New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-02-12

seebleness of his companions. A man freer
from pettiness Of all sorts, freer from the sensitive
ness of self-reference, have never known" In
the family of Mr.. Norton" says the odifcr, " he
found culture, repose and degree of sympathy
and of Just and catholic appreciation which
entirely won him." Toward the end OF his
life hardly day passed without his being at theu
house. He cherished for them all an affection whieh
warmed his nature into beautiful expression, while
it did not disturb his characteristic intenec'uai re-
nose A classmate in describing the foot journeys
which were often undertaken by Chauncey IN his
college vacations, remarks The companionship
ON these excursions were the main things he cared
for and his will offered little resistance in deter
mining days plan of recreation. His sweetness OF
temper the wide range of his sympathies and
knowledge, and the incessant activity OF
mind shown in his conversation maze
him charming comrade." Though most
at homo in the higher regions of thought, he
could incline to mirth and qayety, and joined IN
quiet sports with genuine relish. The heartness
of his laugh wascontagious, and when he was happy
in social intercourse his face beamed with geniai
pleasure He retained these traits with freshness
but slightly impaired to the close OF his life. MI
| Henry James, at whose house in Cambridge he
| passed an evening about week before his death,
| speaks of him as having never been more delight
| full, talking in his best vein, not about things
| and ideas but about people, giving astonishingly
minute characterzations of them" and, as ever, IN
| nocent mild, kindly, sympathetic, pure-minded."
| The impression productivity the perusal of theco
letters is in perfect harmony with the spirit of adj
mration on the part of the friends of the writer.
| Mr. Wright was a free-bom citizen Of the PHILOSOPHY
ical realm He did not "lsp in numbers, for the num-
bers came" but his natural vocation to philosophy
was by no less assured title than that of the in
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| try The most intricate questions of metaphysics
were as cognate his mind, the vital air to
his physical frame The ideas which they presented
were no less essential to his mental being than was
the breath of life TO his bodily existence. His gift
| of exposition was something wonderful. The clear
ness of his intellect was reflected in the ucidity
! of his reasonngs There no crcumlo-
cuton, no dallying with tempting episodes, no stray
excursions among the fields Of learning III his treat
ment of metaphy sical themes but he went straight
| to the centre of the mark with the rapidity and
the certainty of a cannon shot, This due to the
| fact that he always drew from his own mind, re-
producing the grounds of his convictions, and re-
peating his own intellectual experiences instead of
| ploughing over the gebe which had been trodden
under foot by many cattle. In this respect he pre-
sened a strong contrast to the habit of one of the
most eminent American writers metaphysics, the
\
startng-point from some favorite authority;
although incomparably afiluent and ingenious
| in the illustration of ideas, he followed in
| the train of some great master whether Cousin or
| GiOberti. Wright depended on the sources Of
| introspecton within in his mind, and whether
| his thinking harmOnized with that of Hamilton,
| or MILL or Darwin. they were always his fellow
| laborers never his masters. BrOwnsOn was un-
rivaled in acuteness of analysis and strngency of
logic; but there was little progress in his movement
he usually travelled in circular path and returned
| to the same point. Wright remarkable for his
breadth of scope ard clearness of elucidaton; he
was too intent accuracy of thought to seek for
elOquence of expression but no student OF phlloso-
ply could be cOnversant with his writings and not
| gain in extent Of vision and frmness of foot.
Wright gave you himself and not his authors !;
| Brownson gave you himself but often lost his
identity in foreign inspiration. With Brownson
books were the occasion of thought; with
Wright thought was the occasion of books !;
and he read nothing to which he did not bring
the fruits of his mental labor in the same
direction. The reader of BrownsOn does not be-
come conscious of rich acquisitions the student of
Wright enlarges his mental treasures by new con-
| ceptions of the methods of philosophy and finer
| insight into his results. Still Wright would have
been the last to claim the possession Of infal
| bity TO assert prominence as an oracle. His
highest aim was not to enforce the acceptance of
his convictions, but to inspire the mind with the
love Of truth and set forth the legitimate mode of
lis investigation. The thoughtful student of his
writings will accordingly find in them not so much
the clements of intellectual belief as the example
of exact and faithful research and powerful in
centve to its pursuit
CEREBRAL. HYPEREMIA. BY NiNu!X r. TAifMoSD
NJ. ID. l2mo. PIP. l05. q. p PutpAm's Sons.
Under the disguise of these hard words, IT,
Hammond presents q variety of admirable cOuDsels
With regard TO excess Of blood in the head pointing
out its causes its symptoms. the mode OF its medical
treatment and the of its prevention The disease
which prevails, TO a greater or less extent, in al
most every class of society considered by author
as outgrowth of civilization and of the restless
spirit of the American people In the struggle for wealth
and the competitions Of business. 1t is caused
much by mental labor by emotional excite
ment, although the brain, Of course like every other
organ, is easily oyeraxed by excessive work. In
mon with all physical substances. it is partially decom
posed in the process exercise. II the waste is
extensive than the repairs 1t becomes the subject OF
serious disease. But it is mistake to suppose that the
brain is injured by regular mental labor of mod
crate kind 1t constructed precisely for work OF
that character which less beneficial 10 the organ
than is physical exercise to the muscles. Eight ten
hours day according to DR.. Hammond, is not too much
on the average to devote to mental labor. There
EXCEPTIONS Of this rule Some persons coud
no more work the brain for such length OF time than
they could run a mile quick of BODners fast
troters The walls of blood vessels in their head
are weak and when dstended, do not easily
turn to their natural szc and disease the consequence
The same effect is produced by inordnatc mental exer-