Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-28
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PERSONAL CHARACTERS AND APPEARANCE AND
MENTAL fECUIIARITiEs OF THE MAN.


MENTAL FECUIIARrTiEs OF THE MAN.
Those who had the happiness TO know Lewes
Intimately could say much mole OF these per-
sonar characteristics OF delightful sincerity and
lFahkneSs of nature which endGared him 20 his
friends His acute powers of mind and his prn-
found knowledge Of all subjects he spoke Of
tNeied the attention and made his conversation
instructive and charming in its unaffected
truthtuineSS. in the desire of the speaker 10 b.
exact. and In his tolerant Indulgence OF the
OPINIONS OF others. lie was always brave: he
stood IRE Of any severity. calmly awaiting every
fresh onslaught. never losing his head. and gen
orally replying with some hOme-thrllSt that. il
IL did not settle the cont roVery. was pretty sure
10 convince you thai he saw further than YOU
uid ana from higher point OF view. Many pas
saGea OF arms OF this Kind did he have with his
gIeat friend and almost pupil. Herbert Spencer.
PERSONALITY, LeNeS was thought TO be pian. be-
cause he was deeply marked with smallpox
ana hls features were thin and OF late much
ho,oMed by the wear Of thought and the con-
Staht gnawfng Of the Kind OF atronhy which nj
ienStn broke the thread OF life. But his coun-
Iehahce was always radiant with Intelligence
ana MS beautiful large blue eyes was frank
anu peasant To look into as deep clear water
In no man that I ever saw was The eve more
truly 1.-THE window OF the soul" He had fine
teeth also. ana with his mobile features and his
always hearty laugh, he needed no Hyperian
curlS upon his brow to make MIN moro fsirinat
ing than most handsome men. He used TO tell
good story OF himself Shortly after he had
played '-Othell0' with a society OF amateurs
AT the Old opera house, in the Haymlrhet he
was at all evening party, when a lady in con
Versatfon remarked 10 him how she had seen
.'0thello' finely acted by an amateur to
which LeweS replied that he was the actor.
But the lady was incredulouS, and looking in
his face, exclaimed: Ion. but he was a very
handsome man. lie was not only inaSterly
aesthetic critic in art, whether OF the drama tnh
iyIic stage, music, or painting and sculpture A
many viii remember by those charming papers
IN the Lfd9ef signed ''NiVian. but he could sing
with all the ceTre he threw into his acting. and
though hot endowed with the voice OF a era
uahi, yet his perfect feeling for music, and his
dramatic power. made up for his modest vocal
gifts anu TO hear him join in the famous trio In
Nv imam Tell, Or sing one OF his faNOTite song
or Salvador b0sa. or BeethOVen's song OF The
Flea- was a thing never To he forgotten. He
was a devoted lover OF classical music. and Tor
years past. IN company with his dearest friend
and companion OF his life. he enjoyed the music
OF The greet masters at the st. James Hall
concerts, where TWO familiar figures I'm the
'front.' row Of the sofas viii now be missed for
ever. LeNGS always regarded Goethe as his ideal,
and perhaps II was his own wonderfully MANI
SIDED nature that led Linn 10 feel and write with
such earnest sympathy for his great model. II
WAS q Singular aud interesting coincidence that
Carlyle. TO whom lie dedicated his life Of Goethe.
should nave reached his eighty-third birthday
on the very day that the friend of his earlier
years WAS laid in the tomb. IL is known that
he sent "a most auectiOnate message, that 5ut
IOf Ills extreme Weakness he should have GER
fainIy Joined the mOUrnerS at the grave OF his
dear Old uiend. The story OF George I6lSeS
lie Is not Yet 10 be told: that viii be sad page
II ever i6 should be written. But this much
may be anticipated OF that which will he said
that beyond MS great Intellectual endOWrnentS.
ne WAS a Character OF noble, almost heroic. CEN
crosby. TOrgiving the baseSt treacheriS,S that
can oefail a man, and irving to forget The p0ig-
nant sorIoWS OF the heart in the pursuit OF lite
rasnre and the problem Of science and art