The New York herald., 1869-09-15

by national demarcations. II we take the word
catholic In sense agreeable to tts etymology ne
was the most catholic man In modern times. Eu-
rope, Asia and America were equally his, Dy visit
and discovery. He wrote scientific dissertations
Spanish. New YORK ~ far the most international,
or as the Greeks would nave expressed II. ALMA
"8a pace Ia Inc es. %orr %ere asswsss or west
ward. This the fitness, real and symbocai OF tne
place where we now stand Tor the monumen.,ai e,l.aa
may be increased by the proposed Museum OF
Natural History, to be established in yonder build
ing In former times an arsenal OF the United states.
German collection Of great value has already been
purchased for this purpose by means furnished Dy
liberal fellow citizens OF ours
our race; and as this race spreads fufther and
further over the globe SO Will he be magnate IN tne
truly universal history OF our k.nd-in the history OF
progress. which, like the rays OF the SUM- spreads as
It rises and advances. He Is not one OF those men
sweeping harm they inact, because their own name
Is their own O0ject.
Mu%bodt was fortunate NAM he was great re xys NE
perception, a man Of the highest culture and OF
aesthetic taste.
OF that century which Is marked at the outset Dy tne
act OF settlement Englandlimiting, at least the
ties OF the people, by the foundation OF the kingdom
or Prussia, SO soon to take leading part; ana Dy
the ptiul war OF the Spanish succession on the one
hand and the latter portion Of which, on the Other
hand, is signaized by the American and French re-
voutons-twO Of the three greatest revolutions our
Asia, which only knows seragio conspiracies mas
so far ventured on
with hammer in hand or behind the plough In the
year 1S44 when he had reached therefore, the age OF
seventy-nve years. he told the speaker at Potsdam
that he was engaged IN work which ne INTENDED 10
call Cosmos; that he was Obliged Qa:eny 70 write at
night, for In the morning he studied and arranged
was expected to be with the king from nine O'Clock
to about eleven. After his return from the King ne
was engaged in writing until one or two and even
f9e1
r' tanate' ae was fortunate, but, happily, not q
simSl,eIrv. Sna,% 'V'' and he was great.
HUMBOLDT was liberal. No one has ever heard from
his ps any IN 9m wncn se
which modern naturallsts not unirequently look
upon other sciences ana branches Of knowledge.
human society and ali the branches which treat OF
men as social beings. He never fell, so lar
matter, I space force ana time Of superior import
ance to mind, society, right and goodness.
His liberal freshness OF mind ana soul,
which he retained to his latest years. never allowed
him impOtenty to sigh for "the good old times" or
to suppose tnat they must have been good merely
through changes in institutions and opinions, OF
systems and language, OF men, manners and even
q dress as no other prominent man Me received
Cook, through Forster, Cooks companion, and lived
to gather facts for his Cosmos from the latest re-
ports OF the geological surveys Of our States When
he was student mncralogy was still called
by many useless stone picking; and before
lived through the period OF the American Rcvoution
was 4 contemporary OF washington and Adams
and . friend Of jefferson. He lived through tue
French Revolution and the age or the classic orators
Of Britain. He lived through the NapoleOnc and
the resuscitation Of Prussia and oil Germany He
gins. and knew HOuy. He new Laplace, survived
Arago aud Gauss and worked with Enke. He lived
W Go ann lie read
Decline as work just published. and perused Me
buhr, and later still praised Prescott.
The speaker closed superb eulog1um as fol'
lows
Great names are treasure of nations; Humb0ldts
name is portion OF the treasure OF our KIND, and
on q spot like this, with such monument let Us be
thankful only for the kindly fruits and the lovely
trees Of the earth, but also and more warmly sui
mind. For the young who hear me l conclude with
Humboldns own words, In the last letter he wrote
before setting sail for South Ainerlca:-"Man must
VIII the good and the great the rest comes as de-
creed" For al, I conclude with those words OF
y W @v M Whole earth is the monu
ment OF fuustriou5 men,"
GRAFTON By PROFESSOR r. OGDEN DOREMus.
Warm applause followed Professor Llebers ora
gerbund az strong In vocal performers as the other
gave the grand chorus by Mohr ,Jauchzend Erlleb,
perfect manner. Professor r. Ogden D0remus was
then introduced and received with several rounds Of
cneers When quiet was restored the learned Pro-
lessor spoke as fOllOws:-
A month past France offered
q 70 s n s sspsd Ts N % who m rue
Our spirits from their urns
brated by nation ! humbodt's centenary Is being
celebrated by a world Since the Almighty ''cre-
ad the greater light 70 the d
Since this mornings rays first illunned the Hlma-
layan and UralIan peaks, and until they
the Rocky and Andeau chain the name
Of Humboldt has sounded and Will resonnd
throughout the civilized globe. Even "Creatton rises
nh hArmOufOuglV
iul music OF Mohr, by this grand Chorus Ia reeogni
ton OF one whose scientific ana poetic
Search the records OF the names OF The giant sons OF
earth aud tell me OF one who ranks higher in the list
tate this godlIke quality Of mind than that Of Hum
bOldt. genius, capable OF contracting TO imprison
the Of the ultimate TEN W Rasiee o.
tiesor Of expanding to grasp the movements OF the
universe OF the astronomer Truly, 'he was but Ut
coming from whence we know not-bid TO revove
with 1t upon Its axis and IN Its elliptical race
course around the sun Tor hreescOre years. and per-
chance ITS superative ten. pressed and often over
burdened with the cares ana duties OF lifc how
rarely do we lift ourselves up to study the magnid-
the works OF the Creator In the pr0iunditles
of space, or investigate The mysteries OF our more
Immediate surroundings or Of the marvellous en-.
In obedience to the discoveries OF his predecessors,
OF Tych0 Brahc COperncus, Calico, Keper Herschel
orps around or distant nmnary the -" monarch Of
this system, swayed by the grandest law ever re-
vealed to human braln-the law OF gravitaton. Not
only does our earth swing loose rom Its moorlngs,
but the central sun becomes star In the armament
OF heaven, and enforced by the same all-pervadlng
law flies around the more distant centre, while
double, TRIPLE quadruple and multiple stars Join In
the may dance as they recognize "the sweet indu-
ence Of the Pieiadeso Here we have our nrs exalt-
alton of time and space. Eighteen millions OF years
are required for this rotation OF sun, with hts
royal rctnue Of planets satellites and fiery comets.
With telescope vision we are lifted up TO
other systems OF suns, perchance possessed
OF equally glorious accompaniments as our own.
| Tumboldts explorations Of the volcanoes of YeSu-
vls, of the Od OF Pinchincha, Cotopaxi and Chin.
barazi, OF the New World
OF the mumtlng earthquake that snacks It's lips
Der some thick peoped city
| enables him to tell Us OF the molten mass
within. With Werner and Cuvier, Humboldt has
shown that geology Is but an Illuminated record Of
the vaNed forms OF existence which have Mt distant
epochs decorated our globe. With Carl Ritter Hum
bodt has given US the physiology OF the world. He
has explained to the face OF naturethe object Of
lis present subdivisions OF land and water.
When Y0u learn that q folio CQnY Of his travels in