New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-07

nu,ed rossession bn, he showed how the bounds of
The ,sibo horizon night be yet urt ier extended, aut
enabled his successors 10 occupy what ne could only
d..cry: as the ilutrious discover of the New World
mad. the inhabitants OF the Old cast their eyes over
lands and FAR distant from those he had trayered
lands and c which they could form 10 themselves
no cor ceptiop an more than they had been able Ia
1omn,ahend the course by which he led them on his
o,ard ENTERPRISE. In this achievement; and IN
lie onates which alone made il possible ncxhaust-
ibe fertility of resources, patience unsubdHed close
recitation al could suffer Distraction steady de-
termination to pursue paths that seemed ali but hope
Les and unnching courage 10 declare the truths they
led TO- how far sOtyer removed nom ordinary appre-
benson-in these characteristics Of high anu original
Genius We may be- permitted 10 compare the career OF
tLcse Great men But Columbus did not invent the
mariners compass. as Newton dill the instrument
which guided his course and enabled nm 10 make,
and his 10 extend his discoveries by closely
following his directions in using II. Nor dd the CON-
pass suffice TO the great navigator without any OBJ
teryations though be dared 10 steer without chart
while il is certain that, by the philosopher in-iru-
meut his discoveries extended over the "hoe sys-
fem of the universe, determining the masses the
forms and the motions Of all it, parts, through the
mere inspection Of abstract calculations ana ioIhas
analytically deduced. New observations have
been accumulated with glasses far exceeding any
mowers possessed by the resources of optics II the
aays of him whom to the science of optics "a well "a
dvrauics owes it's ergin-the theory ana the iact
have thus been compared and reeoncied together IN
more perfect harmony; but that theory mas renamed
uuimuTOycd and the great Principe oI
with most sui lime results stands in the attitude,
and Of the Dimensions and with the symmetry winch
both the law and is application received al once from
the mighty hand Of its immortal author. Loud ap-
plause. But the contemplation OF Newton useoV'
cries raised other feelings than wonder at his match
n,s genius TIE light with which shines is rot more
dazzling than useful. The difficulties OF bis course,
ard his expedents alike coplous ana rehned ior sur
mouI ting them, exercise the faculties OF the WISE
while commanding their admiration; but the results oi
l,o
and comprehensive, yet plain, that they ooth cap
tivae and instruct the simple. Inc gratitude, 700
which they inspire and the veneraiion WIN Wnlc.
they enercle ms name, far from tending 10 oosruct
future Improvement, only proclaim his disciples the
Jealous because rational followers OF one whose eX-
ample both encouraged ard enabled ms % ~
tiop 10 master which for many ages OF the modern
world analysed the energies Of the human mind
"Hadw We still paid tina, HOMAGE 20 name
Which only God and nsture justly claim.
| The Western Seas had been our utmost bound
And ali the stars that shine in southern SKIES
Had been admired by uone but savage eyes
Nor LET II be imagined that the feelings excited con-
templang the achievements OF TINS great man are III
any degree whatever the result Of national paraty
/ and confined to the country which glorles III haVhg
| given him birth. The language which expresses her
veneration is eqaled, perhaps exceeded by that IN
which other nations give utterance to theirs; not
merely by the general voice, but by the weconSdered
and well-normed Judgment OF the masters OF science
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opnion of Newton said that taking mathematiclanS
| from the beginning Of the world TO the time when
Newton lived what he had done was much the better
| half "The Principal will ever remain monument
OF profound genius which revealed to MS the great
est law of the universe, the words OF La Place.
THAT work stands prominent above all other pro.
ductions Of the human mind The discovery OF
| that simple and general law by the greatness and
| variety Of the objects which il embraces confers
honor upon the intellect of man." Lagrange,
we are told by Delambre, was wont to describe
Newton as the greatest genius thar ever exs'eu,
but to add how fortunate he was also, because there
can only be found system OF the universe to es
tablish" "Never" says the father OF the Institute
of France, once filing huge place among the most
| eminent of members, never, says NJ. Blot, " was
the supremacy of intellect justly established ana 50
fully confessed; in mathematical and in experimental
| science without an equal and without an example,
combining the genius for both IN IT. highest decree
duced by the tmind of man, adding, in the words Of
HALEY, that approach to the Divine nature
has not been permitted to mortas, I4 hrss g'vane
Fontenelle, Leibntz did like Prometheus; he stole
fire from heaven to bestow it upon men, Does
Newton" LiIop:al asked, sleep and wake like other
men figure him TO myself as celestial genus, en-
| trely diseDgaged from matter" To so renowned 3
benefactor of the world thus exalted to tho oftest
place by the consent of all menone whose lte
without the ntemisson Of an hour was passed IN the
search after truths the most important, and al
| whose hands the human race had only received good
never eyil--no memorial has been raised by those ma
tons which erected statutes otyrans and eonquerors
the scoIrges Of mankind, whose lives were passed
NOT in the pursuit of truth but the practice OF false
Lood-across whose lips, if truth ever CHANGED to
straw toward some selfish end II surely Jailed 10 OBTAIN
beef-who to sake their insane thirst OF power or
of prc,minence tramped all the rights, and squan'
dered the blood their telowcreatures whose course
| ike lightning blasted while il dazzcd; and who, re,
| versing the Roman Emperors noble regret, deemed
the dn LOST that saw the 60 down upon their Tor
| boarance no victim deceived, or betrayed, or OPP
| pressed. That the worshipers OF such pestiient
genius should consecTae no outward symbol o the al
mra'ion they freely confessed to the memory OF the
| most ilnstrions men, is not matter of wonier; but
that his own countryInen justly proud OF having ved
In his time should have left this duty to their success
sors after century and half of protested yeneralon
and lip homage may well be deemed strange. The
inscription upon the cathedral the masterpiece OF
bis celebrated friends architecture, may possibly be
applied In defense of this neglect: ]" you seek for a
monument, look around II you seek for monu.
! ment. lift up your eyes to the heavens, which show
| forth his fame Nor, when we recolect the Greek
orators exclamation that the whole earth Is the mon1-
ment Of lustrious men, stop short OF declaring
that the Universe itself is Newtons. fct IN rails ing
the statue which preserves his likeness near the place
Of his birth, and the spot where ms prodgons rae
utes were unfoded and trained, We at once crafty
our honest pride citizens Of the same State, anu
hImbly testify grateful sense Of the divine good
neSs which deigned to bestow upon our race one 80
maryelousy gifted comprehend the works OF Infinite
wisdom ard To make all his study of them the source
Of religious contemplation, both philosophical ana
sublime. Enthusiastic applause.
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