New-York tribune., 1867-08-08


goes his mind So has it been with IaanEn1 a
there instructive pure organs Uibnmt
beng conscious Of It's ego; then, as u GOT 10 & yer
stage Of development, 10 becomes, Us .hc yOt J nm
IoaIt motnhvsicaI suiectivity the expression OF
an undue self-fecmg and finally, as tn1 n"iiS cvitv
9png go0 ndiVdSs USestve e method of viewing things so
Bacon NAV be said 10 mark the epoch rt Oh a 70, Of
mapSnd Let Us entirely get nd af%Te aGwe'S5 means Ss
the notion that the objective STUDY ol naS t ith the
nUn INT frough It; and to any one VINO aDoVe tlo
level of the animal the sun is not Drignt & GST i ~ %
fhrongh space with its attendant planetary system az te
rate Of some 100000 miles day NOW, sueu - olo STm
that mysterious whole which we call nature that u Is I'M
possible to get just and clear idea OF one pure cce m m
her works Without that idea becoming most useful IN
flashing light into obscure and unknown regions ana III
thus aiding the conscious establishment OF further mar
Inopy OF adaptation between man and nature. Inc Dr
liant insight intuition Of the man OF genius, VINO 80
often anticipates the slow result Of systematic inyesua
wiser than many OF his commentators have been, Bacon
accordingly failed not clearly TO appreciate the exceeding
value of ldea in the Interpretation OF nature. =,
il the due cooperation of the mind is necessary n
the harmony OF subjective and objective was Bacons
real method the prosecution Of physical science how
nuch more useIu must he just hlol vi tne ehi@ir.a @
and rational faculty be in the study Of mental science
the task then being TO apply the ideas OF the mind to the
Interpretation OF the mnds processes OF acuNly ~
must assuredy be allowed that the light OF ones own
train of thougt Is often most servieeable III interpreting
the mind OF anOther 80 much so indeed, that one may
know what Is passing therein with not less certainty
y,
actually uttered In order 20 be successful III TINS sort OF
Intuition however, not only good natural INSIGHT, out
large experience OF life and men, is most neeessavtlse
the most grevous mistakes may be made mere ~ eiSe
where, power is acquired by intending the lnihh 10 e
ternal realities, by submitting the UNDERSTANDING 10
things. Plainly too, this objective Application OF our
ideas is very different matter from the deliberate dree
ton OF CONSCIOUSNESS 10 l's own states, I @ hcfrc
analysis Of the processes of Thought whereby ~
said the natural train of ideas being interrupted anu t9
tension @ OF a. pTodneeG Sm toared
ness like individual put TO the torture makes con-
LESSONS utterly unreliable. The genuine utter
OF his inner fe or the sincere ana direct
tiOns of the Of great natural ability ana goou
ing are the highest truths-what Plato has written Is oil
eternal interest," but the contradictory aatonG Its
atons OF internal analysis by the prOesscd pryCh
the vanest word jugghngs with Wnlcn d TbcY
perseverance, has vcXed longsunerlnR Woiii, "a 10
should Justly be opposed as by Bacon or ~ ~ ~
Shakespeare; or abhorred IA by Goethe lch a. n @ cn
an Deuken gedacht" in the child there " 10 .yl
scousness the ego, so in the highest deVeopcn O
manity represented by these our greatest ~ The ego
10 have been reached similar uncohsclousnSs ,a w
and the individual In intimate ana coneelnl ,litb
with nature carries @ uts 5iiii,Io snccess
Before concluding tins chapter 1t Is necessary ulsa."
10 affirm a truth which Is an unwelc0ie one, -.
fatters not the seloye OF mankind; anu ~ - .1 ttcd
there is all the difference In the world DeIWce to s,
Of systematic investigation anu wl1 liz mWst nIod
paths and the common herd OF mortals NnU . n lrt
on Win pn, @ atm~ utto specd:" it is the difference
ween the butterfly which hles ana teeuh on noo' ~
tine caterpillar which crawls aud gorges on lea,,s m t
ever eager 10 pare the mountain 20 ~ P, r,c Rnics
willingly confess this; nevertheless IL ls most Iuc.
