The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10

The orr gin of history is s-.n IN the chr nic.es
that Wcae Kept ~ tlic>- mOtassarfeS. The {
how Yer wsrv rlerr JUitiI.-s, and not in the
narrative fvTin .sai-iI IA Stoiy hs.ssincet Ken
Tue ilr>t sTvs.i Eng issl historian = as Bael D.
to whom wsowe al thai we know OF
ing the Introduction of Christianity v.
Although baeda was an EnsiI>insu, he
wrote All ms works in Latin, which ne hId
learned nom the Roman missionaries, and. IT
: n his ws'-ks MT we ctn So tar Influence
that lac Roman monAsexeItsd over the Eng
lSl writers.
I From the iIm- of Btedl. 49, 10 The rule OF
the AuSevIus, beginning liJ All the English
SrItlTs weTe. NIiu ts.o exec piinus. c. r.y or
4 IN ms, anu WAC also WrIte oaiy All Lam
Bus Alfred, that great warrior .aI poiitI-
CLAD, II really The father Of English i1eTatuF>
/ ri. was the nrst writer OF English prose /; he
/ Translated che works Of Baecs, and otn,rs;
anu also wrO'e several original works ne
op.neSi English literature, wlicu had nitiIeT-
10 been confined To the ciefsy- - thai his peo-
pie cou.d also I, ceIve the beuefiJ OF NJ.
From tlIe days OF A tTcd 10 th. reign OF Hen
ry 1. English literature male bat little adj
ncsmebt; under " iiliam the Cssuauaror
the Jews developed the sciences sotIIew nat
The Jews vino had come, SPAIN
brought with Them IA knowledge OF me,licIne
physics and astronomy, but Engiish learning
was not much affected 10y then, until "a ls,Ier
time.
Under Henry !. history took its rise from
such historians as William of MaInesburg.
and John Of Salisbury. whom the king Kept
at has court Under these men history devVi-
oped fapidly, ami changed rom the Old eccle-
si;t>iicti form 10 "A narrative which flows rap
lily and loosely a!oog. Romances were also
written in tire time OF Henry l, as Is seen I'm
the stories OF "Meriin, the Enchanter," and
the"Ircams of Arthur"
IL WAS at about this time that one ardent
desire for study sprang up in England; this
WAS mainly owing To the Crusades. When |
the Eugiislimrn took part in these and came |
in con act with the learned men OF the schools !
of CoIdov,,, Greece and Bagdad, they were |
more OBJECTED by 10, and probably some I
of them stopped al sncn places as these and \
after receiving the education Of the time \
returned To England, and establi he'd schools /
there. IL was such schools as there that /
thousands Of scholars hUcktd d, and received \
I he lectures that were given, with such favor
that they even reco.n z ii the one " no gave
them as their superior, were he OF the lowest
caste or even "a slave.
Ii was by suc.. men as these that the logic
of Arts otle, he scientific works OF Cicero, |
and Seneca, were introduced into England,
and also 10 whom Oxford owes her impor- |
lance as II seat Of learning.
II Is during the reign Of John and that of
his succs=s>or that tEe universities, which had
sprung into new life, rom the iMpulse that
lTcy received from the crusaders, br= an To ex-
erciSe "a delnlt. Influence over England Do
iitcaliy and socially"
RESOLUTION OF RESPECT.
The committee appointed AT "A former meet
ng 10 prepare + solutions on the dgath OF y. ,
scholars submitted the following report
MIR PRESIDENT. Your committee an point |
d at the Iir>t meeting after the summer va
s,tion, TO prepare reso. buttons on the Gearh of /!
y Sc1llars. ESD respectfully submit the ioI-
owing report:
WHEREAS, Since the adjournment Of tne
academy for its lat summer vacat ion, tins Z
ociety las lost an earnest and valued MEM
'er by the death of ~ Scholars, ESD, there
ore be IL
Res he'd. That in the death of A. Scholars,
he Leaveuw orth Academy OF Science has | .
D>t one of its most active members, one who | =
vas most earnestly devoted to the cause Of !
cience, and one who was indefatigsble in his {
forts to advance the cause.
RcsOired, That we mourn his loss, broth q
r and co-woriler in the search for TRUTH and
lat We tender To his friends our sincere con- c
oi"nc1 in their affi ctlOn.
ResO'red, That these resolutions be entered
iDOn the records of the society and that a 9
lpy of the same be delivered To the family
the deceased. w. s. BURKE, J
j. a. LANE,
II. j. BROWN,
Committee. |