New-York daily tribune., 1859-06-03

The nare.pss. ni.s, be ..sned d--p, '-F.s s.y
that fresh asrrsvs.on q chronic affection 70 which sub
ect viii pc; ont Of my power 70 be Present
oce,siop.
Il would have ssoried psrcusr rrsfe.on 20 h.ve been
slowed offer your meeting my humble tribute 70 the
memory q The insous Humbod. Honor~d will his
anee a. nst,r rnysef So with t f.nSls r-srd moi
tested by sty aneTor. tokens drring frequent n,erco1rse
unhipg hrUsh period q ,hsn three year.. to
enter sin mos. sleere affection for Tim mingled With ;ts IT.
evitsbe for his Wonderful which failed
Fr0v with every interview. really d. not know gneb. In
The end re,errd loved him mos never catered
nex Sense q per-eas attachment,
ever encountered How bred and deep va. he world knows
h YES truly majestic in all it, PROPORTIONS and IL it, mighty
PeItcc simplicity hich ia The ohaactec true re..ne"
n. d,PsiioL was peeg isry s,n. Deyosd q. Tia lie was
from society Ou tue contrary In the mds, Of systematic aud
scA circles The chosen ard loved companion of Royalty hs
loyal 20 tte sghes, wish of bis soyerrr soSasn.as
yely IS p.On plan. Of idy and ofscier
tifc literary labor AZ good deal rast eighty have often
without being d for many hours tos-he and cheer
on Of he K and 20 the Interest src dg- o. these ceecso
Hnnbodt loved 20 ca himself ar American I'll, sympahie.
with hs kpd-wi;h and with Freedom. AID he
In he United Sst-s and In i.sutions example and
promise Of advance and improvement, political condition
mankind hch he tired of contemplating Ills kind.
ness Americans proyerbis The card cf
obscure traveller with the inscription, T
roft his press1ce personal friend u,roc
Sf 9S st Sn2s 2s % h s pr ne o Sg for
the iuyitatc with which favored and renewing the
preston Of great Iere, q, ny Inability 70 attend he proposed
am with great re'peo; aud regard, very trqly ysgr
NJ DANIEL w Fnxr, Secretary.
A note from George p. ID. VrOom, late Minister TO
Berlin, was read, regretting that be wss not well
enough TO b. present.
The Rev. DR.. TBoMPsos stated that Il was pro-
posed to preface the folmaty Of resolutions by come
personal "reminiscences Of Humboldt, and they were
favored IN that respect by having gentleman whom
We I ow clHIn a citizen Of New-York. and who was
connected with one of our leading universities wbo
had been an intimate friend Of Humboldt they had
invited Prof Lieber 20 favor them with paper, Civ
ing condt nsed expression Of his personal recoeclion
Of Humboldt.
Prof. LiFBfK wa received with loud applause. He
said:
The whole earth is the monument Of il'ustrious
mep." There are pssragrs in the works Of antiquity
which, to our EARS ami minds, have the sound aud
depth Of aspiration. They impresr Themselves On onr
souls and respOndiug 4si0n the paths OF
live. restore them 10 visible etiers.
Such seem 10 these words of Perices, and such
The occasion which has brought us together ia this
mace What Prrices said in his funeral speech of the
men Rad fallen, not for the defense, but for the
glory d Athens, seems 70 apply in double 'enTe TO
Al,xalCer Won HubbOldt. Wherever death occurs
or is reuen bered there is -oleaniiy; nor Can we
wholly free ourselves even from mourning when
revered Nan has eft however full his mea .ure OF
a fu, orr life may have been. He lived 81 long and
large lIfe, that generations over The whole globe
had grown up familiar with is naI-, and we were
accustomed 70 it that very uteleois feel degree
# oiscon fort at prcreitng to our minds the w1ri'
bencefrth existing without hin. Yet 1t Is one OF the
nobes delights for those who reflect and love to De
eraefUl trace 10 their authors the chl c"npoueuts
OF the Monument of IluSrious Men-to find whence
cane The discoveries Inventions conceptions, lnstu-
tiors endeavOrs Of ages in the held of culture
IRE, dom and truth. Who has not enjoyed the pleas
ure Of fiudng the spots on the chart OF human
pogie-s where you put down yoor finger aud cay:
Here il Aristotle. here the NaldeLses here the
causss and the eects of the Uuivesity aud to trace
le lines Of civihzs'ion in different directions froD
p,iut to pont Ard this delight may enjoy when
iuedalI ON the perud cf winch Hunbold, "as one
81 the most d-tirct e1pOueuis-we ENJOY It even now
although be has lrf, lis but yesterday; for, God al
owei 10 him days long that he passed into history
b,f,Ge Il, passed away from among W..
