New-York tribune., 1873-02-14

Az the thought expanded, his eense OF power
and the faculty OF original speculation epiant
HE dosp1ru- studies were DO" .on,sc rrcoc, ot
definite purpose He c6ncer-,.
setting forth in one connected view the various pains
by which the human intellect has won the funcss anu
freedom of practical life which we call clNiulauon'
seeking through the records ofhstory for the same empire
f,law in the march of human eproess which physo"
science discloses in the material universe No man was
ever 40 fully prepared for labor on so extensive
a field, He ranged over extensive provinces OF SCI
enoe in order TO master every fruitful prlnoip'o'
10 trace the influence OF philosophical methous on '
progress of knowledge and thus TO nnd the o"sls VI
wide generalzatioDs which underie his theory "i'u.n
those limits there was perhaps no branch OF sCeh0,
which no had not studed Of which he had not foo"eu
the history and tracked the important threads VI u'
erv In metaphyscal researeh-his purpose was W"
same From the earliest Greek 10 the latest uei'" -
read with the aim Of seizng In each system the iu"
Thought which had shaped the practleal pmloso'N' %
nol,ttcal life of nations. In literature ne "'u
,ot soek for mere scholarship, but to trace
The development Of intellect through tho loin7 VI
d,9erent languages and different social oeh'n,ions
For this purpose he had made himseh acdua"'0 - 80
most Of the languages of Europe. OF Eastern i'"s
he knew only Hebrew In EDgiish n'eIa'uio 80 oao
rofo,ndlv versed The best passages OF the sieaV p
writers were impressed on his memory lie "ouiu w.
page after page with the same ease tha1 O,ne9
,oo+r, ~ noetrv itself wont TO say IL stamps
Itself upon the brain" All that was grandest IN bss"
noetrv indeed, had become part OF MS mihu' o"
sneare first then Massnger, and Beaumont ana
yera as familiar 10 him as the Bible. MI Bucke hau
great difficulty in acquiring foreign pfohuhciauo"
He spoke French fuently, but win an n'oi'i
alle accent, His failure In Dutch, after he hopeo
that he was rather successful signal ITaVehnS one
dav nv rail I'm Holland he venured TO try his powers OF
conversation with a gentleman who AFTER time re-
marked that lie sorry he did not understand aan
Whatever the subject of his study was as part OF he
history OF human development that 1t challenged MS
interest All the great masters OF methou' ron Ai'
totle Bacon and Descartes to Comte ana MIL hao en-
gagged his attenton-Hs personal habits were arranged
with a view TO the accomplishment Of study ana INC
nreseryation OF his health. Every hour was system
atically disposed Of whether for work. OF eAercise'
or relaxation. He walked every morning ior u
quarter Of an hour only before breakfast lie could
not work till he had been in the air. Heat
or cold rain or shine made no difference In his morning
stroll or his afternoon walk Each had its appointed
time and length and neither curaied for business
or visits He used say that he did not know the SEN
sation OF mental fatigue But previous illness hao ieit
its warning and he dared not oyertasR his braln he
worked with his watch on the table and always stopped
when the hour came. After his walk he read till dinner
time and retiring early in the evening he read agan ioi
short time though not far into the night, for he re-
| ouired many hOurs rest, and was good sleeper lie
was fond Of smoking and indeed was so great Save u
/ the habit that he could neither ride, nor write
| nor talk without his three cigars a day. 1t was
| too great an effort for him TO smoke whhe
walking and he never went to stay in any house where
! smoking indoors was objected 20, being too good
Christian 10 smoke on other peoples premises without
their leave. The influence Of his mother led him 10
value the mental sympathy and oompaniOnshp oi
women He had keen appreciation OF what their pecu
liar intellectual quality should do for society His eA
treme genteness combined with power, made him Ia
vorte-After the publication Of his second volume may
isG his health gave way to so great degree that nc
determined lay aside all literary work for me ana
try the effect Of winter in Egypt and Syria de leit
England toward the end Of October, and early IN NO
yember wrote from Alexandria, feel in better healtn
and sprts than at any time during the last three years
Especially / am conscious OF an immense increase
of brain power. grasping great problems Win
a frmness which at one time i feared had
| gone from me forever feel that there IS
vet much that shall live TO do" On returning from his
voyage Oh the Nile reached Jerusalem April 49, 1852
where he spent eleven days and three daye after com
mencine his tourney Beyroo he attacked at Naz
areh with the first symptoms OF the fever wDch nnaly
terminated his life at Damascus on the 29th OF May
The biography Of MI Buckle sti remains 10 I've written
The contents OF these volumes throw hut alnt ngh
tent writer anord theme for important and
vain rah1a