The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-02-22
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mated dtsc..zesion tel4k .rlsce keettTceH
|Stephenson and Df. BGekland On ts5jl'pf one 81
his favorite theories as ID tie formation
of conll.n But. the resnltiwas, ;thssad1r.
Rpckland, "a much. sgreaisr (laaater Of
tongqe;tence q 81 that StsphensqB ff8wPletsly
slienced him. Next morning before
Bfeakfast, while ne WIS walking Ia Tie
grounds deeply pondeEiag, ,oSiF' ;8epIslliani
sl5 ssgls np end .es1s asSksa am ! ,,' ghHt he
fss Sm 'shalshais shlshisse SSel Raa
| with hicElasfi ilass fieha; II NHSSi4 afJ
right and shas if, frlsad aIref cdnrma,tdruf
| words, he; has, I'd hays begtsn him. =,
''Let me me know all about it.D 7said, Sir
| William, "aud I Viii sge Whit cad do
lfonyou.W The two sat dowi imam aftor,
! whsp. tho. astute lawyer nllda himself
thoroughly acquainted with the points Of
the case; entering ,ffito It with all the
zeal oYihu advocate about to plead the
interes!a Off his client. After tei1iad
mastered the Gsbiect, 81 William ssSsse
up.- rubbing his hands with, ,gleeJ, and
s9id, "Now I am ready for him" Sir
Robert Peel was made acquhinted With
the plot, end adroitly introduced the SUBJ
ject ofthe contrngcray after. dinner. ~ The.
The result was that, in the argument
which followed the man Of science was
overcome by the man Of law, and Sir
William Foilet had ntlalf points tho tnaBA
terry over DR.. Bueklend. ess IN ,S.n "a
What do yop. say, MIR, Stephenson p,
asked Sir Robert, laughing.
why" said he, II only DAY this. that
of all the powers, sbove and under tile
earth, there seems IN me- TO be no power
so great as the gift Of gsE,na !, si,l: ~.
One day, at dinner, during the same.
visit, a scientific lady asked him the
question, ='Mr. Stephenson, what do you
consider the most powerful forceiin ma
ture?" ass, .,,,!,ae ,b.,.,,..,
"Ohp said he, in a gallant spirit, "r
viii soon answer that question; It is the
eye of q woman for the fnaY, Who loves
her; for If woman look with affection
on O young man, and he should 90 to the
utterlnost ends Of tho earth, the recollec-
ton of that look will bring him back
there 10 no other force In nature 'that
could do that" II: sr if5u
One Sunday, when the party had just
returned from church, they were standing
together on the terrace near the hall, and
observed in the distance a railway train
flashing alcng, thfowihg behind it a long
line of white steam. "Now, Buck!snd,6
said MFR. Stephenson, 81 have "a poser for
you. Can you tell me what is the power
that is driving that train ?"
"Well," said the other, ~ supposcit is
one Of your big engines" ,u
"But what drives the engipe?"
"Oh, very likely o Newcastle driver"
sun z" a u4a9 ll d
"How can that be~ asked the Doctor.
"It is nothing else" said the engineer;
"it is the light bottled up in the earth
for tens Of thousands of years--light, abb
sorbed by plants and vegetables, being
necessary for the condensation Of oaT b5;o,ST;
during the process OF their growth, if it
be not carbon in another form-and now
after being buried in the earth for long
ages in fields OF coal, that latent light Ia
again brought forth and liberated, made
/ to work, es in that locomotive for great
human purposes"
The idea was certainly most striking
and original one; like aash"of light, it
Illuminated in an instant an entire field
Of science.-Lite. Of George Stephenson. 4