their contemplation through
';elescoDe-thc q" Galileag tube !. fraugst rot
Inly with wonder but fright The soul shrinks
back into her silent cave, -huddering at the self
5odness which dares question. face 10 face, the
countenance of the planets, and seek to read the
iaung letters which God has imprinted on the
PleiaAes and on the Milky Way. Well did the
tern and gloomy Young LAY, that AN undevout
astronomer is mad, and enc may equally wonder
yhy all astronomers do no; lose their reason. The
reflection which points to man. daripg, while his
mental powers are 50 small, can only be equalled
n intensity of emotion by the consciousness that
while the Great Author i wohdrou- in all his
works, He Is so filled with leniy. Calico was
1ard student, a philosopher and Christian, and
the later character it is which sheds such uneartnly
brilliance over his name. IN. O. Crescent City.