md SYST
nort whose business gather together and arrange
Tho materials the genius, VINO ls the archtc H' lho
nature an unconscious system Of his own IL iS te e
nf s nature and no dcnerit. that the caterpillar must
crawl II Is the fate o its nature ana no merit thht t
tbe relative extent OF applicability OF The sOcaed induc-
ave and deductlve methods, Often resolves t,t INTO
Question as 20 what manner Of man II is who To use
one who has senses only who has eyes
and sees not who has his senses ana Dul whether
one " no can only collect socalcd facts OF observation or
oc who bind together the thousand scattered facts
by the organizing idea, aud thus guarantee them to e
'acts what ocnse 20 the chartered imbccty OF IN
usrlous medlocrty that Plato, Shakespeare, Goethe,
Humboldt Bacon too, aud. In truth, every man who had
machines for registering observations but rather instru-
nents which tie melody OF nature lkc music
was made for the benefit and dcecaon 81 such as have
sars 10 hear That some yirulcuty decain against
theory Ia though the eunuch should deeldm against
echcry: II Is the chastity OF impotence.
So rarely however, does nature ptyuuoo orc o' urs
men gifted with that high and subtle quality called
gens-Deing scarce hae'' elal W ln, , -.
In century-and 80 sell suhcng are They when they
appear that gratefully accepting them ~ visits ot
angels or much as Plato accepted me- ldch
need not yainy concern Oufsl1s ABOUT th'r ui
working IL n not 10y such anxious troubling that one
viii come II Is not by iniro'pFcuve pylns mo the toI-
ture Of ts own Sifcon-clou-ne,7 that mankind rNoNs
genius the mature result of it, Unconscious develop
meIt flows az due time into cosclOuset. WIN grateful
surprise, and from time 10 tlne thc sluDttihg centuries
are thus awakened. 10 j. by the patient aud dihgent
work at systematic adaptation 10 ue external by the
rank aud hle of mankind II s hy the cociehions nbot
OF each one after the inductve method In that htie
sphere OF nature, whether psychlcA or physical which
In the necessary division Of labor has acn tp MS JOY
that q condition OF evolution j. reached ut winch the
genius forth Trcsoinc. then, as The muuio man
OF observation may sometimes sccn a. ne eAnHs over ne
scattered facts IA II they were hnal, and magufcs his
molecules into mountains as II they were eternal and
well that they should TINS enthusiastically esteem his
work; and one but viii give patient attention az ho
reflects how Indispensable the hunbcs unit Is IN tho
social organism, ana how excellent spur VANITY Is 10 IN
Jusry Not unamusing, though somewhat Saddcning ].
however Ia witness the painful surprise ~ the man OF
observation, his jealous indignation aId clhm1fos out
y when the result at which be aud hs follow aborcrs
have been 20 patiently, though bhndy, worhug-whcn
The gcuusproduc OF the century which he has helped 20
create starts into lifcwheu the mctamOrphOss Il com
peted: amsing because the patient workers. supreme
y astonshed at result which though preparing he no.
wise foresaw; saddcnng. because individually he auui
hatcd and all hs toll for which lac spent II swallowed
lp the product which gathering up the different lines
81 Investigation and Thought and giving 20 them unity
u Developments now by epgenesis ensues Nepcrceiye,
then, how N that great genius cannot come save ut
long intervals the tree cannot blossom but at rs due
season.
But why sloud any one. great or little, fret
and fune because he Is likely soon 10 De for.
gotten The genius himself, as ludlytual u
cr All OF but liite account; II is only the ih ~ the
Travelling centuries that lac exists, only ar hc is
true birth OF them aud adequately representative, that
tory will be his fame When he Is immortal he has be-
come mere name marking an epoch, ana no longer an
the scattered aud perhaps obscure abors OF 9th
crs who have preceded him, on who are coemporancOus
with Linn; wh0soever overcarcful of his individual fame,
caanot carry forward his own evolution with serene in
difference TO neglect or censure but makes puerc de-
mands on the appreciation OF the woId-may rest con
less abOrtiyo mOnsrOsty: the more extreme he
as uonstroslty the more original must hc needs he
Viewing mental Development whether IN the individual
or n the race, process OF organization, the
sunmate display Of natures organic evolution, and
ognizng as must do, the most favorable conditions Of
evolution 10 DC the most Intimate harmony between
man and nature, may rightly conclude, far
Germs the rule of conscious method OF inquiry with the
ancient and well grounded maxim" Learn To know thy
self In nature that thou mayost know nature In thy
SELF"
In the preceding statements we trust we have given
fair and impartial analysis of the principles of the
author which claimed to impart new direction to
the study OF the human faculties by the adoption of
method in accordance with the spirit of the lnductive
Philosophy. As q branch of physiology, no one can
call in question the value and importance of such in
quiles Their interest is not confined TO medical
men. but cytcnd. 1" every intelligent explorer of ..