San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-25

with which be grasped the analogy between
seeing and thinking, and lifted himself out of
the material into the metaphysical plane, as
tonished me beyond measure He possessed
on overriding sense Of logic, keen and pene-
tratng, yet so swift that it seemed trans
figured TO intuition. But the most wonder
full feature of his intellect was his memory.
Now that words were supplied him, as tools
with which to conduct his thinking, what
were before mere vague impressions became
definite ideas, fixed and everlasting. l soon
found that it was necessary to be absolutely
accurate in all that said to him, as he was
quick to detect any inconsistency, and his
memory covered the fall amount Of oil that
I had said since he had come to have com
mand Of tho language.
For some time we conversed together every
day, l talking or writing and he using the
blackboard. AS print was too slow for prac-
teal usa taught him to write shorthand.
One day he made some inquiry Of me con-
corning the novel l happened to have in
hand, aud read him several chapters Of 1t.
His delight at gaining so much knowledge tn
30 short a ume was unbounded discovered
that he regarded IL as authentic history, and
hnstec,ed 10 undecetve him He was greatly
sboaksd 10 nnd that snything could be said
or written which was nos true This led me
into s0ne<s,hag ef . dissertation upon the
forms Of kssssssss snd tho oanons Of tasse.
He lhaaDod with an ntrrtsd interest The
bsna Cf lss mind vas cvi6sscty nos practical.
brs Hessuy and aISastta
Clypser teuAnsss for BEARING me read gave
me an idea Is 10 a means Of freeing myself
from TIE opportunities for instruction and
G4ssusSua n whseh he was now treating me,
and whish voEs becoming dsddedly hhsOune.
sems AkSns, TIE nnahoat, to Madras with a
letter to u Vyvneh canlise. He bronght back
a large mo,esae wh-h had ordered made
fer tho use Of my puFdl There was a boe
In one Of D1ysseS sss, SsiHed there by Some
former, less efpGesiaatve owner, through
which passed hight silk cord, allowing tho
gloss 10 hsng conveniently pendant. had
a wooden psek esnstrpesed by a neiShboring
rsyaA. who did esspasster werk, which held
tho vasSEse open and sf the right altitude.
Ulyfsas was now ready 20 begin his literary
researches Independent Of my aid. Kneehng
bsfsse the raeh, N Watch he soon learned 10
fassa the book hirnsssf, be lifted the Dopoe2s
to his ore with Sbe fa@svs Of his trunk, and
eoGnsssnxsA ID rseh AT first be proceeded
slowly, and vas sfSan compelled to summon
mo 30 his asasstenee. AftG / explained 30
him the USE sf she GistSenSry and allowed
him 30 hssp one nesy ab hand, this sotTes of
annoyance ceased, and he worked away By
himseR VITA steadily increasing ease and
rapsdtty.
There was enc person who had observed
all these prscsedinss with establishment and
titsapprovnl Thb was Briggs, the Englsh
gardener who took care Of my place. /
think he bod an IDEA that was violating the
laws Of the chareh Of England in some way.
l scarcely know how. On one occasion
when I happansd 70 be in Madras, Ulysses
discovered, by appealing to him for tho
meaning of certain words and phrases, that
all nortak were not endowed with the same
fund of information that l happened to
possess No sooner did he find out that
Briggs knew less about such matters than he
did himself, than he began TO treat him with
open contempt slowly bringing up his eye
glass and inspecting him with cold hauteur
whenever be happened TO come in sight.
'That there Elephant" Briggs complained
to me, do treat ME most harrogant, sir.
didn't never expect to come to this ERE"
spoke to Ulysses about the matter, and
demonstrated with him.
II cannot understood H." he wrote in re-
ply: 81 asked the man about Schopenhauer s
Fourfold Root Of Sufficient Reason to which
l found a reference in a volume of essays by
Frederic Harrison. He said he never had
heard of any such root Can lie not read
and talk as you do ard as all mortals do2
How does it happen that he is ignorant Of
these thilGsf'
Iex;plained to him that only a small part
Of the human race cared to interest itself in
- jf~S Of fln Int hal ~
men we've s&l in the condition of unhappy
mental kindness from which he had SO re-
Gently emerged. lie vas asg nast at this state
meat, but it did not tel.d to re-establish
Briggs in his respect
It was VOW the season of the year when
was accustomed to make a tour among the
neighboC1ng coffee plantations, to estimate
lad bid oa the crops. | was not able to take
Ulysses with NE conveniently, so l left him
in the care Of briggs and Akbar To Briggs
gave the key to my library, with orders u
supply Ulysses with whatever he might de-
nand, and prepared for my pupils use q
catalogue Of al tho books in my collection.
Tho library was chiefly naade up of wor1:s of
history, philosophy, and criticism, admirably
suited TO tive special Tastes OF Ulysses.
Ny sbsense iasted during period of nearly
three month. and on my return l found
Ulysses alsness in Q condition Of must" or
AsssrEty. He had ssad all, or nearly all, the
ks~i1o sAat had placed upon tho list, and
s.& saisad sayooga shos extraordinary men,
oy Of bis On imnense mass OF fact and opin-
ion- He was now suffering from intellectual
dyspepsia. Oousulssd him about his troubles,
and got in reply an avalanche Of questions on
every varisty Of subject His confidence IN
my knowledge was, apparently, unlimited