New-York tribune., 1869-04-16
rEw-YoRk DAILY TRIBUNE. FRIDAY. APRIL le 1862

IL. FRIDAY, APRlL Ito. Iob1.
Infinite, and inspiring them with courage and hope
In their struggle for spiritual existence His later
counsels must be regarded more i'll sorrow than IN
anger il indeed they be not the fruit OF some singu
lar illusion, by those who owe him large deDt OF
gratitude for his mastery their minds, ana MS
prophet-like rsbukes Of the selfseekng and social
corruption of the age. His influence is ingraned In
their characters, though they have ceased to 'sen
to his oraclcs with dOcility. Although asserting
strange want of sympathy in our recent contest at
arms for the claims of justice and honor. his sbhor-
renee Of pretense and his passion for sincerity had
awakened q kindred spirit in many of the noble
hearts whose blood has mostcned the batto-feds OF
| freedom. 1t is not too much to say that wide por-
tions Of American society have derived inspiring
impulse in their spiritual life from the teachings OF
Carlyle, although the pupils may have outstrlpped
| the master in tho career Of progress. They VIII
gladly revert to the quickenng pages this workno
| rs TO some mad banquet, wherein all courses had
been coDfounded, aud fish and fesb soup and solid,
oyster-sauce lettuces, Rhine wine, and French mus
| tard were hurled into one huge tureen or trough,
and the hungry public invited to help ITSELF" but as
10 repast fit for immortals, Of which the whimsical
order of tho viands cannot conceal their aromatic
flavor and refreshing succulence.
MRS. BLACKWELLS STUDIES IN GENERAL
SCIENCE.
| STUDIES IN GENERAL SCIENCE. by ANroNETTI
| BROWN BLACKWELL. l2mo pp 35o. q. T. Putnam
&SOn.
The range of studies of which the fruits are en-
bodied in this volume comprises wide field OF
Thought and research in the domain of physical as
well as OF philosophical science. Attractive by tho
| purity and neatncss Of their STYLE they present
~ t0 tho reflective
reader piquing the curiosity by their novel arrange
ment and illustration Of familiar themes, and opening
| q valuable practical vein by their application OF
scientific truths even il they cannot claim TO have
established any new principles of great moment or to
have rendered essential aid to the progress OF modern
discovery. The writer evinces admirable gifts both
| as student and thinker She brings sincere and
earnest mind to tho investigation of truth. Free
from the preudices Of sect system, she has faith
fully striyen to come In contact with reality. Her
| studies have evidently not been pastme, but the
| result Of o serious purpose and resoluto laDor'
She has not been content with gliding over
the surface of things. but always en-
| deavors to penetrate their interior essence.
With admirable diligence she has kept herself on
level with tho advance of inquiry, with no merbid
passion for novelty, and wise appreciation OF the
achievements Of the past She is conversant with
mental alertncss in seizng their import and inter
weaving their conclusions with her previous acquis-
tions AS thinker she is bold and strenuous, never
afraid of new idea nor shrinking from its logical
consequences; gnal in her methods and accepting
no tradition on trust, though not without modest
reverence for the precious material III the accumula
tions OF past ages. The groundwork Of the phos-
| ophy which pervades tho volume may be under
stood from brief paragraph in the first essay.
Our cognzance OF Being Is therefore cogniZance OF
properties 30 that all knowledge OF II turns upon
knowledge OF It's rational constitution Tho very exist
ence OF differentiated substances Is directly dependent
upon mutual adaptation OF oil modes and processes
the whole existing cosmos hangs upon It, aud would fall
sey O@P Thonh we know that Being
cano be upon Se dcpeDden M e
upon the absolute Being for ts ACCUMULATION in the pres
eosnzanse IT, only lie beauty and value Thought has
been applied 20 things and each atom, whether matter
her wide diversity of co0rdpated modes and processes
which are turning and oyerturnlng but always
developing fully the pretsabshed order OF tnlngs
moving molecules moving worlds; quictenng minds de-
yeOpng races; lighting. warming evolving, organizing,
s-the physical aud mental universe one and harmohi-
ous: Force the mover the oyolnGnst the one energy
only the perss9s properly ot S eSeh ons tGStEd
plan continues IN unrestng operation. with our hne
minds may not expect 10 perceive at once the whole
scope OF this all-comprohensye hypothesis.
the discussion of which very elaborate chapter is
devoted Mrs Blackwell makes of one of the most
recent theories which resolves its different properties
into untary collection Of forces
Tho sclenee OF forces has received immense stimulus
OF late from the important discoveries Of eminent
verifying iutuons and hypotheses OF equally eminent
predecessors In the language Of Professor Youmans
In pure principle graytationl froms the immateria
foundation of the universe" while heat, light electricity
magnetism, and chemical affinity, are, an order OF
purely mmateria forces" There are efficient properties
Ia matter which produce motion, and which adapted
obviously. the direct end OF producing motion Force
may be defined any thing, which, the right conditions
being supplied Is capable OF producing motion or change
ITSELF motion is ndesructibe. IL communicated from
atom TO atom; but the whole coOrdnated conslltu-
ton OF each atom and It's inherent amount OF force Ia
not communicated. On the contrary, tho atoms upon
which any mode Of force acts producing corresponding
as all action and reaction constituted equal aud oppo-
SITE tho reaction ID counter impulse exactly equal TO
that which communicated TO Itself Force, az prop
erty t IA maintained In these Studies Is not communi
Gated but simply exchanges one OF It's co6rdnated pro-
for another that tho amount OF force remains
always exactly the In every ATOM and IL always
taIDs all It's special constitutional adjustments OF
forces and capacities. Nothing 10 evident
tln that force considered property s inconverble
aud untransferabe, remaining always with It's own
related like processes In other atoms. have power
excite these. transforming, for tho time being. other
modes OF motion into this when u e1eites Substances
cess. All modes OF qnantitatve motion are mutually
convertible into al other modes OF Ike motion, both
within any given atom and interchangeaby between all
atoms but again. repeat that tho property which pro-
duces those motions processes not convertible but Is
usted to everything else that IL always receives
again exactly much as 10 gives and thus through the
universal principle OF equal action and reaction tho bal
illustrated by the ball which bounds back again from the
wall, making It's angles OF Incidence and reelection
actly equal The ball communicates motion 10 the wall
and the wall reacts again upon the ball with mathemat
ically equal forco.
all the adjustments necessary to their activity full
nled Tia now generally assumed by chemists that tho