, 1873-08-17

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xoa mot,,r.l.born oonoroltsor o,n t1,orororo
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...:1n ,,.> .'o"s t.a"' =, ri, vo ~, M
u n.a .'tuu q, IT,, VI n1p ~ s.o oo4,
o.,.un -, ,1oa ~ ~ s1o '"lV'pfnsa =. 1"us, sno
t,ra,t,, ns . 80 " sa,';o,, ,o, =" anaoua H..
yoa.1' s"o "ioD ""a ~ aas1no A.,
roa. =, o o,un',oa a. .sa -oAs' ~ so
y. A'|sa'o, I'LL ~ ''A.nn"onee VI t4t'a eo'''''i
ofoa ae " aent'ent being, +" and othor projects OF
'"1 ''"talo occupied hlh 'alna apo"t s''o
ss'o tllho' IN l"o, no wrote to rietot that ho
N". soi'ec''ca tlo ldoa OF cohnlc pAyalcs; IRON
"sm a "e "y 'nior thas l'e had nlroady Tic germ
*Ao 1o.'''oH Ill lns 1nlild."
v.,, "o'1 nero OF linmboldt's conception OF
.;.1a.,,.. ...tAA.,@ uta sle"a ot Natffo "ero DO
~ 'o1oes''o' io"lHs'c. Lie was nolther
Ia,n":,s.,a ~ - aoio aPoeu.atof' although III LII
VI ,a ~ poo'4o ~ " no means wanting.
+,,,o, =, "aa o,' ~ "APhi 9ao world 40
.,,a,.., w W tatAs 'n.t ~ Palhsl IL "omay DO
a"o"ou ,o eo " oaproas H. Ill manner Which In
. ,v,,ois r. ~ s.u -, 'oH4-ae'oh!1'o'-anu as
,,ot t., a..sa,. 80 WY hcno!ats "efc net
~ .,,.a;..1 "u5 nueA unl'SuS principle
1ao., ra,.', T., tnoool.1'in ~ haa ainco
o,,I ,a...Is... ~ o ~ t'o conservation
~ ouo1,,4,... 1,y,. ~ u. olo'cofs theory
,oro t., ao,.., =. .... t,H ~ - 1A"lnnoiot tlino
.,o.1 ..,.. ~" Wv ''o'.o"so "alty VI phy.
uo,,l,;a ,,,,;.,.. ~: slca' of pn'lo'
r. ,,., T.. N 'u' =, ,'i',Do'a' e"'o tneu'
tho ;1oo aoo ~ H. "no'uet ~, |n'9 "'s nos moro
r, ons,oau, T. As' 'l''u VI 'no man
1,r;,,1rt aoa,..s, =. ooon 'uo 1"et " ahe
VIM introoo; ~ ~: on'. W micn iiumooial
Ind olro,t1,r ~asou.a D.uioA " "i'ia'a' aeraeA
mi nas.,' 1o1o,Aoo ~ " Ill ono OF hls "ork9,
But, aftbouch uuulo1ara ae'l w ~
world was rathor nutlnt;s Sp'on " sno
csl1et scloutiao In mr. ovo IL" .a.',o. "o'o w
moro scionti0o than artia,ic IT, ~; ,,a. .,'.e.
to intuition hut to ahor IN ao,o,a,, H.;
He had tho tatA Of pciont,at IN t,o n'b hoa' 1av"s
and confidod moro II, t1o ;,,.,.,,.i'. ao oala.eo
than in ;mo1;uoto, IT. "to'noa
oxperimontalist' nril nm ~ .s a. .e"
for he came at trano;t;on ,,op;o, A4ns' '
last of oncyc1opedio ac;o,t;ata In w. 49, a.a.
though m unaninho1. an,c;,1,or ~ .a,.aa, To-. -
ecicntistB ronrosontcd in nrr 1o,, H., W. "
Farailav md 1ruYlov - @A'AA n"o
uumho)at's travc1a In a,ro,so, ,,a,. ,,oo ,o,.
