Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-08-08
Ffs@ fhs Wiaehssisr Rsp.Iiissa
No. 10.
POPULAR EDUCATION.
M .rtl,et ef sILr-nlpk nln raniinu..

| The ssJsetof silly MADE NAN continued
EDMOND srosr. the celebrated p,th,n,
the most remarkable example Of and Of
sefvance In pusut of knowledge. recorded IN b. ANAL.
of history.
lie was the son Of gardener. and was. Tor sam, tim.
In the employment OF the Duke OF Argyle WIN, x,,,k,
one day IN his garden. obssTvcd. l,ng on ia. yra.-
I'm edinon OF Newton. "Prineips and suppo.ng thai
some one had taken from his Library. he gave
to have returned; when young Edmond who MN. then
IN MS eighteenth year. claimed tho book us hi. own.
fours ~ replied The duke, "Do YOU undo r-,sn ,.o,,
try Latin. aud Newton ?" 81 know -, li,,l, -, IT,, -.
replied the youth. Tue Duke Wa. .u,p,,.,J; md L,n.
taste Tor "a. sciences bc entered mt, ;I
TIE young m'hemaieian. lilo uskcd hun several ou. -
"Om' una was astOnshcd nj tho force, accuracy and
eandor o' his answer The Dukes curi.,y NJ, we'll n.
his surprise. was rdoublrd: he sat down on bank and
requested detail Oi thr whole process by which h. had
bocom. 50 learned.
tie ssccrtuined that fellow servant som, Tim,
to their interview. had taught Edmund his alphabet. and
h'i gwen hun also Id.a uf I uod.
so pleased was he ~Uh III" idea al learning 10 rem,
he saved lew p-nc" o ms ulpwBnoe mud bought for HIM
sci an Introduction, aud learned Il, read with
facility.
Afterwards. seeing some msson- -muoyed in b.ildi,,
house. he approached them day and observed that i
architect used rule aud compasses md Mss. thar n. made
calculations lie inquired what might be- the and
use o' hese thngs, and was informed science called
Arithmetic lie purehas.d book of Ar,hmote instant
~ commenced the study IT, and became urofc,,n, n.
was thcn informed oi nnoih.r sc!.nc, IN G,nm,,,v
and easily acquired comprehensive Id,s of that And
having a-cctaned by reading that French authors
OF renown had written that subject he bought h,n,t
French Lexicon aud learned the French lanpuap.-
AUD iOI the same aud the same manner n, nc
pu'icd knowledge at the Latin tongue
Ihs ~ compendium uf Stones account of himself
Inc noble Duke mm datcly took HIM under his
care, aud gave HIM the benefit IT his influence N. tand
~ Tuse Ia eminehce, lived sn advanced uye and far
many years. held the Of Poesso, o Elocuon in one
| OF the first colleges at Europe.
The great Sir William Jones was also n most sstnnish
ing example Of application study in spite OF all dicul
Improvement which presented itself IL was fixed min
eipo with hi'n never to neglect prosecuting To
| termination what he had de 'iberacly und.tt,k,n
Sr Humphrey DaSy, 50 greatly for his ri
ah ahu usIhi discoveries IN the Science Of Chemistry
wa The SOU oil carver M wood. tie with many dl
hculies IA the carly stage OF his researches aud expert
IN nts And yei b. his determined perseverance, and ap-
p'eduoh ne acquired reputation entirely eth.
| or ny hs predecessors - contemporaries.
The celebrated Italian writer GrLIt when holdpr ,b.
high dignity o Consul Oi ie Foremne Acadeuy still CON
tnucd {" work ut la. ignal profession OF a taisr
aMiG' an Italian poet oil the sIXecntlI cenu.y of IN
Siderable genius and learning followed his fathers trade of
blacksmith, ull tee was eighteen wears old.
10 ISAAC MADDOX, when IN the George H. be-
came bishop hrsi o ST Asap aud afterwards f
ter aud VINO was highly disnyuis an
wnef lost both h par"ns early age was placed
m the hrrt instance by his irienGs. n pastry cook
Dr. ISAAC MiiNkE, Dean of Carlisle. who led tb. chair
wch SIR Isaac Newton mad occupied Cambridge that of
ff"i's -or OF Mathematics originally w.aver;-a-
was also has brother Joseph Miner the well known
OF the Church History.
81 the sane, Ia his younger days. was Dr. JOSEPH WHIrE.
Professor vt Arabic Oxford. J. ~