The New York herald., 1871-12-29
LECTURES LAST EVENING.

Wendell Philips street Iife In Europe.
stenway Han was last evening filled by very
large and intelligent audience, who assembled Ia
hear Wendell Philips lecture on '.Street Life In
Europe.n Tue lecturer opened by referring to the
early history OF lyceum ecturing, ana stated that
this lecture was merely to get men to look beyond
their own smoke. Men were too apt to look upon
those OF other countries as entirely different spe.
ccs OF the human family; but the difference was not
80 great after all. 1t Is not by reading that note
the difference In natonalltles. 1t Is such glympses
as one gets from car windows, the graphic points,
the chunks, that let into foreign character Speak
ing OF the belief OF Americans tnat they arc
the first people In the world, MIR. Philips
said the opposite was the case. The subject OF the
monarch has stiff knee wnen out or the presence
Of his sovereign; but we are Always in the royal
presence Of The people aud are under restraint.
In stately Spain ana France ne had seen whole
coach load OF persons empted out and kissed by
those In waiting, and none cared what Mrs. Grundy
each other at dinner. "Only think" SAID the lee.
turer, 't0f Ben Wade kissing Charles sumner,
Of Ben rat OF E1ssng MorSa o Is In aess and
style Of architecture Of the houses. This lndl-
viduality Is seen In our habits OF lite. We are Tor
making money, yet he found no complaint with this
love aud lust for prosperity. An American IS never
port our hands. No Yanxee ever works tho
dlSdatnS WORK. uVent9 ncrSelI OUT Ot the 0ruuEerY.
There money IS the tradc mark M society,
Yankee knows II he piles up dollars he can get OH
top and be great man In society. It Is not SO IN
Europe, where money docs not elevate the man.
Our country Is full Of bran-that careful foresight
that looks for tomorrow. There tomorrow IS not
taken into account. In Rome on The land where yr-
gil once sung, can now be seen the farmer tilling
the SOIL with an OK or cow hitched to rude
n man VINO can bore with an augur. When hole Is
to be made It Is burned in with hot rod OF iron.
In Paris you VIII see a ladder resting against new
0uan Ill
carrier as he mounted with his load ol brick
there d man stands on each round, and bricks
sold by the foot az in Maine they build ships by inc
mile and cut them into yards for the Market The
ceeded to point out in what particular Europeans
excccd us. Among them was the love OF art aud
the beautifui and the acquisition oil languages.
sssOund-The Voice and Earo Lecture by
Professor o. NJ Rood, Of Columbia Col
lexe.
The fourth OF series OF scientific lectures was
given last evening at the Academy OF Music by Pro-
fessor o. n. Rood, OF Columbia College, The SUBJ
Jcct was .'Souud-The Voice and the Ear" which
he illustrated by numerous experiments TO
prove the wave theory OF sound On
the stage were transparencles, calcium lights,
and all the known acoustic ms rumenis Tie
audience were most attentive, an the Professor
was frequently applauded the course OF the leo
ture HIS description or the formation OF the ear
was most minute In every particular. lie said that
inside the auricle are q multitude OF very small
elastic rods fastened at one end, Just like tuning
fork, and like IL capable OF vibrating only when the
particular TO which they are tuned are struck.
Besides the rods we have locked up IN the ear an
instrument with not less than 1900 strings. tuned
TO dlflerent notes, connected with different nerve
flaments ready 10 transmit to the brain
the sensations due TO dnerent notes.
Thus 1t would seem that nature has provided us
with most elaborate and complicated piece OF ap.
paratus. Think OF the delicate care required 10
keep such an institution In order Its strings prop
erly weighted, It's rods well In tune day after day
during the process OF growth aud waste To which u,
like tEe rest OF the body, Is constantly subJected
The power TO hear ana 10 speak are gifts which,
from pure mathematical and physical Standpoint,
are literally Goalikc. Lct Us hope that IN the ages
10 come-our race may learn TO use them IN u man.
ner which better accords with their inexpressiole
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