The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-24


almost idenuiylnR himself with the population
He left civilization behind him and adopted the
savages live. He learned thus their language,
ne entered into their sympathies and their feelings,
ne BECAME a. one q them And At that stage 81
asked "What is all this fort How can a man Of
any sympathy bury himself mp in this darkness
TO himself the declaration that me tnat
Il wss Tss s school soo that BE- mss gaining
the power to achieve the thines that afterwards
people and their manners. he naa learned the
tassd. Then. wnsn disaster came upon him nIm
alton, to open that Continent to Chris
tianity, to commerce, to civilization, were ap-
stage Of his work, at every step Or it be reaped
the benent which accrued from his las we might
q s
as think. with exquisite simplicity and truthful
ness. l know OF no book more fascinating, not
style was hardly more simple than was Living
stones I know It. because Tor years il has lain
nave taken fcI4 ssS nS'sa reading While
others ate, until II has become almost
- o. Of 10 poor yhSt enables one 60
look into the interior OF mana man with vanity,
but without improper pride. man showing man.
hood at every step. and often under Crcunls ances
the most dlficult-just such man in the wiis OF
Africa, selfrespecting. energetic, patient, perse-
ing before an audience at London or were In the
midst OF the plaudits Of New York He showed
tiss. Ss G may Dc dicuis -1 % T BE- diploma
tist among civilized nations when Greek meets
Greek, where fierce and ,artiul expedients
diplomatist in the woods or among savages
is q great thing. To be diplomstist with an army
with few Mak0lulu servants about you, with no
recognlzed civi, Powers near you but the kings
and princes all through southern Africa. Is another
Almost Alone &c TINS he ne Sss
thousands Of miles nrst 70 the western Coast,
wards that network OF travel in the centre OF
Africa. at every step relying on his own ingenuity,
vered where hundreds Of men would have
persisted 6y their own want q experience
sand DANGERS he perssvered u1s ui not BY the
hand Of man. but by the insidlous encroachments
Of disease, be was LAID away forever. This is
4 ne mad measured no mountain or Re.
cSass BACK y se Ths% Sss
ennobled and aspiration win follow the reading
e Gs s % II Ga - long
plause.) But in this great exploration the nah
was not seeking merely curious things;
vsgaSondlsm winch inspires many Ensiisnmen to
climb the Alps or to hunt throughout Southern
AFRICA; His eye was perpetually upon the features
tunlties, and he deserted afar the civiza-
sion Of Southern and Central Africa All the way
through he thought how TO extingulsh the aDomlna.
trade; everywhere. and higher than ali these now
the name OF his Master should be made
honorable in the lives and conversion OF
Never were nobler motives grouped together
Never was man for 80 many years SO success
sources, under the Inspiration Of motives SO nigh
When at last he fell he mad done good work, and
yeS l;Fe Moses, ne only saw the promised land but
died without fhoKing that no had discovered
Fellow citizens, two great expeditions almost at
the same time. LEFT the Western and Eastern
coasts Of Africa, vending their way towards Great
serves well OF his country, who had conducted her
Dag honorably, had subdued reoellioa and
psSss the me ds1s o %s the ea as
they bore the body OF the dead explorer
streets were tnronged and al the people &C
. little space and the bells we're tolIed,
and again the trumpets resounded and the streets
for they followed bier. 1t was no general, but il
was simple man. who had gone out missionary
minister Abbey he lies among the nono OU DEAD
OF tnat national mausoleum, and no nobler form
ever passed through its portal. or the two-the
living hero, Justly hOnored and endeared to his
country, and the explorer who carried at once in
his heart the love OF God ana the love OF
i had rather be than the living e general neral
England took with nonor the living and the dead
but more the Of ne
xso has been smons the cnis asss Of m s2
tians; among those heroes that have exalted hu-
manly aud made it easier in all time FOR men to
n nad great deeds patiently humoy and well TAP
ADDRESS OF Oh. I. 4 HAYES THE ARCTIC Ex-
MR. PRESIDENT, FELLOWS OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL
SOCIETY, LADIES AND GKNTLEMKN-Whatevsr
crumbs OF comfort Mr.. Beecner may have scattered
TO the world during his busy life, ne leaves few to
be gathered up by any one who speaks after he has
spoEen. II Ido not feel that have any reason to
analyze the character OF Dr. Livingstone as q trav-
dwell with Justice to the living and the dead. Ir Is
the spirit by which that great traveller was ami
completely iied since Marco Polo Tss taught the
world what traveller might be. It is the
spirit Of , discovery which guided mis- whole
is It that DR.. Livingstone appeals 50
strongly to our sympathiesY'' Why is It that to-
name Of that great man; Why is It that the ROYAL
Geographical Society OF London and the American
GeOgrapn,cal Society o. New York should we with
each other In paying homage to his memory? Why
Is it that the great throbbing heart or the whole
world has SO promptly and SO earnestly responded
70 the energetic efforts OF the greatest journal of
our time to reclaim the lost wanderer and bring
him back again to ctyilizati0ns and the answer
comes, 1t IL because we ind in him strongly exr
pressed law OF our being which, more or less
governs us ALL It is that we all seek after hidden
things IN nature-seek to discover something that
~ new, 10 experience new emotion in q new rri-
umph, to do something that may enlarge our men.
tai ana material vision. One travels TO crafty o
rowing curiosity and satisfy wonderful fan
ctes; one desires to wander by the sea
and listen 70 what the wild waves are ever saying;
another to climb some dangerous noun tain HEIGHT:
Rn0 Their to ramDe through the great citiea Of a
foreign land; another to roam among the ruins
OF the past. But Llvngstone,s was q higher, q
btlon was to tread the wilds or Unknown Ianda
and bring to light that which had Deen so long
hidden rom all the world. While we readily dis.
cover IN the ordinary traveller vein OF selfish
gratlncation. desire simply please him or her
SELL we discover In the traveller Livingstone that
which arouses our highest admiration the nobiest
spirit tnat ever animated man, the spirit of SELF
sacrlnce Tor the benefit OF ms fellows. That
tnere was q degree OF pride In all he at
tempted TO do we must admit but II was
. pride that claims orr svmnatbv ana 70