wora of rroat aorvico tn ,,{,n In. liz ,..e:
tho Peruvian Cordillorns of tho vory ,,ro,taat H..
tho production NJ ha noamo. To ,.'a an'.. M
words. thu nor;7;,loroa oro II IT,. aut -. w." .'
eart1,'a s,1rfaoo vhoro A. r ~ 'Ao
Noturo .tta;.' ~ '4'i4A4'4'.' - eu'4ace
cxprcssiop.n 1Tcrc ho fo,,,,,
rnt1,erc1 1v N,trro,o mr., ,,or,1 ~ ;,,.,..-.N ,
Dian and laws-a wor1d in ,n;,,;st,,ro ,ra ,' ,'oA
CHS soon,od tn In tho onlv ,nrt -, IT. Na.'''
wbic1, }o cou,d mt },oro ot,,a,, r., rao. 1, .aso
accon]iHlod vorv n,,c,, ~ ostrana,'>;a,, "oo ~
enco. His knowjc7co ~ ro,t,,a,nnt;a, ,ss, ~.
limited to aroho h;. ~ H. r.s,. ~ -, ""n ~
tion. '''' 49,
n, +,,o otrd, - H., ,.4..
Uunlolat i,ovoto, snoa;a1 at.a.,.:os " nv m sul'n
+ho 1,ou ~ s, t'sSe'v ~, Aio 'taceo
~ oo,.1 ,,a.aa.s s;-...s":..e wv '.,Asaet ano
o.,.,,s,at 10 'na was '''o H'st I"
H. so tio ~" tnn1 sno 1attet decreases from
G1rn,1,a1,1t - o - ~ ~ sno oI""tor'
ho ~ ,,.. ,;. ~ ~ S.ou,soa uo' ony WIN "has
ua - 1900 1 ;naa, ns 10 49,, ."'.uea " oe oohc.
,not - ,,o,'n .-s,a,,A ~ 1'u77lao oo'ofh'
n.t ~ 49, "a.'' oosal'u 'u1l'''a ~ Tue inter-
on,, H.. ao,,a;, ~ ~ no',o'o1o6s' II se'ohco II
viii, ~ ,' .,' Nq 'Amo ~ eonnoc'eo
docid,1 v,,,aor;at H.. 49,. 49, oa4.s ~ no "a8
;s, ~, ~ 10y "ae eon'o4sea 'otiuton-
fo,,, ntoaa ,,aa~ o1o ~.;.a ~ y. oo''",l. solcano
loI!aa'ons , near Qu'so' IN botany,~-hu favorito
% a,uus'| '|'noaen ignorant OF tic physiology OF
raill7' no "sls particularly at home. Nor was man
1ote'e'' TO n1s btua'es. LILO historic md cutlvat-
.' au races 'h'oFoStea MIN moro tllan the savage
'r.oeb. ',:
D"t'ne a.! thoso yoars, humboldt continued an
"''.,l4ns conoesos OF nator1als' Attor Lis rotnru
W 1ulopo' III looo, 10 was appointed ny the En-
peror nls chamooFiam,-a 1 position Which
no le''l1'eo ILL MS ooath' put which ho
1een'h never TO nave cared mitch Tor.
ii'b a.taennlon1 10 nis country WAS Bmall. Lis
!', .one ite VI trasol hao made cosmopolitan OF
4n.' ~ tuo ooctl1ne oi h'ssofio pfogfoss, M
u'oo'1 s"eco6a nao n'aao 1l'm very aReptlcal.
t'al'o1eou ne'et estlnatod HuMboidt very higl1-
y, ana nulnoo.o. haa no !oso Tor Napoleon. fot
Ia!s seon'7 o. o. alt places to have bean the denr-
os' " l.iil' 1ao secret OF A's attachment to tho
place lies, perhaps, in tho fact that Paris was
tho great hcientiao contro of tho age.