, 1869-07-25
FAMOUS EUROPEANS.
Emil A. II 0esgu asz1cr-Aa NRtuFn1lst,
Scholar nnd I'AtBRnlllropist.

Ao@S
Emil A. XOsssu asslcr-AkH Naturalist
Scholar and FAtbRnlhroPist.
The revolutionary days eliminating Id the OUT
b,epts Uf 4s and ~ seem to hare Teen the turn.
nr ts,Int III tho life OF every Gtrmsu Authur Of
nntr pt the present elder generation. 1IostA OF
Joons men on the lhtcahold Of tbs professions,
ptrppnng thru for positions onty 10 be he,l W
iIe eu1erareo ot tic government + hbau6ou them
IL d!,cuat H. for instancc, npuY yVpuy ctg,uv.
1, rn thrfw up their ort,srs 1,ecauss d psT1sh was
o,f, 10 tn o,tsIpr.1 b, scryIlc ectentancc Of tho
r.li,,rn, oplutupu q, iho ruling poHcr. Then II
ru, ,hp tusnon for atlo,,ta To nrar nu ,,sIr ami
,rct,ayI,., to acout a. tAo t,rr ,D,cs Of M ,pata
,.,,c theology. 10 tAnl untu,c. tn ur,w ui,,jlr
tran.rrndrntp ,nxo fuccs At tnu t,o,ll and lra,n
uet,r,ul1y uron suua,,y ana fraternity. ,hn old
rnlI,tuu CRY Of tic rrri,r,1 rryn,nkion
l,ut tn rIr,,esf nrn Tho failure Of thn pa,r,ei!c
rnttt nan urrrnI!Y htIt,,tIln,Inu. Thor ltnd bc.
llsYrd tLt lt.I II ,r.trr p,rne,cJ fss Tho main.
IrnnMr u ltaif possoual IlbrTl!os urfg
1urt on,e obtained, AIM muEv worthy Of
e,rn: tho hitter tLrarraintlnenk AFFECTED
tho nllls OF thrao r,srn in wlacy YatiuaA
ways. unu Of tic hal,eA, instaneca Ut ita working
il ul& Ct, hy ilu 1!fr no lttuiJ ruAo O! TFoteasqf
l:u,l A.:uirh Notntnass.er,
Thcn snolc tluugrEuua tImcs dfcW near q VIA
1'rpisk.er of Geology Ut tho saxon Forest !Acade-
rny In 'rha1antt: wns warm personal friend OF
Ale 1ttd.r son Humboldt, aad was rocuRnixed by
ruct sr!I.AnoHu sclrnt,oc men Al Leopold xon
l,uch LAhtcHstcln, Ehrcnhctg, LnG and Wig.
1nann ri n cn-tahorrr with = promising future
Political le be had mt entered In 1s4s, ii the
uruior upon The occasion Of sac festival IN honor
u The cUn8Itlnop, md wa1 q warm lFtcud Of tho
purity ii The tn in the Saxon Chambcrs. The
HGerr1nn catholic" Society was organized In
81 xony. ls0ssmts4ter taking Nd active part. T3s
religious organization bcars close resemblance
10 the EA!tAfian body OF our couutrr-Theodoru
I'nticr, In,lecd, for many 1cafs maintaining cor
rcsptndence with tho lsFuan iaadcfs-
Iay, ISIS, found him elected q member Of the
National Parliament At Frankfort, wterc, Of
courst, lie Was right loyal soldier under The bun
ner Of the left side Of tho House. His ftend and
eo-!s!'oEcr In the sann scientific ne!d. Carl vog1,
WAS In the political useaa bis dcgote aliy. great
cr con.1Abt, h} acally md spiritually. than these
iTo mcu tau scarcely bc imagined. Fo9t Is un-
utu#1fy tail, portly nnd-sotfy to say It, but It's
truc-As sutI mstey.nst In character aud habit IS
In ,hroYy and creed. Hossmasbler Was rrmarka-
ly sualI in stature, but had large head with I'M
mtnse frontal Development OF brnln-a more re-
Gntd, losalle. rarcr-ru!odcd nun IL rarely found
Waen Tic conflict between the Parliamentary
toly aud the Princes broke out HoAatunsxlcr fol-
lowei the LEaye little minority to Stuttgart: he
Stood bs tho cause even TO the bitter end when
the elected representatives Of tho German nation
were hisgaceful1J driven forth at the point Of the
nayonet. Upon hls 1eturn to saxony he WA tried
for high treason, on account Of bis share In the
a HAa1'e1' ..a7oa' -. est. 1.,...,. ~ ~.
