Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-06

Cf0rk Eyfh1uIc. v'Cs"' - - s,.;.aSa
are with myself that went 70 ny .sv" s,s
and put away. withoi, e"n "
sharcs as an accused thing.
..When railway work siacksnsd ; ~.
cented. In 1871, q post as niaster ~ tic,s,"s
xaoa College. Hampshire est1osp
,r,.nt which il stili cooducted Win sn,csss
no \ worthy principal. There J hah 'I'c
,,ioasurc Of meeting Or. F'rankland, VINO
nod charge 81 the chemical laboratory. J
ala not nut my money In napain' "n
cherished the design OF Spending u u.
s,ndy M a German university. J nau
heard OF German science. while Cir'ym
references 10 German philosophy anu
literature caused me 10 regard them AZ
Kind Of revolution from the gods, hccor',
,nylv. in the autumn OF 1913. FranHiano
and I started for The land OF uul'
yersi,ies as Germany Is often called. oh
Mace OF study was the town OF maronFg'
In Ucssr.tassel, ana n very picturesque
town Marburg Is. IL clamners pleisah.y
nm the blllsides, and f.!ls as pleasantly 10
ward the Lain. On a hay-dty, wben tDe
orchards are IN blossom, and the cbesin'hs
clothed with their heavy foliage, marphrs
Is truly lovely. Ny study was warmer py
a LARGE stove. Al first mi'scd the E'eIm
and sparkle from fame and ember. Dut l
coon became accustomed 70 the oDsehrf
heat. AtG in the morning sm1H inIicu'
brod and cup Of tea were iiheb
10 me. The Glnner-hour was i, aad ior tnc
first wear or so dined at . hotel. In those
DAYS living was cheap in MarbuF2. Dihhe,
consisted OF several courses, fOist anu
boiled, and finished up with sweets anu
dessert, The cost was CT month"; OF
about eightpence per dinner. usually
limited myself 10 one course. using even
that in moderation, being ALREADY con-
yipced that eating TOO much was qute az
sinful and almost as ruinOus ~ drinking
TOO much. BY attending 10 such things !
was able TO work without wcarincss Tor
sixteen hours day.
Nv going TO Germany had been opposed
by some OF my'friends as quix0tlc, ana my
life there might, perhaps, nc NOT unfurly
thus described. did not work Tor money;
| was not even spurred by 1.-The last IN
trinity OF noble minds" hah been read
ing Ficbte and Emerson and Carlyle and
had been injected by the spri. ~ these
great men. Let no one be persuaded thi
they were rot great men. The Alpha and
Omega Of their teaching was loyalty o.
duty. Higher knowledge and greater
strength were within reach OF the man who
unliinchmgly enacted his best insight. II
was a noble doctrine, though il might
sometimes have inspired cShausting
di>ciplinfS and unreasOnahls hopes.
At all events, il held me 10 my
work. and IN the long, cold mornings
Of the German Winter, defe nded ON =
schlafrock lined with catskin, usuallyfeH
4 freshness and strength-a JOY IN mere
living and working derived from perfect
health-which was 'omothing d'Icient
from the maady Of seli-rghteousness.
concentrated my chief attention upon
mathematics, physics. and chemistry. To
those Marburg days look back with warm
affection. both in regard 10 nature and 10
man. To Berlin went IN the beginning
OF 1851. Professor Nagnus had made his
name famous by physical researches OF the
highest importance. From him ana from
Clauslus, Wiedemann, and Poggcndorn.
received every mark Of kindness. ana
formed with some Of them enduring
friendships. Helmholtz was 40 thk
time in K0nigsherg. He had written
bi. renowned essay on the "COnser-
walton Of Energy" In his own house I
had the honor Of an interview with Hun
boldt. He rallied me on having contracted
the habit Of smoking in Germany. his
knowledge on this head being derived
from my little paper on a water Jet. vhcre
the noise produced by the rupture OF film
between the wet lips OF smoker - re-
ierred to. He gave ne various messages
to Faraday. declaring biz belief that be
(Faraday) had referred the annual and d.
urnal variation Of the magnetic needle TO
their true cause the variation OF the mag
netic condition OF the oxygen OF the almos-
phere, | was interested TO learn from
Humboldt himself that, though go large a
portion OF his lie had been spent IN
France. he never published French essay
without having il first revised by a French
man. In those days ] NOT unirequenty
found il necessary to subject myself 10 a
process which ] called depolarizati0n. My
brain, intent on its subjects, used 10 ac-
Quire a set resembling the rigid polarity OF
= steel magnet. Il, lost che plianey need.
ful for free conversation, and to recover
this used to walk occasionally 10 Guar
lOttonburg or elsewhere. From my cxpe-
rience at Uhat time ! derived the notion
that hard thinking and fleet talking do hot
run together.
II beg you To accept NV addres, as
fragment Of the life OF brother who had
felt the sears Of the battle in which many
u YOU are now engaged. Duty has been
mentioned ~ my motive force. IN Ger
many one heard this word much more
frequently than the word glory. The phi
losophCrs q Germany are Of the lOiticst
moral tone. I'm fact, they are preachers
Of religion as much rs cXpoundcrs 0i
philosophy. II would. TO a certain. eXtent,
be true To say that from them the land
takes its moral color: but ii should he add
ed that the German philosophers are them
selves products Of the German Roll, probably
deriving the basis Of their moral quail
tics from a period anterior to their philos-
ouhy. | asked two Pru~SiIn officers whom
met in the summer OF 1871. at PODtre-ina,
how the German troops behaved when
going into battle--did they cheer and en-
courage each other: The reply received
was Never in our experience has the cry,
Wiz mu-scn ,iegen'-Wc must con-
qucr--hcen heard from German soldiers;
but in hundred instances W. have heard
them rcsolutely eyclaim, Wiz mnssen
un,crc Phcht thun we must 10 our
duty. It was a sense OF duty rather than
love of glory that strengthened those men
aud filled them with an inyinciblc hcroi.m.
We in England have always liked the iron
ring % the word duty Il was Nelson's
talisman at Trafalgar. II VS. She guiding.
star Of Wellington