, 1869-05-23
A LITERARY DISCOVERY.

In fr1:rr's Hac1sil.e ftr MAY Il . communities
t:on from The dlsauRutshed rxl1ontoloc,st, Rlch-
ard owen, In which he gives account OF certain
manuscripts saII before the French Institute pur-
porting to nc letters written hy louis XIV. |
Gallen, and John Milton. The letters were laid
before the 1stitnte ,'J II. F1c de Beaumont, the
eminent geuIog1H, At a meeting Of the Academy
OF Science, with ZONE remarks expressive OF a |
strong belief IN ractr authenticity, Hut II they
come as 1t IL SRd they do, from the collection OF
H. Chak1eA, the AcaIcullc1an theI1 authenticity
will be considered vet! doubtful, Al the CORE
Gpondcnce purronlng 10 bc between Newton and
Pascal, by which 1t was attempted 10 prove tha2
Ee1tous discoveries were made by Pascal L !
now AnowE 10 be = forgery. A these letters,
however, are attracting \ good deal OF attention
alresd, we give some Of the most important Of
lhcm:
LITTER FEnx uAI11.xo TO toCts xuL
AkCEflu, this q November {las9 =.
etnR: do not knew how To pay tie debt owe
His Nh AteAty TOR The interest he has tnkcu In me-
e
his EnleeAAAdor E1uaot,in2zJ, and il Il with re-
sst ,aas ana ay.si qes9s aS; se;sp, %
shall md, Under your K7sts and s1ug kind protee-
upu, all the stsenton that my condition requsta;
and, ior or Ee, habit Is lIe second nsturr. And L
the light Of my eyes Is not born Again as rapidly
1had hoped, and could destre. Il u moi for !scs
prtva,i6n for me not - be able to continue ny
s'sn % e .na nns a e5nE SaanS
thai At my aCe, ABd After having suffered 10 much
an still able 10 read and wrtEe. which gives nc
1es teme reope ~ aass eed aaa
ate1 with regard to this Mattef, shall not put
Fan ri that T IN G eonsequeSce oi taea, an M neh M TIC
less bcsct BY m5 enemieb-thN Is, by the tnqu!sl-
tor. who never cease TO SPY uron INC, n.ve
might lc left In rcpoee and 10 myself. II Ia not
necsasaE. tnat shu.lld SAY anything more on this
shall oe none the less graIerul Tor Al iha he has
for tess remain. s,Ie, Els Maestys W hun,
! HT7'En rEoa MILTON 70 LOFTS ~.
s1aE: According to the wish expressed 70 uae
| By Ills Majesty. shall give yoo an account Of my
Journey to Italy, and Al the same tune l tha1 COIN
~ @ ou =, !ns s a1 ~
under:ook this journey. l went mat to France.
Monsieur Gtpuds, TO whom bad bc+n recon-
mendch, md who Introduced nc evet!Fncre INTO
tSsd ,Sf! men e sna n men II ess and saa
| 1ncls good Will |, II nc: necessary nat ahoald
enter into details as this tsinc: WI only satoTsn
Ms Majesty that, II having hecn known that su-
Gallleo. y HON h1l heard 80 highly praised n
,ouaey, s' md ever, ons o1erc me etsera q INTRO
GpctIou 10 him carried tth u.v at least twenty
q these lcttes3 II not NOR Mner rnscs ,a sr, ,ss
Ir.tnos mi psrtiaAns ID France. leaving Paris,
mi Went 70 F7orrnce. md from thence 70 Arrs-
en- en- On nj eis rr.idcnee found him at home, oecu
ptcd IL making y telescope, which he wished to
bring 10 Perfection IN order 70 study sssu1n md
misiscs MI with which wss charged with she con.
t tents oi witch he made himself scquainted and
: The reading OF them made him Ioytul BE also
| hot EattffaSHoN
. tioping me about every one Of thusc fessens bad
: lpst le7t, and that IN way EG!ca proved tAat he
r dinner With him. and invited to cali oIlen upon
It h!1 ht.e lrct1aiDet IN Florence which dill. and
Ia on orc occasion, When / Has visiting hin- rtsf
= about the lime ol MT departure, he held Ee tor
r made ne acquainted With hls rcce.ors wrttirk<
o a1wMh EtrAt number OF letterH = nch he had r
ceiveu trpm his friends He talked With tue nos ont
about astronomy. but also About hterature, Q
leaving him be made ne promise not to gut n!
