, 1873-12-24

eam''a'f a'' <1f s,nI r n,S1% eSsssse"aS's' u t'' Ne"
e GanS1fS s 5 bad no sS S"ss ss sni a
Sunday night. It Is ioaa not ouly Of light, but
Of warmth. Somehow, whom YOU passed by
Agasslzs house., you fels loss in need
q your ovorcoat than wh9n you p,amea pnsmsea
who live in and around Boston. It
was alwaya sunshine when Agassiz WIS
near. lIo was ono whom tho "oonlnon peoplc
heard gladly" Ue bad d kind word aud n boam-
otIiorA Aomothtng Of bis own joyous mood. 1le
had lis sorrowful moments, Ills occasions OF
anxiety, whom tho expression OF his face took
painful Significance, aud ono could 500 TINT
therc was somo burden pressing upon h1mi nut
shadow fcd from hs 1aco So quickly that In tho
afLer-warmth You forgot there lad boon any
there. Grasp Ills hand, and you mover found it
II wns this preatucso Of hesrt that cau.el him
to mako suol, host of friends aud acquaint-
uyccs amoug ali classes. ue was ono OF tnoso
mon whom, when sick, the butcher, tho bakor.
tho GREGORY man, aud the 'laborcr alwaya ASK
s1oa o o Se to stroo
and oarosBing them, not from aifoctation or
desire to be popular. but booauHe he could not
help it. Ills gyanlchlldron, George and Max,
were always running over to SOC grandpa, anu
grandpa was always glad to 500 tllonl. II grand
10 had had tl,a onlira trimming Of thon, per haps
tbcro would hnyc bocn ao1le spoiled childron.
A friend tolls me of an instance which will H.
lrstrnte ILLS tondernoss for children. Once while
conducting somo sciontifo experiments, it be-
came necessary to hnvo sotno water immediately.
Agnssiz Beizoa pitcher, aud ran out to pump
noar by. Ie went out quick, but Was slow in
coming back. Tney waited twice ~ Iona for tho
water as would hayo sulllcod to bring 1t. md
Thero sat Agassiz, down by tho pump, luis logs
crossed, and little child, which ho was fondly
aoothtng embarrassing, nostlod In letweeh them.
In his Iasto ut tho pump Ae had accidentally
struck the ohl!d s7landing nesr BY Itougn,
sciouce seemed to him tho less important. mud
ho lad to put down his pitcher aud opon lis
hoart. Wien deeply ongagca in scientific in
ypstigntiou, lo would leave h!B work to seize
aud fondle child that Ind straycd into his
to be resumed without difficulty.
) Agassia was n phlanthropist by nature. lie
was fond Of 'duing good Us he tad oppos-
tuuisy."
''Who can got to maka somo drawings for
mo 7" asked once.
"Tako -; he is good dranghtsman, and
ho nccis tho money; 1t will help him along"
Ono day from my window noLiced horse
aud buggy stausiing in the strost. The horse
hal bosn oarolossly hltohGd, l,ad worked h!lnsoit
street, acemod inclined to 20 og With au empty
wagon. 4 student and q minister OF tito gospel
in turn passed that way, but neithcr made any
effort to kcop this horse from strayins.
apparently absorbed in deep thought. lis
oycs bent upon tho ground. Lie stopped when
ha pot 10 tic horse, and, without seemlug to
talse bis thought on tito subject on which ho
was oneagcd pio!sed up tho llitching- strap, tied
uorant TINT ANYBODY had dono him. a favor.
It is ono Of tho traditions among tho old bellies
Of Cambridge that wboa .AgaBsiz came thore he
was regarded Us tho hans'sonaest n,an they had
testimony for evon to tho day OF
hls doath ho Was handsome especially
whom he smiled. 1t was wonderful what MI illu-
mnntiug effect tha: sni!o Ind. His personal at
trectiour, genialty, and attention to LITTLE conr'
tcaiea, always nado hin q fayorite with the Ia
dies. Thoy attended bis achool IN large nnn-
bors. Thpso WAS not great deal Of dssciplla-
there the rule was thut YOU must speak In
French. but there was a great deal Of Whispering
looked. This Worship Of the man was nat con-
fined to Cambridge. It would be hard to name d
placo in tho country where Aggaai1 bad been that
he WIS not affeclionatolg cnnonizod. On Ills re-
turn from the uasalcrexpolition ho could not slip
quietly into tho Lowell Institute to hear hts
friend Tyndnll lecture without being observed
and compelled by purfect thunderstorm OF up.
ple,se 70 bow agaiu mud ngain biz, recognition
Of tho tributo. Uo was sort Of . popo in
Boston.
"U0 you 6to LINZ u1u 5AltlIN OFcl Ill kuuL Col.
nor thsrol" said ali intelligent reporter Of .
Boston raaper to mo.
NYeB. :"
"Well, that Is Agassiz. lie knous cuc,y-
thing"
He was always indifferent to money whero
eceuce WAS concerned. Ho spent it lavishly
whenever he could get it, often for things which
would not tnnAe show for the rnb'ic, but which
were Invaluable for tho pursuit. Of scientific
truth. Ho was not . business man nor finan-
cior., II hee wanted money for his museum Ae
was sure to get 1t. Then he would spond It
rai1idly for collections or improvements conf
don't TINT hc could Get moro when he needed IT,
Ho was also Biugula.y unmethoalcel iu his
habits. Men who live and work by the rule
managed to do SO much without those EcipB. Ho
lived and worked by inspiration. II lie was Sid
denly seized with au interest IN somo scientific
inquiry, ho would pursue it at once, putting by
otier work In which nc had just fairly got start
cd. IT always like to tako advantage of my
! productive moods" he said to mo. Thus otton
lie ,nd several irons n the fro only one Of which
| might ultimately be finished. Probably he saw
that The last iron promisosl to work up better
than the first. lie nevor could be nude to work
| like a machine, turning out q definite quantity
ut regular iutorvals. 1o mover felt bound to
=! regard the rule that YOU must finish one thing
/ before you begin another, SO emphstically pro-
| sontcd III tho old schoolbooks, His was q
! method Of working wAioh would bo ruiuons to
! my 1nan WHO Ind not nis wonderful faculties.
his far.eigllt aud insight. With his grcat Iogi-
! cal brain aud bis marvellous powers Of OBJ
servatlon, tllore was united q certain tclosoopo
intuition which malo hlH view Of proba6il-
ities something moro tlau guepa. uo
never proposed lis own methods Of working as
model for others. Onoo. howoyor, In my pres.
enco a noar relattyo ventured to eak him II Ac
did not think ha wonll accomplish more II he
finished one thing boforo lto began another
"Eyery man must work according to Ills own
method" 10 replied. lie WAS in hlmaolf grea'
contradiction Of tho methods by which man,
havo won SUCCESS. Ho achieved, but II was
after hiB own way. It was frequently d Aart
thing to got him to aign paper, or write j. I,
over accou1lts or reports, or do little routine
work. let hc could never have attained his
great omuence in science II he hnd not paid IL
this department great attention to tho minutost
mud apparently the nost. insignificant: details.
Looking ut tile drawing Of tlBh madc by hiE
artist, Io said, utter taking u aiuge glance, "Il
is beautiful drawing, but don't you SEQ yor
l.ayo lett out two or three Of tho scalea 2" Till
story, which have seen elsewhere, il youchet
for by tho draughtsnan who foralorly drew Aif