, 1875-11-15

l"afned Inst m t3ortnan:, " OIL t'me, ! good
pr.e4t atnubed himself With m.1loR an'pllnr aud
saltpetefo that All ouormo1is bail, which Ia dtH-
charged with loud report. ought 10 10 Attncd
lsttlc Llgh to fall a iittls lorer that from
bronze tube death tlos snddeniY IN. the direction
of psIAboA. and ct71haoa hundred kntotnasA
ranged IN !le. lie ttIen goes OIL 10 bhoW how
The author Of tho book paints none nigilt'rob-
befa upon tho ososs-InAd. dltcrcet!T armed sith
eabrca and ec1lng.la iderH. At drnt tlsoy assaas-
nato five az sx eansinels than, aecteIly muunt-
Inhabitants IN tho n,idst Of stcop, murder tho
rneu, Violate the mo,nen. daughter tho ehildron
and weAry Vi thor work. drunk vino. belong
ing to others, OH the lteApa Of the htan. Tho
der sh.aks to tipa far thts noalo en-.
terfsihe, "stsangety aurptised At thln vAuntod
Art, ran back to tho booksellers
md returned to him hs volume
bla bookseller Of HacIzebnn! c.uuot bo.,ovo
tlIat human nature proctedod from thn hauds Of
the Creator 10 thus iusutt na eterual hcnetaesor,
nnd 10 e1hb.t 81 nsueA raga aad exttayagance.
Maa, vita hif ten tiugers, Without aims. "ltllout
defense, waa not nlado TO atridgo tho oaya wlI.cu
necessity hAA A.rcAt7 retsdared 40 aautt. hate
n. heroes. fsurn the great Cytus do~n, fheae
thatr admirable conduct vauutal III rAi. | 1y
from tho whole tribe aud ~iAh sheua all au
From shis brief and imperfect summary Of
Toitalr4's contributions to the thoughts Of tia
wurld, il " not difficult to ar1iyo, III general
way At what may be called
Ills PHILOSOPHY
fls Btu6ted ah the d,erent snetaphyH!cal trasetns
of anc.eAt aud tnodosn t.tada, au1 pr1zed the
truths nauy OF them contain. Fet his n,lnd did
nat rest batsnf1al With them. lie had still
,s sF ssf as ss T a1 ss
ot man and adTanoe him In kuowl-
s,sitea sa Ens;sua: ~ in 1is;. '"s aui 1'' fou"d ID
NTH in.onsely sgsshtca tyer tue recant spocu-
5Ak nk,A ~
Whin he does asnrte justice to Locke rs = n,eta-
ph5bc.an. conssastius him witt. Al< own ami
naut cJuusryme1l, UsHcArtcs and Mkteorauche,
whom he 1ePFosouts ~ constructing the ''ro-
tory, he, nevertheless, locked with snoto favor
upon The grAud achievements Of Newton. in
whose pra{se he can hIfdiy GNd language to ex-
press himself. This hsha In uuaoante.ly owing
10 tho fact that he considered tAs STUDY Of raeta
phyaics 9s being naturally less prolific IN usetoi
rnhu'ts shan that Of natural ,At!aaapby. "'The
metAphy bieilpn." Rays be, "naky not innptly
be cutntared to that class of E'siiators rho ale
compelled to light With bandsge oVos their
eyes. Bur wheu Newton, With hle cses open,
applied hsrassf 70 Mathematical researches, hia
yiows s1teuded 10 the limits OF tin universe"
10 the sasns o:fcct is tho conclusion he resches.
after examining tho different syatems uf tnrtept
pl.los oply. After .he asssrtions Of tle att
cic1t philosophers" he remarks, "Hhich have
approached ID nearly ~ poss.ble, What roh4aiua
to us I 4 chaos 1f doubts and chlmeras. teI.eye
there never vas hlio ophcr Of = system WHO
dld not confess At tho opd Of hts life that he bad
lost his time. It uiuHs b cnaiessed tbat the to-
yeasosa Of the mecnauicat arss have haen much
mors useful to nan than tie tuventots Of syIo-
Eistus AD who first imagined ship towers
high aaovs hitn wlo iulas'uod innate ijcas."