without returning 70 ree him, tqen lelt f.et
ence In order to 80 70 Sienna, ~hetc maoe pat
IwAs vas warmly welcomed " the sas1as, ~
j. principally hy taftmai Earhs;n:, who preserve
~ me 70 the Holy fnteeF who e.so qnestonec AZ ~ ~
a. having considerable sk1u IN the at He gay
s1,,asi r. nas~r.na vno s,'ns;ed me to hts con
ie cetA- II she7e that heard The famous s-nae
er 1kcnora- ~A 20 charmed rtth her volcs N n
IN pleasure 81 rrsnf,,lps her r1ea-<e IN scnnet
y, tcr STA. sufficiently tens IL the ean..si o. =
is ntes, 1hrrs srns zeu received By the raeu {
- frx1niuT II tnz1 cisg. l there made tue aceustn
., s = snd M ensrs
u a Asttc1 who ha1 keen tae fr,end aou sdmircs
o TA,sn and Who soec o. hin .ttn thas fa!ness ,
In RECOLLECTION which m Ultimate friendship VII
"a any man ii once iuustrtcus and unfortunate =
nd mo<s always leaves II the memoir! ~ ~, = |.
I'd e.tss u ts,s fe,rn t of T To' sn lie nea me
IL uaEE DAYS IN his y1llA- where bad ample tttso1
ne to examine critically ma1, OF thr so@posnons
'sk hear, thr sah ncws Of tho trouble that bad fall
or shen rrsowed 10 leave Itsiy, hut ~ means VIII
/, a out again seeing the ulussrous Calico quit
~ Napes and returned 70 f.osense ns M'ne n
,ut- found him = ir.1c nlsrrrd-sns. Is 10 Ray.
the 100 r7ra: application The study of the ssars
r., + *isn ~ rsa n ee sose 70 dssoataue
inc stady; 70 hn e:eat Tei = be dse1assd % 10 rs:
n,n he Esa t,os g ,s a EsS @ he had sresdy nad
,ar glimpse OF. hul htch he Mns not rSaly 20 us1
szle peuec;iy II 1at tsessfnte 1sf pim SsIa e
this H,s fssertre ssndx. 1ov nn eycs wrre 40 nj
the t'u rnfcrbIed tnsI he could no longer see
1ss M, Ms' :. e1ss r. 5sSpeS s,s1 IN 4 Putsns X
parere IN ordey. that Is to Fay 70 etasSE,as s,t1 "
sos according u tnesr suntse y oer 'Ta.riY avn,
a. 10 ne. he to.ess. that, al1er hts death, II y
n,.v papers shorid fail Into the hands Of hl eoe1
~ thcy would run The r.*r Of being destro!eL !
nv be snok rnensure4 to avnld sreh eatass.Vl
Wltn and Il WIS we'll he did to fof NC have es.aeuN
otlon what sca1 Of fate awntttd tnctn- bat1 IeaIt
COM my subject I'm NY retufn to Florence. leM
tx.r1 e,e Ioz Citeen days IN that city; and oNea
~ ; almost ever. Day indeed, TO present MJ TSP
, I'LL to The very illnst1tcus astronomer, WHO NV
q. ne, many times, to partass n his supper
nrs4- him lie nvcd 1nrrurnded BY society. boz
,.,on. friends ard Of s1ranepsz- Our host Il one q
u4e1S tncst nMsele that en- Re desired, foE n spt
Fea1 hts tndr5oettton and Of All the vtc!ssltud-a
each ! he naS had 10 endure IN this n:< hts e1yrss
, t.r tinuce rulsr; r;aised hold Il for ce.tatr sta
nrfAtrred II to the verr end VI his days This
'niss /. an evidence that be possessed thr sap7c.
ews- r.ntrst1cn He w.s Of = ssngE.ne tetnpcran
xern snissrnntlc And ve.y robust He va of the
a,,.n rare height and tQpaseiy erIt- The ures 6
sRH rnnntcnancc announced iEe calushcae St nas .
i. .nntrinr 70 The revtrscs Of fortune. As Vas
led In ,ncn, and this tone Of eioquence fehdete
.sstop ecnnTersatton Imposing. Bnt thr most fetnA
80 th4nr sh+nt hin wst bis power Of sstsnG y
r,,. q; tutu,uou whatever he Msaeo ~ n,n.gtn. @
pass memory MS cood and he hsd mSe9 un i11s
the Wi,nsi he was veil furnished WIN y
be ex- thst The hctt lie not only hau ~ AsS fsr
folly Win II, ,he ancient autnors, ent ne - ~ ~
hrneut familiar Win the moaau. ~ Rncr.ec;a. Al
= auc and Tasso+ B1i In science he h,,n.
never P.1nAyoFas, Arehtned9 aau AeI ~ II