The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-30
THE SCOTCH PHILOSOPHER.
FISHING THOMiS C1RLrLE IN MS
STTDT.
sr,. venerable Thinker SuIl Full Of Vitaiitv
aud Piuck- Hut Too MANY Americans Try
60 zee Iiim-IIe Praises VICTOR HUGO aud
condemns Intverrnl suffrage rs Fraud.

aud pluck Hui Too MANY Americans Try
90 sec IIim-iIe Praises victor HuYo aud
Condemns Universal suffrage ~ Fraud
rnVnoN. April FL have had two inter-
,t,,,. dutipgthe mast week with Thomas G ryls
b,,,,.e 5Crn,t Cnc,nc row CnI.eA. From
,I....,,,, ,,o,ur1tlrttvers t.nu,er tlrpnsited
-. ~. ,,d ON ,,, .,u of the
Sge At CidOgan ller' anu on 'no sui u '"o
borough OF Chelsea, felt nuch "a Moses was
,n.ae =, feoi bcfnre the burning bush-tnat IL
en'"o w W. ~, 49,, all, .r,,.,, ~
was holy ground nut hau 'hc au''"''N 80
Che great legislator In tnat got the schsa ION
- - r.,,,,sn,a, ri,,ecra used 10 get their
"a the CMhorhan p""' . ,.'... 49,, a,.t
quetus. with NV bo".s on i'"'" ''e
w,v ,ybero once stood the Chelsea bun-housc'
the eye ran uionR u" ,'.. ~, t,,t,o,s hc.
The old red brick chuton ''"v' ,'','',,.
heVe' WIZ" ~, r,d,r,.cent Of hveone Clio.
spe''Hp''' p'''',, 49,, .fta -. ,,,.a, .,, IN.
rIe, Between o alt ana ,"s w,S monument
,,.t, ~, s,r,ethtn, eliminating a kind
-, ,,,,,,,,. .,,,i, n. occupied by tim
's. n'.iIs n,d tbcr charges. A few
hundred PAGES, and on' III rms up INTO tne H''e
street Inhabited by Clrlyle.
p,.si,, along. without co usciouslv noting
ia's'"- "'o"s' "'.''"' W g.,
ANYTHING. some certain t'ne7 NeI' n'Nei'"'''''
,,r,ven on my memory "a by sudden uucon-
-. ., ,,,o,ra,,hy mad coma TO see Thomas
tV'"s '"o'OA''p"' -, 49,. ~, ,,,,,,io
Carlyle, 90 mo, on the whple' the most h"t'"'c
,.eriua now speaking TIE T. glish tongue; and
-, t,,t.rs ~ his name seemed 70 dance in the
pattern Of the lagstoncs below, to surrltnt
nboye the figures on tue dial OF st. Lrke's, and
,1'.I 49,. ,ha'h.,, -, ,ho r,,,ai s.,ior
20 De emoo'scu WI '"e ""'N VI ''' ~" ''''Vi
who. very slightly clothed' was summing up
nom. mart Of the monument already mentioned
80, 49,. a.. ,,.,,t,,,, - q, a
germans win the pr"'se"oI'n' '"',".'oH VI "'.-
ing somebody's colprs u SOMEBODY'S mast In
this same chelsea lived turner AMI Holman
Hunt great painters, and Leigh Hunt the genial
writer. Here sOmeNhefe sin live, think, Mac
Ii,e the painter. the swcet.sinsing Roseitis,
and Mt Froude. the htstOran.the last not only a
neienbor II the great philosopher We ars about
to visit, but his literary executor also. Now
stand before the house that for more than forty
years has sheltered Thomas CARLYLE. Little to
Say about 1t, except that II Is the NTH from the
river II a neat. vi sin row OF three.story bflck
buildines-neater and peasanter than Its fell
lo,.s. and distinguished 10y httle balcony on
che first door. / pulled tue bell IN a kind ot
brown study. Now, to use the bell instead OF
the knocker Is equivilen In London to the
mark Of the beast, the msny.neaded neast, the
proletlrla' rue hccur~eu pei reSdileu nv l"
count" No account, Don't let him n"
nrrruNtSrn tn srr HIM
,. ,,, .,o..,, a., ,a,,~o, go.
a Servihs nail appeaIeG a1u ine me Ii , n,e
win ,her eyes, measured me pt Ine o'n VIE
anu iounu me wah'inH W N 1s " y u W.,
well anu could see no one. men " 9 81 W
came upon me ~, ,, i" Wy u'l W hai an
tered into my soul. WITH the assurance aud tne
Redan, or Of Grant DcrOrr Kchmon D. I asked to
see the niece and am anuensi- OF Mr. Carlyle /.