II will be easly seen, from these Remarks,
that tho philosophical systorn of fol.ai bears y
cioHe resemblance to lint Of hAcon. and that tho
a1preBB1on which Baoou usen to leecflbe biz own
philosophy. viz, tho " Philosophy Of FRUITS, Ii
An exact description Of tho philosophy Of Sni-
satre In tho orlnlon of both Of thesn tIit,ntzious
men, shero Is 10 pursuit in life worthy of serious
attention unlots IT lar rtactical value. To
advance mnua 1nateTins insefes.s, to cun.slpute
10 hls phYecal wal-beut: Tn u,&.a hia oaihtenro
liere Hore comfortable, more prosperous, more
before them IN their writings; aud how vel! thoy
hbyo burcended il turning tue nsuts Of u1etl
from tic barscp srocnfatious Of reccllng ph~
losophera TO tho fertile tieldb po1nted cut BY
item eyary student of philosophy kno"s.
Now. cy Hotne curious :urn in tAs wheel Of
fortune. it has faen to tue lot Of Dacon to re-
ee,sc grettnr crtait tasu he deseEya*, Aud to
Voltairo to receive less than he deserves, for
their salvices III the Same defd Of thought. In
our day, 1t least, Tho claim rn, fo1i., u favor Of
the EnEliBh hi!oAhpher shat he IL tie father 0!
the inaneilve Phlo>orhy, is not recognized. II
Ia universally conceded that either Of tho splen.
did Italian pamea OF Leonerdo d. yiaci, or ot
Hallteo, haa better iltls to It. psobably tht
tcasops whs tue French philosopher has
NOT MET WITH u1s JtBT bEsEnTs
arc twofvil. He relgns over too many provinces
In tho sea'm Of thought to have equal Allegiance
pajt to him in all and besIGHe that. tho eause.
css clslnor rAiscti aQainbt him recount of hiz
religious vieWB has diyorted attention from many
Of tho hoblest ackseTenea.a Of bis Sen!us ind
| lutolloct.
It Is not alone in tho f4to which attended thel1
lsbors taa. difference is sesn botTaen there
,wo iuntrious men, but they wrre also tliGcronl
IL the receptive qussltias OF their minis. Bacon
looked with tiHsfust upon luuovAtlons in ac.ence,
though the syAtem be taught would natutail'
ltat to thesn Tins, he woAl1 not AdIn't To The
end Of hts days. tho truth Ut the Co. eruican syB
tom; and te doubted TUG utility Of The telescope
and other Instruments in Bc!entic tnrestiga !,
tions, "lich IL worry muct Ike doubling tao or
rerincntaf philosophy itself. Voltaire. on the
contrary, hailed With detfhk every new di4coy.
= tuno which cannot bo explored without Ito use
OF inBtru1ncus which woro unknown 10 tho an.
cients. They accordingly remained GU tho hr,uk
OF the aoyes, and Ieasoped upon it without
knowing what it ooutslned." ~.
It would 10 easy to run this parallel into ths
life aud career OF tho Two men, aud bhuW hnH tbt
plant and t1nie-sorvlnY Euellshnan trlnmod h.a
| sAits TO catch the popular br. szs, and i!ossad
uoI4 Frenchman bid defiance to this popular var.
diet, apJ, facilg every danger, Ilsked fortune
friends. country, aud even llfc, IN tho causs ol
! tratl, and humanity.
UlfAt 20 SILL sHftQeT. anu compare tIlell
moral qualtles. Dat totp+x:. and nuvld im!
tase. Oh this polut, tue detlcato rsseTvu u VII
talre himself, when speaking OF tho character oi
uacou. whoae genlua and wElilnHi 10 90 muct
adntred. 0a beiuE asked "hetller ho believed
Bacon K,itv Of tho crime OF taking htbea, t,e
said: III prefer to answer this question III tIit
language oi Lord Dol"gbroke, % certain oc
cas!oo, When nouo onu spoAe III Ills presence ot
tho syassee of tho luke Of Marlborough, and
ap :esiot TO him for it, truth. 1t WAS g0ol OPP
pu1tuntY for Bollnghrots to mention the ha.
1nhhtiss nf c'tebsatol dvsl Ike Marlborough
But he simply replied THO puho Of bIarl'
borough "eA - great = ruan, have forgotten
that hs had any vices"
But come back to the philosophy Of Vol
ia!se. Az Wa ls4vs already soou, taa 10Y to .te
whole OF it u fouud Ia
! MANS MArERIAL IMPROVEMENT.
10 uac ha own words; "thynlcal experiments
sby conducted, arts snd hatdius att. those ars
the I1io philosophy. As sage is the conductor
OF my "sndn!t. who dextsEoas!y cAtgl,sa til.
sfud, no az to grind 1nY oora equally for thl
maintenance of tnvse1f and my t.inllY. Nv ssst
IL he who. with h'a ahulltc. covers ny walls viii
pictures Of luen or Of silk, brilliant With the fin
ess uos1rx; Or ha who pusa lu.o my pocket ,
oftr n hc{d tG1Ju r..