New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-02

.pu,,. 40 ,,r,esap- and mine "Frfseh MN Th'l
would never do 50 having imp'.tcd anu ~ soy 3
kIy friend and found that Carlyle vas uiutI,i " M
brandy and wafer Instead Of wine; and we lrnl W
t, ,"rsions in French brandy oil the pf3 quaiI'f'
which we carried over one evening Nh'h Iul"r ~ ~
E,"ii, ,mItsr,ucu. and d,ilr.d at fri, ANA ~ me
cv,tn ofier Whenever he turned Ei. eyes o"aIa ne
ougIlecked bottles, showed as tAat we ia MAJ [ =.
GOOD cnocc. He declared that he lad got reward l3r
fts inhora nj last and his witc asked IN, 20 dinner I'll
by uys H. 20 taste ne brandy t!tt So i9iht .'
Carlyle and discussed some II eIry matte ana spec,
u!atcd on fame AID The love oI H. I.en t"g!e .'t,'
out glass oi lis miXiuie TO ne Wiz heIc-Ae 'ii7'
II is worth al the fame IN England
Her opinion of the influence of Carlyle on the
character OF the age is ierse!y and happily eX-
pressed -
What Wordsworth did for poetry, IN bringing out Of
CONVENTION dca ana method 10 true ami simple one.
most curious opposition to hlm'c l,-he ma. he tue
greatest maHHcriSt of lis axe while dcE0unchS toh''l'
mountaineering greatest talker While eulu5ihi',t ni
the most woful COnplaneT while gi0flNng iprlth =,
orh serenity as the CREATES. good within tc reach OF
Man; bat he has ncyt rthccss Infused INTO ut hiHv o.
The EnCiisn rdtUu sincerity, tuneS'heHS' -
ness, aud courage when can ~ % Ia ,r
tuoSc old enough 10 tel ~hi WIS u,I I!"
The Chaplain Church Of our religion, ana Lie Iotlth-
borodgh ~ stcm ~ political mara ny II ,. wa.
ritcd III believing thar The -ucciy am hlldS iir"Ci
TO - Il vast Improvement upon tAai when va pyii
INTO am confident that the blessed ehiTe Is ~
bic To Carlyle than to any single influence ID sd =
The entire revolution III Miss MartineaH's religious
ideas which took place a few years after her return
from this country il lucdy described 10y herself, by
fine editor of the work, and in letters from other
hands Taking her stand mainly on the principles OF
the Positive Philosophy, she completely broke WIN
all theological systems, ~ founded on assumptions
beyond the limits Of human knowledge WIN a
firm conviction of the existence OF First Caise-a
belief growing out of the essential constitution Oh
the human mind-she dscaiuied all preteIse to the
comprehension of any divine attributes, or me uIIl-
mate destiny of man. Indeed she regards the eyl-
dence of future state of being as of little Vaiue
and CONCENTRATES the idea of final non-cXistchce
without misgving or disnay. With her, rs with
many noted philosophers who have come before the
public since the completion of her antobIog-
raply the sphere of the Infinite is the sphere ot the
Urknowable She never, however, completely frees
herself from the dogmatc habit of her early years.
she is A. posive in her denial most believers are
IN their faith. With little apparent conception OF
the ro.iosty of true science, she is strenuous III
ucgation indulgng III assertions on points when
She had already admitted were beyond the bound
aries of know ledge and on which enlightened
skcpticsm would pronounce Judgment with reserve
The work. accordingly will not be a iayofte with
the RELIGIOUS public Nor VIII ii be accepted as
contribution of any considerable account to spccl-
latiye philosophy The forte of the author was not
discussion not analysis, not argument but pro-
found ethical sense of the capacities the possibilities,
and the obligations Of human nature. Her standard
faith were few.