New-York tribune., 1888-04-15
SOME TRAITS OF LAVATER.
From Tho National Review.

st. Augustine used to pray that he might not bo
whipped when he hod neglected his exercise @ but no
own account, he used TO pray under similar ccuIn :,
stances and escape whipping BY the aa 0i praSsF a
perpleIitles, from which no human power could have
delivered NE. Had / talked in church and been OBJ.
deserved chasscmont, pray ed and escaped punish
ment; was anything discovered that had concealed; % ed
parents. and inquiries were made on the sub
ject. Had / lost or msappled money-my mother
pended every shilling she knew hadI prayed, and
received, before the time when was 70 give my a.. aS
SSaesnsy SSae soS RIi'ssS' .p
to conceive the strength Of my faith once when
ae it was in tho hands of the master rccolleeted
that had written relata instead OF royelata Can can
tSsS Strength Of my childish faith than that prayed to
God that he would correct the word and write the We
snss hs doubt aaa nf
The written above, In another hand with black
R was sSassea anes did NOT
dd not analyze and decompose my food, fed on IT,
Iavater had one Of those horT experiences which
a sensitive and Imaginative spirit g liable; he gave
OF life ate suddenly into his soul he had that first
taste Of the waters Of bitterness thata young death In
members but this was not all. Entering the room
where the coffin laid he gliding before him an
tom from before which he fed in hysterical terror
INTO room where his family were assembled but IN
u
ceIvcd dreadful shock-he could not discover to
them the occurrence For years after his solitary
moments were emblttered by this He said that even
when he eighteen the most determined courage or
which he could form an dea was to remain alone In
room for quarter of an hour and to read OF learned
man that loved solitude, TO enhance his respect
and admiration for him TO an almost indcerminate
degree IL not TIL late in life that he Overcame this.
During a tour with BasedOw Lavater became ac-
quamted with Goethe. Tho three travelled together:
Lavater, being a gentleman and man OF the world,
conducted himself like an ordinary clever man: Base
dow engaged in defyDg public opinion with labor
iOus brutality; and the glorious youth" was In the
Goethe p ailng Of this aunt, seemed TO be ambitious
OF proving who could behave the most outrageously'
The trio were STAYING tn a home where ball was
and flirting atrOcIousy. BasedOw was labOring under
fit OF inspiration and was lying in his bedroom, fully
dressed, his bed smoking, with the windows tightly
tated every and then the pipe fell from his mouth
and he slept while the patient scribe waited til Base
dow woke with grunt, Where was !" and Instantly
continued Goethe, In full toilet, every now and
then dashed into the and began to discuss some
educational problem, the arguments for which had
occurred to him below and next moment would plunge
down TO the ball room again, while BasedoW lmper-
turbably began to dictate again All this time Lavater
conducting himself with proprety and surrounded
by circle Of admrns ladies' he wa was holding Ing forth
dining In an innparlor, Goethe laughngly says that
he safe between them, "PrOpheto rechts, Prophcte
links eating chicken while Lavater was explaining
posing the inutilty OF baptism 70 dancing master.
Gellert the German Cowper, languid and hypochon-
drlacal student, ne met at Lelp7lc, and was much
the author Of some fables which were very popular
In their day he is the man OF whom the following
delightful story Is recorded saxon farmer drove
inquired whether the author of tho fables lived there.
On being answered IN the affirmative, he unoaded his
he could give, for the who had given him SO
much pleasure