, 1879-06-15

.-oo r,,d, 10, ~ fro altar 4hc,,rl II 1yaa
eraiIu considered that M orher man could la re
wing the s11m from the reluctant hands Of
that economical Legislature:
Agassiz Ras the recognized head. the Chair
man, Of -........ ....
PECULIAR BOSTON CLUB,
admission to which depended rather on antipa.
thy than sympathy as regards the character and
s,nnosed that nersons who looked On all cues
tons OF scdence. theology. and literature from
different noints Of view would be the yery per.
eons who Wonld most enjoy each other,e com
pany once 4 month at dinner table. Intel
iectna] anarchy was nroclainned Al he funda.
mental nrincinje of THU new organization. OF
-ather INSTRUMENTATION. m man conld he vnted
in VIM had not shown bv his works tis d;sapree-
,nant u;th +hose ,yhn ws,a to ha ss.nr;sta ad v;f
him; and the result was, OF course, the most
cieties hased m mut,ai n edmiration hsd heen
t.;an ,,,d ~. ~ "a qa;1ad hana ~ eoc,etv =
hase3 m n,t;,a1 rannlston and II was a snccess
trs'-, +ha etort 1Y,a TO- n1tra,.e w.ra uaxsiz
the na,nraiixt and Emerson The transcenaeutal-
:e .d anu 70 AZ - t4'f hora.o int;mate
-. at'a w: .h 49, a.,ia aaoa1 -" 49, adm,rot;on
- ntoae. rUsa1tS ~ sou , :s.ai,antrn' and ner-
e1..a1 ~ a1,arata. ~ nth.r ,n.mhers ,rrrcd to
t9e.rraa a1tar q e,-,;,ar charming fashion. und
The eontac1 and coI,ision Of SO many discor1ant
u,e Son1aes auu t ~ ,,ooaesion ~ electric
n11as nauus ~ hotn uuue ne ,ha,1mht and srit
~ -, ~ dnna tn Arassz which does
No JusLce ean pe oone W @7sas'N "AAeA
no1 teeoE nl1e u1
DEEP RIGHTEOUSNESS OF his HAto"A'
In his youth and early manhood be was q pro-
uounced materiaftst. 1t is said ot the ORDINARY
New England divinity student uat AZ
certain date he "e1pef1ences 1e11slon.
AZ cotlespou.us 1,ar ha e.fn RI havn
scienunc career AsahsA ma3 49, W ,e..' s saar ~
.t.,re !sh h;ch ,,ade lin resolute Scientist
".J i'm .t least m fhe negative side, reso-
i,+e .,ha;et And he Has perfectly honest in
HE dishciief. It is difficult to liz the date when
+a;n. 1hsr he nasscd into all the mental alld
snn-.1 ro.r moods xhjch lead many modern scient-
;sts ~ ipnore or dcnf the existence OF God, and
- rest Satisfied in The general conception of
.sIe~ J, vjfhout seeinp or feeling any need of a
1awrirer. j have said that be passed into these
nnods. Thoroughly t.expcrienced" them, and
fnit az well N understood ali the logic and all
the facts an which said *positiyism ii is found
ad R,,t ha gradually nassed ont of this state as
be came nearer and nearer, as an investigator,
~ the inmost meaning OF nature He ended
muct to ne contemnt and disgust of many OF
nis 1nost distinpmshed scientific contemporaries,
n a nejief in God more intense than that pro-
fessed hv the majority OF theologiaus. His
experience Of religion was even more marked
than fis nrevious eYner,enca of frrelieiou. and
- carried with it all the forcc
~ bic nature Having pone throngh nil rhn
drearv ond dogmatjc skenticism in which most
mon of SCIENCE we're contentcd to remain he
amazed his own class OF scientists in his s'Essay
~ Classiffcatiop. ), by urging them to abandon
shair nentral or hostile attitnde toward natural
thsn,a~r md n lnolx m rhe yarinns diyisions
and c7asses -of nature as the embodiment OF
thonghta
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The scoTn with which this essay vas received IN
some quarters was uuspeakoole' LIS author