= MaIy Of my yOu0g friends have asked ne, as their
teacher md Indeed many other friends have repeat
ed the quesiion as l couversed with them on thdi
news which It's arrival attracted more niere tuan
the advice uf the threaeLug contest on the plains OF
Ita " Was be not the greatest man OF the century
do uot believe it Gt tor TO seat himself on the
bench in the chancery OF humanity nnd there 10 pro
d, urc. this ote or that the greatest man. How
lnhy men have be called the greatest But II II
an attribute f greatness to impress an inoehhe stamp
on IN entire movement o the collective mno OF race
If ereattes- III part consists IN deyisng that whlch IL
p,, 3D. large and noble and in pers-yerngly executing
il by Ii .sns which in the hands If others would have
heeu il ,uffiebt aud against obstacles winch would
have been insmppun'abe to others u tue oa'lus so
iiude f thought and loyal adhesion to It's own rvya y
il a constituent Of greatness: and II rare dni Vaned
gifts such ss max distinction when sngy granted,
81. vered by Providence on one mao, ana u modest
nneuiiy graciug lest gis aud ouraging kndiness
f. eve,y one Of every nation that proved earnerness
IT, his pnrsuit-wheiher lie had chosen nature or soc-
ety. the hierog, hics or the liberty of America tne
sea nud the DIS, the languages, astronomy OF III
.st-. lima krTHIlll
PlalG-if in ADDITION, an organizing mind, power o
eyok actiyiry IN the sluggish, ana u shRacy t.hu
unbrokeu industry through II life engihened iar oe
y,d that VII ch the Psamist ascrloes 10 long human
existence; and if good fame, epcrcng the globe on
, avn ripoI and no. carried along by later history
if tits makes up proves greatness, tien indeed We
may say without presumption, lh"i our aye mas oeen
ers,ed 10y one OF the greatest aen1ro favored an eA
eular of humanity, that he would cease TO De an eH
ampe f,r us had he not manifested through his Whoic
mic OF ninety years that uuceasiug labor, uuva'yiug
low nf irnil and advArcemen', and that KINDNESS 10
hr fellow beings which are dunes, and IN "hieh every
one OF ps ought 10 strive TO Initiate hiin
Whst nm amount of thinking, OBJ CRYING, writing
travelling aud discovering hc ba- performed, tom tn"
uyelie essay Of his OD the textile ioorcs OF tht hn
r,rn,s tn the lssi hue # his Ccsg which ren'ndr n'
u Coperucu rea"ng the last proof sheet 90 "h hs
bed shortly before hs departure, or OF Mozari VINO
directed wah dying looks tie singing oi p tion o'
his requiem, Which he lad ia part cOmpose' on ms
deuh-bed Let us, one and AL, young and o'a gym
boiize by his name the fact thai, however uh.Iue
Il suredy the sHyug is that genius II LABOR IL Is true
bsr the factor or co efficient Of genius and
az an, talent Is ircessant diligence We are or'a'oei
not OILY 10 a' the bread of mouth IN the sFest OF
our brow but 10 in the same way tue nouiishlug
b,s.d of tbe mind This is 10 world of triiiug sad
Humboldt. ike the Greeks, whose intellectually ne
loved TO hu.z whose Socrates loved 10 say; ATIu-
c,s nre all al thing-was a hard aorkins mau, lar
hsroer-wo,kiug than most OF those VINO arrogae 'ne
",,e ,o Themselves He ceased 10 work, and 10 work
hard only when Lie laid h'uisef down on that eoueh
from which he never rose again.
nis not considered Inappropriate, believe. on 9e-