, 1879-06-15

HI. dest a. ia -.ta II sivteen nr eighteen hours
a dav- faEinr ~ e1ercise: and when the de-
ercnrston among the Aims, which exacted as
much lahor from hia limbs as the months pre-
reoinp II had eYartrd fron1 his brain. In fact,
he seemed m IN the neriod of bis first attack OF
disease. utterly tnsensiblc to bodily as to mental
fatio7,e H. never hod an hour ID his life when
he wos not neasautly occupied, aud he inno-
centiv wondered when the people he met In So
cfetv sometimes comDlaiped of being bored
WITH life. Eyery coutrivance to kill time ap-
nenred to him the funniest Of all jokes
trouble fa That have not enough time for my
work. j. cannot understand why anybody
sbould he idle: much less can understand
why ANYBODY should be oppressed by having
time hang on his hands, There is never mo-
mani exrent when / am asleep, that / anu not
;arfni1y occnn;ed Please rive to me the hours
which you saw are bore to you. and I will re-
ceive them as the most precious OF presents.
Far INV mart. wish the 1aY would never come
to IN end" His recreations were only varia-
tions 10 bis occupations, he told no tnat q ne
had never known ouil nour IN nls n1e; ~ ~
career, but bis vexations were oniy new i1
stlmulanfs to MS treless act'sly. MS
experience OF lie vas SO intense ana Joyous
that ne haa hardly aom1tteo t1e lnousnt !na1
he was not to i've forever. Death, p4yslcal
DEATH meht ; after nis mode o. he1'ts r. h; aa a.
some time OF another, put ms lalth n the COL
tlnuousness OF DIS individual ile never
waVerco. 10 20 ten minutes IN nus coni-
pany was to OBTAIN the strongest argu-
ment 1or the immortality Oh me sou..
lie once tola me- IN illustration OIL tne 1heoly
thai the mind worked during even dreamiess
sleep, that on one occasion, sitter toiltng on
problem "hlcn ne lett sure lew noors mole u
consecutive thinking would so'Te' nc Tas coal- a-
PEELED bT physical fatigue to 90 to bed: he
E!rnf tor seven h0uTB. and when ne 8WQEe nc
1ound the answer to his last OBSTINATE oaestoh-
ing of nature clear ~ hls mlnd. II Wou1a seem
that tnae mlxnt oe !alnt type o. 1''e un"eatt
cont1nuousness OF thls thlnking 1acultY through
II is we'll known that be held to the doctrine
Of the
rsuoprA11ry nr THE sour.s or ANIMALS
90 ,ro11 -. ~ +ba 1n,mort,1;tv of
+ba eo,',s ~ -, tn a oonvareat;on had with
se sou's o. eu: u We ndd - VIZ
nm umner Of years ego qe 81 as'emp1eu m 70 *
at.oi;st 5 =, ~ a.t - e+ara ~ a.;stance
~ W. - .,t,,aaa - % .rs"1th of T,otarai ,1hc.,
~ u eo,,1 -, is =, nhsarr;nn 10 so"ia ~
s t s4Ii woniu ~ t
Lae op1ects =. nls pursuit. - 1ne p.opue't!ou ~"
lnat ap1na!s naa no sous ne, o. eoutse' t en-.
pnatlcahy 9.ssenteo "ueusser ~ WIS prouEnt 11!at
FORWARD: ~ ote ocGaslou, Wien ., sl'e suoIee'
was up 1or discussion, tolq 4lu1 tlac 10 r.
cent vlslt 70 tl1e country nao ] ootalnsu oa con-
nfuaIuon ol h's tueo.s! !ropa un one1pecteu quat-
a yol-a nj re1netn Mt oyen n rerfnrn n
imnossiblc task. exhaust ali the vocabulary of
blasphemy on the poor beasts, sinpling out not
the bodies, but their souls. as the things he spe-
cia11y desired to consiqn to eternal perdltion,
and that be was as particular in SELECTING the
inward. unseen. fmmnterial essence Of the toll
ing creatures fnr nrofane condemnation rs he
would have been in swearing at IN average Chris
tisn man aAh,n said Agassiz. with laugh.
sthatreminds me how stupid most Of the keepers
of animals are. and how Iittle the fellows know
NJ The minds and feelings OF the creatures they
oppress." He then went on to Indicate that
his theory as to animals having souls was de-
rived from his Interior knowledge Of their na-
tures. Apd, indeed. his srmpath thes included all
kinds of animals. as they included all Kiuds OF
men. mid he was repaid in kiud, There is not
j think. single instance Of bis having been in
inred hv any serDent or beast. however noison-
ms or ferocions. though much OF his life was
nassed in the company OF apimals, It is asserted
that they have no language. but he found no
ilifIic,1ltT In conyersing with them. and they
a.,.,,,,, ~ .-,,,,.r,s,, ~, nv, vr,v n,,,,
sGsNho - '->DA,71 49, LIN 'An1 VEIL,
adapted as ms mooes o. eonmunlcatlng Win
them we're 10 thelr olnerent natures. inere
probably never was naturalist VINO conolned
such knowledge OF their phfsical orean!zatlon
with such penetrating glance into what he
called their sous. ne was, IN the esthetlcs OF
zoology, the dramatl5t OF the animal klnsdou as
Shakespeare was the orafnatl5t OF the human
race. Nlethcr nc mao 10 90 Win 1el!Y-1su,