New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-23


need not have sent it. l had no claim on 1t or on
them: but they sent it, aud I did aud do thank
them for that. By and by they repubiished my
French Revolution. DO you know. had not
had a penny for that book from the English public
till good while after American friends RENTED
TO me pretty sum for it'll Twice over, twice. my
first money came to me from your country. And do
they think forget 1t, and am not grateful for 1t,
and don't love the country which showed its love
Tor met" Then, breaking off suddenly with one OF
his explosions CT wild laughter half pathetic. half
sneering he exclaimed: Yes. angcred you all
With my llias in nuce, but who shall say was not
right or right henf But you were the stronger at
last you conquered, and you know people VIII
have it have said might is right. Suppose
did say itH l knew what meant by it-not what
you think meant,-there is a real tue meaning
under t--a man is an atheist who believes that IN
the long run what God allows to triumph il not the
right" And again turning the talk not less
suddenly with quite inde5crlbable lnilec-
ton of voice, which masked an odd mixture OF
good humor and contempt, which the phrase also
masked, he asked: g You went up and down tue
country did you not with your lighting parties !
He haa clearly imbbe1 from some OF his German
friends none too high idea OF the military quality
of our armies and commanders. There was no ne
tail of life strange to him which had not some IN
terest for him. He put all sorts of questions as ne
sat behind his teapot and took huge sips from MS
cup, and munched his bread and butter ana plum
cake. He asked about the law in the United
States tho schools of law, and the practice OF H.
and whether it much differed from English law
aud how and had cot here soon enough TO visit
the English courts and compare them with the
Amer1can courts and in which did think man
had the better chance of getting justice done hl'
-" surprising it VAS justice he wanted u; at when
the loud bitter laugh broke out again.
PERSONAL OUTLINES.
Making what answer l could to this volley of
questions sat watching the old man. and trying
TO make the Carlyle of my guesses ana fancy matcn
the Carlyle in the Gesh on whom looked 1or INC
first time There is little need to describe face so
well known as his; known by countless photo
,ronbs and MANY prints Of every degree of merit.
'Ths is so marked face that never saw likeness
ot him which had not some unmistakablc look OF the
man himself No sign OF decay was there about hhl'
The eve was full the glance swift, sure, penetfat-
nv The hollOwness OF the socket, the deep shadow
beneath the eys, the traces not OF Illness eN-
cent such as was chronic, but of lifelong vigil anu
study. Writer of books as he described himself
in his famous petition, was stamped on every lea
ture sad, stern face / called it just now, ana
know not whether it more sad or stern, nor
whether the sadness of it was not deepest when he
the ruddy hne stood out strongly against the iron
gray HAIR which fell IN shaggy clumps about his
forehead while the eyes naturally deepset 81 sned
lost beneath the thicket of eyebrow which over
sbadowed Them The mustache and beard he wore
full: wIinkled and gnarled rather than curled.
When he laughed the grim squarenesS OF the Jaw
showed itself. 1t was portentOus laugh: open
mouthed, and deep-lunged, and prolonged; ending
mostly in q shout of triumph, and seldom quite glad
or kindly. The bOny hands clutched the table
meanwhile with a muscular grip, and the laugh
WAS likely to he followed by torrent of speech
that bore down everything before it, Woe tn the
man who venturcd to gansay him when in that
humor; as more than once saw proof Oh alter
ward.
Tea and questions over. the strung ibres relaxed
q little He sat himself down by the freside, on
the loor his back against the jamb OF the chimney
niece took comb out of his pocket and conbed
down his tangled bushy hair till 1t hid his forehead
altogether; and yOu conld no longer see whoro the
hair ended and the eyebrows began. This done 10
filed and lighted his pipe; long clay pipe, quite
new, known, ] think. as church-w warden y; quite
two feet from bowl to mouthpccc As the p'rinmco OF
The tobacco filled the room, and the clouds 81 smoke
rolled about him. no began 10 talk again. IL was
no longer talk III the comm on sense oil lhs WoI"'
there were 10 more questions, no pausrs. III was
mouoloQue. and small part OF IL SOuuufh
strangely familiar, as If | had sat IN that Nitlc
brfore and heard the same voice pouring out
the same words and ideas. He had in fact, 10y toat
time fallen into the habit OF repeating orally what
in DAYS long gone lie had wTlttcn,-nOt consciously
or plirpOscV bat as II the same trains OF Thought
came hack to bin; aud be was content 10 hav"
listener while he thought over the old problems that
had veXed him, and once more oncted ms SoiuliOh
of them. Page alter page OF Sarior" did he re
peat not verbatim, but IN substance abd 81 Ihdt
deep study called Characteristics dvcfgmg
then into Past and Present." and again into one oT
another of the Latter Day Pamphlets was
fresh from reading most OF these all OF them were
! at that time pretty we'll known to me; and never
had a stranger sensation than ia thus hearing RON
the mouth OF the philosopher the oral repetition 0i
| bis written and printed wisdom. With intervals
of silence or conversation of more familiar knd,
| he went on thus for quite two honrs. when IL
to have come to an end, rose to take leave
| and upon my telling him was going to Berlin. nc
| asked ne 70 come again on my return and DIlnB
! him all the news OF tine PrussIan capital.
KEEN INTEREST IN BISMARCK.
Before ] next saw him did 90 10 Berlin, and had
seen among other notable persons Count Bismarck,
and Won Moltke, and the King. and the whole gar
rison of Berlin and Potsdam 10000 strong re-
| turning from the seven weeks campaign which
| had made Prussia head of Germany and revealed
| Bismarck to the world its greatest statesman.
| of these astonishing results most of which had
been achieved when first saw Carlyle, he had said
something during that first evening; rejoicing
| with great Joy over the victory of his Prussian
| heroes. On my return ne showed himself keen
| ABOUT every detail; about Count Bismarck most Of
all. whose greatness he had recognized long before
| most people AZ he had that Of the Prussans gen
orally. 81 had long thought they had line silent
| talent in them; and 1T was sure some day at the
| right moment to be seen of all men," Count Bis
| whom God had appointed to be his vcegerent on
| earth and who knew that he had been so appointed
| and who went about to do the work given him to
| do" lie had never seen, oddly enough aportrait
| of Bismarck. and asked sharply If l lFld brought
one. Pulling half dozen out OF my pocket TO-
| Rether / handed him first a photograph Of Won
| Moltke-a singnarly hAe face-At which CARLYLE
looked with manifest disappointment; then sud