New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-23
i DIS7HGUIsHED MIN OF science

Prom re WbfetcH Fcric,r
4 clear bright face. keen thoughtful eve bear
ing both his years and his learning lightly rs a
flower sir John Lubbock IA .uIly strikes vCu as a
nan who As invaded nearly every province of
human know edge and swept tie = ientlhc world o.
IT, hOnOrs and decorations tie Is Of the great
o., of London bankers, bat he L. also much more.
tie olnbInr~ ~ &C. more extraordinary way than any
person living hat j. Scentr" AMI speculative with
what Is practical and political. Ia very different
di rrtious ne las ni4e lbs marx ana achieVcl soiid
Success The basis OF his character and work no
doubt lies m Us sciontlhc side. In the method,
ssgaCty and patience OF ms observations he evil
d-nces the true spirit OF tie Baconian induction.
he cannot a. Bacon did IN MS day, take all human
knowledge for ms province. bnt no man better un-
d.rstaDds the re IOnshlps between various depart
mruts OF know ledge or has made himself specialist
IN larger number Of them. On one side OF lis
character he j. country gentleman. patient
thinker. pioddng Investigation OF minute phe,
nOmena. Men of actIcn ana politics. who would
scorn to waJch ants ana wasps ana study hlnt IN
ttruments. have rarely achleNed suci hThliaht ana
remarkable success. He = one of the best known
members of Parliament, holding one of the most
honorable of seats Y the iirmes' OF tenuTrs. Few
men have such spOtles5. honorable AMI dIsin-
teresied character IN public ana priv'te Jis.
FIRST 81 all >r John IS a baokrr Is Was his father
before him. In several respects he illustrates the
doctrine of heredJ ~. srt forth by ms late friend
ana ncghhor, Dir. Darwin. SIr John W william Lub-
book was, IN his day, very remarkable asrrono-
mei. not 30 much. As his famous SON explained TO
me- on the popular md " observatory side a. on
the hgh mathematical side. lie had also 4 cele-
bIated relative Dr. lubbock OF Mort TX, who
ancestral fame TO sustain. both scientifically and
socia = ! need hardly say that he 4 thorough
man If business. Nowhere has sir JCbn made his
great powers more felt than ID the region OF bank
ING. They say every man Is debtor 20 his pro-
fcsson : and Sir John has acquitted this debt very
.uliv He has made two great landmarks in the
history of banking which viii always be- assOca tcd
with MS name. one OF these is the bank holiday ::
the other the Institution OF the clearinghouse OF
country banks by winch the brnehts long known
i'm the city of Lon IN were EXTENDED To all parts OF
the country. All the hOnors that the banking
-vo1d could confer upon HIM have been literally
bestowed lie * the president OF the institute Of
Banke~s with its two Thousand members and holds
the peculiar and remarkable position Of honorary
secretary OF the London Association OF Bankers.
lie j. thus the medium between the banks and the
Government and the chos u exponent o the views
OF btnkrrs in relation 70 GC rmcnt. Then. he has
instituted a system OF examination for banEtIs
clerks corresponding to the Civil Service eXauina
tons Sir 'Chn was 4 member OF the international
Coinage Commit 'ee appointed by Government. ana
he l. The author OF u great variety Of papers ii
financial Literature.