Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-10-22
chol.e r,traet. about humboldt.

Choice ENIraci- dh0W humoVln-'
lie said IN beginning to write hIsuos 81
wish To- delineate nature as it lives I'm truth.
and LET il be felt that give more than my
former lectures.
Sueaking of French Administrations. De
saws None 0f them has kept faith with the
reaule. for none has suh1ri.natcd it's selfish
ness To hubble good. As long as that is n1t
done. there viii De no permanent government
In France. That nation was always de-
eeived ii Will De again. She will rerial.-
callv rise to punish living and cheating. tr
that she is riue enough.
Again. How at certain periods one iiea
rervade- the world Sometimes it is re
F yiyal of former beliefs. then any irreura--i-
+ HE desire for rcrosc. then luistru-t or over
confidence In reGiruer> next tha iaa.ir
] rakes a bv,lr5nb8tia a5ain-t talent: then II
wants tl uuifr all churches. then ir aIiuw-
IIrlo,nats T., write protocols. .4rFr.ls IT,
-,,,, - THE binres Of events1
Ta Yarnhaqen be writes TO minds
Iia z-o.,rs resi- and solitude are necessary. for
Won draw resources from within vourself.''
On the dav when Eosmos was berun. he
wrote =. | have the mad rraieet to lelineate
/ in one ,c5rj, the whole material world.
and 10 give every -reat idea that has arisen
oI,1,,sij9 of the actual flc-
II must rerreseut an epoch Of mental deyel-
onment in human knowledge Of nature"
H. s,i5 of ~ own .,vIe. 81 have the un-
fortunate disposition to clothe thought IN poe
tic forms To construct lon, sentences and t.
co,csrt,1-, manifold views too much.
General Rucbi said of him When he
Is dead and NOT before. shall ~, know what
We had in him
Humboldt saii once g. God rule, the
y-5-Ij- i- +. rho b1sine-- of history T., trace
bi. eternal rnv..erious decisions.
Srss lin, 5f Madam pr5-rass. he say-.
.. OBr si-ff o,ro,rs div before the fillnes. of
rbe material I, be worked up. the new
sources of historic knowledge brought from
other people. we must show how this mas,
NAV ba Subjected 10 the human mind II
wifi he sinnler in the next millennium.
since tbe oreat cnocb of Columbus and Ga.
ma. as one after another part of our planet
becomes known the sea the mobile element.
has ren5e-e5 \vs.r F,,r1r.san civilization uni-
rsrsaIIv rossible From all the hardened
,,oiDts of human 5evelonmen- other man
6ers other human wants act and reach On each
otber and even the ,-ros.est masses are rene
+-a+o5 =,
of national selcovere,tiDation he saws.
o.. / have an unr5yernable rrciudice a,ainsr
the idea that every re3rle must repre-ent a
ceTrain somerbing and that thew must do
,rbsr s,-caIIe8 DbiIos1rbe-s rr5rno.tieare
fbem -
10 .olIad the rnlin, rers,ns In Berlin.
apre the :. Berlin World Elerhant-. and
ss,. =. Tbosa yrb, GOVERN NOW arc mum
Alludinr To some c5nplaints. be rerlie,
E. We must be careful how we draw c5relu-
s;ons from any authors silence
Sneal<inr Of those who labor to reconcile
knowledge with dormas. he saws B.. A phil-
osophicallv argued Christian d5rmatisn with
n marked rbysiornomv. is. of all c5r.e--. +,
me most disarree3ble
When Mrs. Frv and William Allen. of
PHILADELPHIA. sent him some uamnblet-. he
writes :. | am entirely auakerfed Little
sermons on uenitentiaries and small tracts
AGAINST drinking alcoholic drinks"
To Arago he writes 3. Outside of nv fam
ilv. thou art without any comparison. the
rer-on whom l love most.
of the King of Prussia. be said 3. The
King. like all princes. has no measure for De
ternininr what learned men need.
lie advised n gentleman once e. II Won
nursue an object. YOU must use the neces-
lo-, -, means
Or the King he said 81 like nj. ten
dorci.s and 1-ie,ys but he Is NJ, man f,r no.
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possible relic,ops offer tbree distinct ,,,ipts
norsi - o-'- au, - r'a- ~, In ',,-s
-nre . ,eolo,,is7sI -, IN -
dr b;sto-ic ,,oSel-5nJ ,Lo ia.+ i.. ~ 10y -
Obtained the chief irnIortance, ''''3
Ofan exalted uraise of the reo,le ba said
=. | do NOT agree tbat there is ren,,ro, of
which the ne6rle became incarnated Tberc
is no such incarnation.
OF human character, he said. St. Natu
ralness is the best element in a mans life
OF the duty of truthfulness. be said: We
owe in life truth only to those whom we sin
cerely and deeply esteem
Of dogmatism, he SAID ." Its a verv dam
gerous presumption in men to want to in
terpret the primeyal degrees of God. His
tory tells Us what errors were perpetrated
under tins guise.
VI courtly vanity, he said " How glass
buttons peacock feathers, and ribbons in
ylie man
Ot certain literature, he said: " The
Germans VIII "'l'e many book Yet on
liberty r..-,
oi lnouerh P!Ll,icai PIo5Iess' he SAID
bare soon ,nucb bnt mucb Iess do,
a,,,,,..,5 :,
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