fn'p o. -. to3a ~. AH ,.. - sM.
snoseu w ~, 'e'A' i'' A"''De
A'.u se.'-eo snete ~ US '.,.
his Old gray held@hen look ut me-" he sid ID after
years .sThat one Idea ii the school. the peon1e.a
seNoo, aEa 1Ee peopies ptosIcss ~ suaeA1!om.
LILY Is iae As',ao1e ~ n,s "note 4',.. tasss nss-
that Tue result VI 'ne tc'o'ul'oa- oA'et'5 0lStf-
PG'u'eu III ~ ni!eetAp'E enuilx u ~ LULA ea'
nest cHur1, areah5 on Ing tnteanold ol eseAot1sa-
Ing reputation among the mshes RANKS OF
eelentlEc men, 1som Lee nous "ncn ne oecaue
convinced tbat the cause o. tne pont'ea lalu1o
had been the Ignorance Of tnc raass, tne elefatoa
ned education Q! the people became the one das-
ing project Q! Ills ife 1tad LIS am ueeu less !ola5t
had the man been bJ nature less OF pure-hear1ea
phillLthrop1st, he would have been saemauzed as
amoEomanlac; noble as II was PRACTICAL az ne
Eade H. 1t aroused Ihe hattea OF tne government,
nhlch recognized tue truth OF bis promises that
"kpowcdGe is power" nnd which theucefo7h
pe1setuted him Ill thousand contemplate ways
ue TO the yery hour Of bis death AZ counter
bAlancc, however, to the hatred vented b the
government and the prtestst he won from those
for whom be tatHred al enthIRiasttc PERSONA de.
yotfon rarely offered popular Writers OF political
l'adtss -.
Shortly after bis settlement In Lelpsle, he began
his work. Travelling from place 10 place, he de-
liycscd popular scientific lectures. not for the
stao!aTig few, hut for the people The interest he
tuccetdcd IN exciting among the leboEing classes,
the restless longing lor higher grade Of school
education ruused among them, attracted The atten-
tion Of the spies OF the government: he was 10
auest rfa EulEIaR Revolutionary In his teach
lusf, nalefs the acquisition o! knowledge be 60.
his pen no" alone remained TO him. --
Lis nsst important popular Hork, "Man In the
A1r1ut Of Sature," considered bY himself his
beef, Was quickly written. The book was def.
ance thrown In the iiEta for the Church nafty to
hccept, II they dared Rossmassler was q pro
foundly religious man butsthe Church party rep
resented the OPPOSITE Of popular education Rcad-
lDc writing arithmetic the cateettsm and hymus
was, md Is Sill, the tu total Of Instruction of.
fcre., In The common parj,h sehoo1a The ur,rsts
and thc government held TINT 70 be ali necessary:
tne attainment Of Inorc Was the prize iunged for
by !ostn.assaer.
The three great, Traits Of German character
merc Tell known to h'nl Above all other nations
The Gtsnan possesses a religious consciousness,
an ur4oundcd love OF knowledge, aud IN heroic
longing fer freedom capable OF any sacztncc to at
lain IT, Had there been hundred such national
ttachtts az Rossn'asstef, there would hare been
trent CHUNG 10 the Cons&lutsonal Parliament
o' thc Ao:'h Gcr1nan lInnd; the Foftachriit pnrtE
wouF' hare becn more formidahle. and, instead Of
Tie hFs'e little taud OF nineteen tv vote against
The nc1 constitution, there Would nave tccn de-
unht tnjoT!fg TO demand greater pefaonal ltcf.
ucpr Of df1To htsmask 10 the wall. 49,. -.
oi hoff'Enr'erH nuts1eroa. popular sToriA ThC
Wntcf," "Thc Wood. "Thc Anlusas Of The
Wool arn test knoN outside Of Germany. lar.
Ing t'en translated in'o tho hnsa!au snd tho llo''
ItIVf Fpu 1Hr tYHK ~