New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-08
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dsgsl All comers YVES ma n,ainei ~ >IeFAns ana
his friends.
S,erlire was married 10 1880. lis wife was
> graceful. pious-miaded, and afeciIonate vo-
mn. who loyallv marched by his side through
tho many changes of his brief pilgrimage. Dur
in, the next wear his name became known to
Ca,lvle for thu first time John Mill, Mrs. Austin
and other friends spoke OF him with great aztec
,io, and nuch pityIng admiration. As gifted,
amiable beng" charactensticaiIy remarks Gar
lyle "of certain radiant teDsity and velocity
TOO tb,n and vapid and diffusive, IN danger OF
fascinating himself into the vague. or. alas INTO
death ITSELF, was so that, like spot of bright
colors. rather than q portrait with 'eatures' ne
hung occasionally visible IN my Imagination.
The sad catastrophe Of TomJcs, the Spanish
natriot. in whose enterprise Sterling mad taken
the deepest personal nteresi,--hls intercourse
with Co!eridge, for whom he cherished SYN
pathlzing reverence,-and the failure OF cherish
ed hopes for the progress OF democratic freedom'
now brough, on an important spiritual Crisis ID
sterllng's history He awoke to a new religious
sense, and all his faculties of awe and devout
hope were aroused into unwonted activity.
His letters at this time speak of earnest sPrlt'
nal s,rivings, Of attempts by PRAYER and longing
endeavor to find his way into the true sane
tuarv, where his soul could ENJOY the wished
for repose At this epoch, Sterling fell III WIN
his old tutor. the Reverend julius Hare, man
of varied accomplishments, and earnest rehgious
feeling. whose influence al this time on the NOR
bjdly susceptible mind OF his former pupil couIu
not fail TO make a deep impression In conse'
quence of the free cemmuhings which they haa
enjoyed with each other, the purpose, Tor some
time cherished by Sterling, OF entering INTO the
Church, was quickened into maturity. and win
little PREPARATORY reflection, he fastened 10 be-
come a clergyman. This step, IN the opinion OF
his biographer was rash, false, un"lse ana un-
nernitted. OF all the evil lessons which Ster-
inc received from his time, this was the worst
indeed. II was the apotheosis, the solemn apol-
oey aud conservation OF them all.
The Time, then. with lts dellruns, has done rs
worst for poor Sterling. Into deeper abena'oA IL
cannot lead him this Is the o"nng error hap
piy as beseems the superlative OF errors, II Vas a
yefV trlef almost mOmehtaTy Ole Ia June 1914
Sterling dates as installed a, iierslmonceax aud Is
flpeing as usual, his whole soul into the business
successfully so far as outward results could sneN
INIT already In September he oegiDs - have mlSgly
lues and February following. quits = aNoSesleT,
the rest of his life beng, III great part aoorou' ell
foft of detail 10 pick the fragments OF II on h sl
be free OF 1t in soul as well as IN ute.
Sterling now took up his abode IA London hls
health began to show alarming symptoms he was
compelled to make several foreign excursions Tor lis
benefit and Oh his return established MS faniy at
Clifton. His general condition al this time may be
seen in the description Of
VISITS TO LONDON.
AT London We were IN the habit OF eIpe llng >ter-
ling pretty often his presence, IN this house as la
others was looked for once IN ii month or Two, an
came always as sunshine IN Inc gray wealhef N ns
and mine My daily walks with MN had long since
been cut short without renewal tDdt walk 10 EthaHl
and EcgewoTlhs perhaps the last OF the kina ne aa
had but our intimacy, oeepenlng anu widening
Year after year, knew no interruption on asatemen!
of inCTease an honest frank anc truly hum n mutual
relation, valuable or even inrauAPis 70 oo.n P'',f
and lasting loss hardly 10 be replaced IN ihls "ofu
10 the survivor oil Tie TWO
Ills visits, which were usually OF two or thfee days,
always fuil OF business RAPID IN moV emehI as
all his HE was. To me, If possible, he would come
in the evening whole cornucopa OF talk ana
speculation was 10 DE discharged. Ii the evening
would not do, and my affairs Otherwise permitted,
had TO mount INTO cabs with him. fly far and wide,
shutting athwart the big Babel, wherever MS calls
and pauSes had TO be. This was Ills way 10 husband
time, Our talk, IN such straltened circumstances
was loud OF low as the circumamoent grooming rage
OF wheels and sound prescrlbed-very loud /. had TO
be in such thoToughfares as London Bridge and
CheapSide but except while he was absent, OIL ior
irfa han
eT's habcrcasherS. or what ONCE there might De- II
never paused. In this way extensive strange dla-
iogues were earned on 10 me also very strange
p,lyate friendly cooqules on all manner OF rch sub
jects held thus amld The chaotic OF things Ster.
Ing full OF specula,lons, observations and
bTlsht saliles windy AXE TO what was passing Ia
the world glanced perIinently with victorious
cieaTRess, without spleen. though often with dash
OF mOcktIy, INTO ats PuSeylSms, Liberalism InerdTy
LioIisms, or what else Tie mad hour Oh. be pro-
cuclng-al~a avs prompt 10 cpsnlze wh.I grain al
sanity might be IN the same. lie vas Oql!ent m
ialk, a. the rapd movcent and ycssiLu !e on SdcA
occasions seemed 10 give hin new excitement
Once, stu rene mber-iI was some years before,
probably IN Nay, on his return from Madelra-he
III dtltOok Gays hiding with me once and ne yer
again. We coursed extensively over the Hampstead
and H6hgale regions, AMI the country beyond, saln-
tefine or eaIloplls through many lediy lanes and
plea ant places III overlooking ever changing talk
and returned down Regent 81 al nlght.ali one OF
the Cheeriulest days eve! had-lOt 10 De repeated.
said the 4ios. sterling cA aiming on such occa-
Sons II once child and a gifted man serious
iuAu oI though, he Always had serious dIt You
never missed H. Inn nor indeed had ne muca &c Oth
OF real Laughter or sense OF the ud crOuS as &c
eiscNhtrc sad hui Shishe hal va genuine, fee
aid continual hls sparkling sillIes Ol0Jled up as
nom aerated natural fountains . mid dash OF
gayetl VAS native 10 tie man, and had moulded his
physioeLomy IN very graceful way. We got once
INTO cab, about Charng Cross | know not no"
whence or ven WhllheIHard, nor that our haste was
Il al special however, the ca5mAn, sensible that
his pace as slos ish. took 10 whipping with d
STEADY, pdsSioLltss, busLesS.hke aSslduliy which.
though the horse seemed lazy rather than weak be-
came a.'ictiye and urged TemonS.xance with the
savage fellow Let hun alone answered Ster-
ing be IS kindlng the enthusiasm of his horse,
you perceive that IS tae irS thug, then snail DO
very vel" as accordingly We cd
keirsating from the sewn OF the Chiffon eli
mate, lie spent the winter of9O At Falmouth BAT IT
Was soon NANTES. that the friendly hand of death
was al work, though slowly, TO relieve him from the
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