New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-05

with mayer very hos ,irabls to him. had become
indifferent. Tho audisnoe was miscellaneous ana
not very friendly, tho themes wsre no longer
novel the man become tride tresome,
and wss thausht to repeat himself overmuoh. tie
always spesdsd and proposed depend largely upon MS
auditors r steud thsse caanced net to be
and thors sences broken and
utterances But there subject on which
he could eIpatiate when ali others failed namely MS
peculiar doctrine Of and On this occasion no
introduced lack Of Other direction O. suggestion
on the part listeners he his usual ground
not very ausntly warmly. and ssau thorn vere ON
Ssrsssag p,uses which the whole shsr tho charso'
Of and coaii have weps bat Was more
likely 70 laugh In Of these p uses hius
man. with impatient manner aad high, thin voice
sloks out sad said,
"Mr Aco:t where did you pick up such ideasf"
Mr. Alco has< hts hsaA aud worked hs jaws In hs cus
tomarv manner and In minute Lifting his head suddenly
70 piisdi
my friend didn't: they picked me up"
This ophc Immediately discharged the All Of
previous apathy and Mr. Aicot for once inspired by
himself flowed on In delightful though inoonsequsnua'
di sosurse upon the eng gest cd topic Of Intuition.
sOME or HIS T,srEs AND TRAITS.
He valued porsons did boeks for suggestion HIS
strong social found 10 conversation the resaest
means Of delivering TO others his views on all
those subjects In which he was Interested. In
part native tendency IA him. In part was an at
empt TO repro OF tho Atenisn Acsdomy
social instinct his strongest and grs~ cut OF his
remarkable personality which ciousiy sought 10
that OF others To impart again. purfnsh may
but family stamped with an original impress IN
the process: those natural p,ra,tss which can only
thrive BY Xsccn and which take tha color of the Oh
jscs which onx no always nee ed another ro'
ence mind upon which TO project himself He was
easily msgsizel with thu profo Iconscieu
nsss perhaps battered
hun his circle OF friends br chance visitors
The OF his rela with Emerson lies In tho fact that
through svmpthy thru s his wonderful capacity OF aosor
aud collation. he ns any rr,re Tor Emerson his
thought full orb ant that
seeing bright and csr reflection. the crodi OF the
original image 20 the mirror.
Az ENORMOUS Df,WY-THE CONCORD sCHOOr-
Acott Isaves behind him in mann .cr
diaries OF roern mes II has been faithfully
kept for Tho p0riion OF his lilo and dis dfty-
~ largo bound volumes In Addition to
tesa there ale in manuscript SIX volumes OF aut"Co
graphical Collections and OF letters Teir value re-
but tev mnt have much oil usquo interest,"
10 comm ciion with the Concord world
The last years his lite 1882 rendered
very happy and brought him influx OF Intellectual
,ortuntv OF his career for Its
dsrIay Concord IN 1873 OF school OF
Phssrp This had heen tho Of his TO- AMI II was
possible hrou the Corporation Of circle of West
atonsts and Hegeiisus But MT. Aicott brought no
system pio.o,hy tho school He was enilv TO all
sys and called tmea by their different
names In asfar philosophy bakes breai" he was
OF its usious mnlars But AZ In s poetry
hs lacked the svnihetc faculty. Yet Tho
Name had singular charm for him and through s door he
believed might enter INTO earthly living and
eternal beinI
He WAS phesopher without philosophy. poet without
nur-sd both those nns children he was ono
call IN whom tho Divine Providence had biest any.
body tbeu He the patron of OF the best
talents for he could listen we'll Ss he c"ud
talk and he the friend and helper Of all got oau'os
Tho scientific tendencies Of recent years had left him ana
theories stranded In his own car 10 even
impatient OF his ideas and hs methods yet his ven
erabe figure his almost unnin shed facuisN the nom.
winch lie left the sole remaining repo' tory tho
unfatering eni-avor INT rth,y life toa Higher plane
gave him. period OF his career unique post
ton surrounded him with halo OF IMAGINATION that
will future ages oil tho central fig
ures OF his time
Mr. Alcou married 1880 to daughter Of Colonel
Josrph May 30 She died In 1877 COMFORT In the
Thoreau clio bv Hawthorno's "Waysde" She
n Of able snd sweetness AMI
with many that in hcr
day. like nieatasm suffrage and abolition,
wife and hou s,ncs her death
especially his paralysis Mr. Aioot hal
been tenderiy ,rsd for his only daughter Louisa NJ
Alcoti famous author OF Little Women" and other
Aicos published writings In addition to boots aluded
Tho sketch. bs Oun as follows The ID i. vol
m 8j35l vol II. p 400; vol. III. 77.i0j: vol. w.
1855 Journal OF sp culafiye Philosophy. vol I. p l65;
D 46 vol v. y. 373; vi. 64U; vol. X.
l0U 24j. 81 (Scs also reference TO Alcot and
his works In DIAL vol ILL., pJ. 80 227 ~. Az 6i5