The sun., 1891-06-21

PROF. KARL KN1Es.
his predecessor nt Heidelberg. Karl Heinrich
Rau. Germnny's Adam Smith. Still he woi ks
on with all the emo Ry OF hi. youth. Six
o'clock in tho morning finds him mt his study
desk At 3 and 4 o'clock In the afternoon hc Is
at his post In the lecture room. At s O'Clock
he may 10 seen trudcing up the steep noun
tain side 10 get new strength for his even az g
work. Students who clatter along the ma row
Pljck Sttnsse aiter midnight hush their voices
as they pass I'm ler the lighted window OF his
little second-slory fiat. for they know that tho
old man has not yet exhausted the row OF
small lamps whi, h are placed on his table
every night 10 illuminate his way through the
labyrinhs of his Investigations. He does ull
this because he is n German professor.
Karl Kni, 8 has travelled the rough up hill
road which all German professors travel. At
t. . university he studied political economy
and civil government. Upon graduation he
taught political economy as q prirat- decent,
then as an extraordinary professor. and finally
as Iully accredited professor Throughout
the starving years OF his early career no did
not, not once % dream q Of tnsng tyr ing , asi 10 befau.e the
a iurist because jena or Marbnrs 'HB.Hn or Berlin
was liable soon ohave a Lucrative post for
such stun. man who would sigh. his sre.
cialty iVr money coLaiie a,ions would be re-
he
in 1852. while toiine upward on salary OF
PoIi:ical ECONOMY from the Historical Point
Of view II wasn enoGh-'naklng work and
has since become the Bible Of tho great HIS
icai economy on the Continent and is laying
Of England and the lnlted slaies. The point
Of its 700 or $40 pages was that economists and
But the :"
their respective countries. NO one paid much
,ha this MGr 4 hs
with 1t Knies.s name.
st he tr.dssa o. proisssorshlG with
offered to him ou the condition that he would
cease advocatpc liberal IDEAS .IastfIl TO the
liz woe Would spaaR OF hs
5ss 5s hSa s %aa
ss SsssS s:S
ess in Tsh M.sa as hs ann s%0tS hs hs 5e1t
and the WhoIe literature Of poiiiesl economy
Fsjeclsd ,TSrk. Peii,issI Economy from @ Tie Tie
published. and Germany discovered that 1t had
been neglectinx one Of It's q eatest scholars.
for % prois ' ss Sas rsSeiped aa
annual snIary Of about $1,000. AMI from his
sodsn Mo IS each r .h5ss
Eartisalar; NE same sIyis Of wfi%kied boots,
to his knees. The ssamo familiar Prince Alnert
coat with ns shoulders iadeh and all a,wry and
marks now as they were twoscore years ago.
Ais bnshfuIess and modosty lave been
in a recent work certain theories OF English.
FRENCH. German, Swedish. Danish. italian.
readers f"r ignoring the Hungarian itersturs ire
"because he has unfortunately had no time to
mnser the language"
has hated but ono man. The enemy whom no |
hated was Bulm%erineu, % pro essor OF interna-
ton: f. WAS imnortsd irS@ KHssis. and had
Heidelberg He could 6rac. faster than % a dos W
ss F9t "nd It, f hayU mads
berg the centre OF my science. Knes did not
n' cia9 "s9F's,on this .ol5 the q great
pS5nS S Rpp
schl,. dsnarst%leent leI il, When BuImsrlnol came
M rncI red hard to O' sot 'I the lectures. but But
aud to the day Of his denth BMlmerinc1 re-
mained hellless In the matter. The sulerers
inations @ @ Every y randidsts for phiiosophi.ni ii
honors in Heidelberg must have three sub
lects for exnmlnation. and in the department.
'nsnrca' me This cnoice A WAS wA N1s ciIica al be-.
cause the man who chose BulnIerincq was
haras-ei In examination ~ Knie- and tho
man who ,h chose II, Knies was hara.sel " Bm
In political economy would pass two brilliant
eXam nnti"n Sith +, kn.s and would bei igno-
In tho subsequent consultation ~ to tho de-
gree Of the randiiale, kries would rise and
swear BY all holiness and iighieonsrasa that
woul resign. Eulmeri, ca would also swear
by nll holiness and righteousness that he
would 90 back to hnss!a II tho candidate was
,rimjpatuns would follw. knies always WIN,
xord In ioua @ lad q ss 50 %, ,i.
Students to leave his house When 'sigu hoy in.
ormed him that they had chosen to take their
ioubie examinations with knies Since Bull
p6srins9s ne death Knies has been at peace with
Kniss's delightfully."- kind, modest. loyel per-
,onality has drawn 70 him tho love OF all Hell
l:i1erg re- s!sdents seM Inc most eeigeren White
;sntle In his presence, and scribblss ignumsr-
.hle pages OF iegibe notes at his lecture.
Just % please tho old, man" No one. how
egs and rounding shoulders wander ti9 ,ip Tho Tho
lock strasse, without pitying the old mans"
onelinsss. He belongs to a bygons genera.
shoo h9ssh' his great rival In the
md Bluntschli has ceased TO sp ak from ihe
Heidelberg oathrde,. Bnn, en- has left i,is active
luties TO- younger hands. Scbmoller. Con-
saauss. They viii however never % bo X Known SU
Q posterty as hi. contem poraries, for the great
nen OF Germany,s golden age, who with him !
Sssf Or haRs Sss p.ass :ssS
q their toll to await death.