, 1873-04-27


discretion a. cooperating In such work from the
| income Of this fund.
and seal this h day Of February, 1873, in the City OF
| New York
] {signedA JOHN TzaDA11 Il. 81.
{signod), g. Buxa1rr WAITE,
{6igned}, l. E. FULLER
The current number Of Herbert Bpencers
sociological series is devoted to q discussion Of
the
RELATIONS OF EMPLOYERS AND EMPLoTED.
This article has already been noticed at length
in our editorial columns.
Francis 6aeton is one Of the most urgent de-
tenders Of the doctrine OF heredity, or the rans-
mission Of intellectual qualities by inheritance.
He has contributed to the Fortnightly Reuie,o
an artfcle, reprinted by tho Popular Science
Monthly, in which he, under tho heading,
scAUsEs WHICH CREATE SCIENTIFIC MEN,
notices some OF the novel deductions OF Cam
dole in recent discussion Of the same subject:
CandolIe's scheme was to ana1yze the conditions Of
Of severAy living at the four epochs $780,
1885, 1s2s and 1869. The List Of names upon which he
great scientific societies Of Earopo-namay, the French
academy tho Royal Society, and the Academy Of Ber-
un-ln each case about hft5 in number. There is
associates of The French Academy, who
number only eight At time and ct ef
years. t Is remarkable that we md in this very select
list four cases Of father and son,-nan,ely . Ber-
nou and two Of his Sons, the two Eners and tho two
From examination Of these nsts the author
o S v5ey f interesting H.
distribution Of the disttnguiahed men q 81
under which they nyed. He finds them to
middle Italy forms the hlunt apex, and ine connect
ing Sweden and Scotland forms the base and then
uences favorable to science, such liberty Of publ
cation, tolerant church, and temperate climate, arge
tSsls found in H.
SasttTe9ss:; ; ~; I'D , h S5 s3seesstey shsx. s
other Of the eigheen influences becoming favorable
Or unfavorable. The author, himself descended from
os faooa we to %o1s
tsfnterested nay for the public good and at the same
tine to avoid politics. The retqseos I.rey had their
time, but in movable securities; thus they had
leisure for work Then, again, as they wne debsrred
had taken refugei IL small countries, WAS to the
approval Of the enlightened men all over Europe and
in seience Out Of he ninety-:wo foreign associates
Of the French Academy no less than ten were
from religious 1sugses usually IN the The
eight out Of the ten, and We may thence ]
easily gather how enormously ehe Is indebted |
only two American assocIates-Frantlin and Rum
ford-were descended from Puritans.
1he nngaung enee1 h q a. up9n
countries. The Catholics the more dog1natic Of
the two, and they supply in proportion to their popu-
most scientific az the Protestants. There is not
a aing1e English Irish Catholic among tto
utes no name md tho rest Of Catholic Germany Is a.
most barren. In Switzerland, the scientific produc
ne Of the Catholics Is ony that
have done nothing for science notwithstanding their
splendid opportunities. In past days when they were
absolute masters Of vast countries, Paraguay and
the Philippines, the smallest encouragement and III
BHuction given at the College Of the Propaganda to
young aud apt missionaries would have enriched
Rome with collections OF natural history any city
than others deserved to have the finest botanical
garden and richest herbarium, it Is Rome: but abe
The most notable instance Of tho rcpressiye force Of
Protestant dogmsts to be found IN tho history ot
to 1725 its laity wcll the clergy absolutely
subject to the principles Of the early Reiormers In
rnade to pass through the college, md many At
tended special courses at the Academy yet during the
gishsd hImssn % n ssncea The1 % occurred The 1sne
Of the calVinist authority, between 172o and 1735.
sos.i Ute and education ~, became penetrated t lb-
ton Of aeneEeae to An important foreign scientific
soc1oty-our own Royal society-Genera has never
m lumber %hoV oat o
her email population.
II. Candolle INDUCES in 8 curious speculation
Dn the probability of English becoming the
dominant language Of the world in fiftv or a
aundred years. and being the one into which tha
more important scientific nublications NJ all na.
ions Hil, as a matter Of course. be translated.
It is not only that the Eng1ish-speakng population
III outnulaber the German and the French IS these
he language has pecuar nerits throueh IT, relaon.
nip with both the Latin and the Teutonio tongues.
-enes aaa ~ iAnes "neTS ana
rives out the German on account Of It's
n a e9es5 % sa mnsn People ara IN ha
said IN French thaa in dermsn. Preciaeiy In the
anne way English beats French onr sentences don't {
tbe eana dsas no II .,t -o pe nt y.
1dfashioned tongues their roundabout CONSTRUCTION
Fould be perfectly intolcrab.e. Fancy languages like
ATTN and Greek, In which people did not say ives or
no." IL de Candoe very disrespectful TO classical
attn. He says that one must have gquo through the
choos not to be impressed by its ridiculous coustruo
ion. Translate ode Of Hornce literally to an unle-
ered artisan, keeping each word In its place and 1t
Ill produce the effect upon him Of q building in |
7hch the ha1l-door was M in the thfrd.story Il is
o longer possible language even In poetry {
p.pur oon,prg r
..- ....-- oNn1 . ooo"", :.
no Waa Severely buheted by Mr. Youmans, in t
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