, 1869-05-23

raradoxes Of mechanics which manuscript u 10
t1Alileo) had Tho Intention Of publishing it. Or u
ss sEssF . e tnsnaa,d 19 ,n' bat rhs
stated to iIls Aa,csy tnas. In eonsequcnss % % q
come conaIerahly eniesbled aiucr IN Nv hin,
tho end q 1852. where we then wen. Scva1de-
10 he ahe any longer to sec the aky nc stu found
s1 e,ss,nt ,,tte5s.uss u rssa mich composed
finally thar he employed himself Ii bringing 70
Eether great number Of notes which he had
~ sno '' ns.e, lnnv tine sonen,ns dives s1,ns
had bern tle deli2nt Of his Youth lIe nade
Rpss B. Be '0i . .aa saa % ss
such were his Occupations at tic time left him.
end It WEI 70 my great rcRret thu. pac1ed With
With that faculty which adnrus Anu EIyes lie to
tnoogQ0 the muE bcyeEr aod tic most dl1c7It To
exEess; man. 11naIy. whom we must look epon
world. q leaving MN, he charged me With
Era, n111Rer y u q letters y be delivered 70 hts
small packets. witch. psnoanlS. ean,a.nei doeV- s
Assslsa1s Rotrou. raseal. I'D Is1caoseile
haps, 10 long, md shail bs happy il i Prove re
agreeable 10 His NA}e1y f4' '0'@
ohta1e,; a% sss n. Aes'1s yer, hqmsle ,na sery
tE1gEs rnax xn1os 10 y. vul1raE
srE: While wa. in Paris, remember that you
Of the celebrated Calico, Of inustrttus menory,
who waa nor only lca.ced IN al sctences, bit who
,Ha. Eas aso ~ n nan of letter. md ihosongnly IA
made particular study. THIS learned m4n Wrote
much, snd almost contlnas1ly, as you well knpr.
Il ous ss n ae e q, l,S ass
With his Writings md with the numbcrless n7ateri-
Aa tor ne h!stoy, q Literature which he had
ffeil vhat las beeome Of ihese Precious tioca. u
aents: los / Anow that De *ss appschenslve
abon. what would happen g them when be should
hem Iato safe hands which would care Tor tteif
preservation and without doubt be never woud
have entrusted then, to the hands Of nuy Of his
dence In them And without doubt he Was reht
lifetime ii vas Calico, And hy whom. By llls
jec1- Answer thts letter, beg Of you, and believe
ne, III Sour very a1ecuonate Jous NnroS-
JOIN MILTON 70 N. vnt7URE. :.
... Tits x9rn NAY.
In Informed you. Sir, in recent letter, that I
y sna Whca re
leo was made TO endure IN this lifetime, and al the
means that arc employed. now he il deal, 70 hury
llS WCiAUIf Win uL1 dSQES iAnA t1hl WHICH Ii
The most srutsinK parr Of the adatr that is pre-
dstly the Ital1anA, h.a countynen, who arg acung
thus toward him; those Eho ought on the con.
tlarJ to be proud that their countEJnaan has pro
duced 30 great 4 genius Not one Of them has
ever dAred 10 defend him. and every one seets 10
rot him of both Of hls scientific and literary Ia
botB, to appropriate them to bis own bene1t
AoRs1tftr 7ti1e<tH a7sons otAtvs. This Is some
thing u]mos, tnconcelsable. his forebodlngs were
not iil-founaed And he t'd well 70 dispose Of
seh ns y as acse % es Sno 'ns@ soua Ga' %u.e ae
them. tLe La ps4ttrt <tTete des tdl+tatian.>
And, strange thing ask why they have sought
they should wtsh o have It believed y that he lost
btu eyettght a. q punishment from the Most
.o tie Of 70 Wa, 70 nd 1
stranger u, that Me6sieura To.,cclN, vlvtAnl and
cthen besides, who know the contrary, that y to
nay. who know perfectly well that his blindness
wES not enttre Until the last few nouths OF hi1
life, should Allow Guch efTorB 10 he pr0pAe4sed;
ons Eoald ever ,ntnk that they tats pleasure q
they have been gained over by the enemies OF this
srSas 81 s Se1!Oa an SIT, your most a1ecs,onsse,
LH1xa Ynox 1u.gus 7oAot1ERKI
This SIth Larch.
SIR: ] am glad 70 hea. that vou are In posses
sloD Of all the papers Of Tho Late N. Roirou. He
that he has been called the father OF the dramatic
ait Now. by this means, you hnvo como Into
vcE. Luxurious Gal,leo. For, / Know lha. they
not only kept uo correspondence by letter, bat,
also, That Calico, forrseclnp his end approach,
and iea1tng for the fate Of HIS writings, fent the
greater part Of them tn his friends In France,
among whom whs Monsieur Rotrvu. He was
great gehtu8 this FfoscnItne, you cannot doubt,
anil ona who Was vessesl In nearly all human
knowledEc, and tIn not able to explain why his
count1Tmen have not knoEn how 70 do him Jus
uec, but hzvo Dos only misunderstood him so far
TN 70 he unwilling that certain particulars Of
his rte should % dtrnleed, bnt hare also
csuBed hts writings to he mn..late1 lie
who knew ait things forcs4w this clearly,
and tooK lits ue1sutrs In consequence But those
who were his greatest Euetn1ex mean his most
powerful, n1s the Jcsuit4 because they feared
bis method OF teaching, which, they thought,
would deps1rc them Of thetr pfedorninence. They,
therefore, sought To reIRccn1e him bv every nrans
In theIF power. FisFt, they sought 10 to-, hin Of
the glory Of tis discoveries Seeing thtt they
could not nc compl.sh thus, they denounced him to
the Holy Once rs tn atheist, which, an con-
WINGED, he was not: finally. seeing thst the tri-
bunal cl the lnquisttion had not punished Inn as
1fgorous., Is they had desired, they sonea13o in-
juse hun In the minus Of the common peayot- by
saving that he waa nccurFeA OF God, and lie hAd
takcn away the Hight OF day from him hy WAY Of
runshment Therc was no truth In this. Ger
ianly, toward the end OF his LIE he had weak eyes
often happens NTH old men. but, except rs re.
CARDS the sky, he never ceased to he able 10 sec.
This do not fear To asseTt will sny no more to
you in Ibis LETTER, except 70 nR6urs you Of my
teem- I'm. mir, your tory humble, very devoted,
and SeEt Auection1te servant, joins AlLrpA.
To NJ Mphetc.