"a blush as the servant Disappeared with my
card ION this line II It taxes all summer; -
y J
The three thin.s, says Helps somewhere,
thai IN this world are best rewarded are, bold.
moments | was seated IN the study ~ MrCarlylc,
tne pie isln.es. Of rooms, Sitnits windows ouen,
above. IL was little more than nOOn.and Miss A
told ne that her uncle had not vet come up II IN
late with .chrOnic dystepsia that he might not
feel nmself on this occas lon able to come 10 at
hero worshippers could have regretted his tenn
pofary anssnce. No one. It seems, can be much
sonetAins Of his genius for cony rr,ation. ! be-
love shall not be accused of iakins unfair al
vAuttge Of the candot and h. sui ali OF my
hosie,, m saying that everything seen and heard
impress d me with the Acadian simplicity and
ic nc, AID peace Of the puIlosophers home.
me mellow faces 81 famous classics looked
gravrii 1t Us from the book-nelves. filing. with
ct he loom. The opposite 's SIDE was oceupisd
Wy ,hc sroir painting OF the young Frederick
and ais sister Niinciminn. maze fnniliir 10
Amor an readers d, an engraving N tue first
voluua 4 Frsdeuck the Cheat" From the
other walls shone many her lic form and face,
among winch We're Cromwell. again and again
re9eate1. various ihenI"lierns, and john
Knox tle "Spmcr,ine engrlv4us, made Ia
NOUS ~ the tgact bound w with Early
h.ug, Of NoIway.'J
uoANrs ANp FoRGrnGIs
MIR Corlvle * INCREASINGLY h,rus.ed of late
"l. N"'tS' &c - u"eeus'lHS H'IsSeN o' I'VE
yems o @iu , n na NJ }c
nost So4slIsrate. dpe name OF one wa men
tng ren,nfL. on The n.re"I, nnesra,ie Of an
Oil se~yi and 8, rit,'i.,1 a. i Tie 80, a.,
ran,,r - = Insrrs 80. mn s,ili,s, I,.s,.. w
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800, 80 ,,i, NJ ~ r...n,ta'S ,ri ..
,,,,, ,'1 hls ir,si,ds h, i,,,,,,
sne most o,i4rtnah, siaiennents H. Kin, '
- -, 80 ~ - , ~ ,'i - a.
Srnti,Hd - N,ss l., formal 40 a 49,
as us nr ,r ne iS.t t
sen h, fhe author ~ y" Sartrr H,sart,ts :, ma
sti,',,, l,', r., enii'u.t s,, isr',s ~ 30 '
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sir,.,,, t,Jg,,aga Inc o,rer - dcsrss f.", az
American university. AZ q matter Of course
roMe irrnl Is aW'ys iound 70 Toward Such
wings - hr. CarlSle ACCOMPANIED generally by
a. .i,u'shdht protest .shhs' t1e obhoAlous sehtl
mehls thejtin Contained lhere 10 a pleasure
trIr ~ oeluE mao NHlcn none nut maj men
Know. MI CARVE mas lndced declined, with
cue utmost courtesy, many degrees irpm many
uulsei'iies' lie refused ~ ms college days 10
SJh1he us attention 10 tht Usual hard-sheil cur
tlDuipli, snd, having Ielt MS university without
-r-ree, he Irop 'ses To lel his name 20 for
"hhi II - worm, without the assistance Of
e'adeinic uncials' lie has always held and still
mods tuat good library Is IN itseli the best
university eKtant.
nan ~ houf passed IN such conVersation as
Pm 7,'l NJ slih u me ghnei oci. Having the
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