New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-19

| they were our colonies. than they nov, though
they had only three millions ms q people ne, Iees aaq
! wouldn't make one Franklin or even Washington"
| K "Shonld we ever have heard OF Washington
| had IL not been for the circumstances ~ when
| he was placedp
Miss Jewsbury came in at this moment, c. walked
home with me. lie spoke Of preaching aud preachers
went.
c. AT were a preacher would tell them ono
Sunday what TO do and then Wien MY ' hnSe "S o,,
| done that! How much haze you done OF ht
None Then go home and do IT. would remind
| them once more giving them little Al time OUT
not step faster than thought right. little az q
time. What conceivable use is there m gong over
long rigmarole of the same thing, Sunday after
| Sunday that they know well no one intends 70
| practise, they themselves, perhaps, least OF an.
| 1t is the silent, steady persevering work that has
been Of nse in all ages, not the windy rlamoioss
| | told him Of the Bishop of st. Asaph going into
ST. Marks School and asking one Of the boys
| there, " Who am n a bishop. my lord, said ono
youngster. They often see bishops there Nho
made me a hishOpr sked his lordship, solemnly
Lord John Russell, my lord. said the urchin. Tho
! bishop said no more 20 them that day $780,,
c. laughed heartily at the anecdote and LETT mo
laughing, We shook hands near my door
Thursday. 10Th March. Is57-Mrs X called on
! Mrs. G.. We found her invaded -fnrs and shawls
and couch arranged that the Invalid looked quito
cosey and comfortable Carlyle was ont. Talked of
her little dog Nero. lie is eXtTayagan y fond OF
me. but only very moderately OF Carlyle. IL am
| IN.
and is delighted II {. is away, then he Inst yeps
little when he returns, that's all Bnt be cannot
expect otherwise. {, delights IN tortnnng MN,
which he calls playing with him. 10 snaps the
tongs at him and Nero does not like that Tie once
even tied empty tin Ia hs tail, aud sent tie poor
dog scampering all over the house IN great terror.
IL was cruel of him to do tbat-absOlutely cruel
and told him 50. told hun it was an amusement
unit for a .phosopher-low degrading
And what then 2 | asked.
Oh he only laughed all the more AZ Nero and az
me- But he did not do it again. continued Mrs c.
II was this occasion she gave us some interest
ing details of her early life.
Nv father was very anxious for a boy. lie vas
disappointed that | was born a gliL How
ever he brought lie mp a. much possible As boy
| was taught as boy. When my mother remon-
strated be would say at eighteen / VIII mana her
over to YOU and you can teach her ali glrl Ought
10 know But Carlyle came aud II was forgotten.
| did not know how 20 tack on button when got
married, hut 1 could write Latin. Whom We g"t
| married he took me TO farm house idr from me
busy haunts of men. 4 strapping r'd armed
| wcnch waited on us. II il markot-lay today
said she to me one dav, bobbing in an ''nrogth
curtc,y. am going to ma Act; What meat shaI
getf | was reading NJ the time. on. anything
YOU like WAS my reply. No. ma am not 80 Ike,
rs you like Well We decided on something. Bnt
the cooking was eXecrablc. Day after DAY or anu
ner WIS UNBEATABLE. Ny dear. said tarly 'e gIavely
| 10 me at length. / am philosophcr, hmt must
have butchers meat properly cooked Tor hiHhfi
bad good cry after that. Then getting cookery
book shut myself up With my pots ana pans ana
soon mastered the details Of praetca; co"A'Fy. IN
the way with sowing. Carlyle was &"ay
! from home, and made him WaHieoai. lt hit~i
him perfectly. | was very proud OF Il. lou want
praise for it, said he, but tins IL only what every
| woman ought 10 be able TO do You DO not want
praise for doing your duty Bat dih' ihohyh.
Now, | am happy 10 say can bake bItaH' c""hA
dinner. or make n shirt With any one -
spent tuesday evening, the 10Th Of March 1917
with Carlyle at his house.
K is belirf-euch as belief was before geological
and Astronomical scoyories-posslblc noWadaysI'
{. only possible to those who are ignorant 10
such discoveries; but when existing 1t Is beauA-
| fu thing
X. And what is the position of the clergy in this
matterf' ,,.
and deep degradation. The spectacle 81 body 0f
| enlightened men socmnly, and IN TIE ia'' 9i 1o1
and man protesting their siradiaft iath anu e s,1
! In that which they know they DO not st'ahldstly
believe in is enough 10 make any thinking man sex
at heart. What enlightened man can conseien-
ti0usly in these days tie up his reason by lofmuias
and articles drawn mp centuries ago, and say he
| evei whilst the inner soul of him All TIE tine -
| excaiming do not belleYe-it II he
H. Some mon. like Dr Newman, for instance,
first persuade themselves that here Is an Iniallple
| church that cannot err. aud then taking refuge
therein. troubled no further about te Maiter-
accepting all It's dicta rs heaven-descend,h truths
Whatever their reason may whisper abont the
| G. " And what is that bnt moral emasoulation =
| onr of the most lanentabe religious phases OF our
times Even with respect Ia the clergy OF the English
| Church they doubtless have persuaded hense Ives
| in most instances that they aid believe before they
made their declaration Ia that effect fof the tiD'e
| being they do not heyeye, Out-oelieEe Una. tnsy
/
under such circumstances No, no; things cannot
| 90 on long in this way. Swift destruction ~ im-
! pending not on the church only-mother Of dead
! dogs
! X "The Buddhistic ioea Of the universe " that
il goes through certain cycles OF existence, each
cycle terminating ia destruction and reproduction
| again resulting from that destruction. nus RUE
seems hold tO n certain extent IN the moral world
| G.. Geology seems Ia favor this Buddhlstc ldea-
| there have undoubtedly been certain ages or
animal and vegetable life separated from caen otb'r
| by vast changes and world wide destruo ton
X. " Humboldt has given pleasant summary, sue
| cinct and agreeable, of these changes ia ms
! Cosmos"
but never could get further. What does lac see IN
| the universe Nothing but an old marine store
shop collection of things putrciying and rotllng,
| under certain forces and laws. A most melancholy
! picture OF things The spiritual world, and All
spiritual life. quite ignored. The higher ana nobier
| side of mans existence not even limited at-a Ia
| mcntable picture truly Long ago read ms ac-
count of his travels in South America, and The same
impressions struck ne hut he was regarded ny AN
men rs one of the greatest of modern philosophers,
and | did not then venture 10 say what rally
| thought | was a young man then. Even tins old
marine store shop Cosmos OF ms was 50 hlgbly
praised by those whose opinions revere thai !
thought IL my duty tO read II but eoud never Get
further than the end of the first lume. There ~
certainly something higher IN Nature than ROCKS
and laws something nOblcr than mountains, and
fossils. and forces, something more subhho imam
natural scenery. however grand.
In 1871 left Chelsea. and saw Carlyle again only
for a short time on my return from India IA Nt-. 10
wa, then broken down by sorrow a mere shallow Of
his former self His "reminiscences show how
uuerous and splenrtc lac had become Although
alwas censorous. there was method ln IN, tahu-
fnding before: hut when the world bad become
lark to him in consequence OF his wife death hls
faultiinding apparently knew no bounds