The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-07
Among the few remark, Of impor..ne. mad,

Among the few remarks Of I'm portanes made
during the journey OF 1866 10 one recording
the impression produced by Spurgeon. He
is not" We arc told. graceful. nor thou htful
nor imaginative. and preached . great deal
too long. but he 10 earnest. simple. direct, and
held the hosts OF ain-looking people won der
fully. believe. with all his rud en ess and mar
rowness and lack OF higher powers. that he is
doing q good work here" Pleasing too. thong n
superficial enough. 10 his reference to the Uni
versity OF Cambridge. Writing to his brother.
he says: Il am In our Alma Matters Mater.
There is something charmingly homelike and
familiar In old Cambridge. Outwardly unat-
trsctiys by situation. but very lovely. with old
Gothic courts and building. and all the beauty
OF noble old trees. perfect lawns. and blossomy
hawthorne The pretty Cam. covered with col
lego boats the streets full OF college faces and
manners that might have been translated
from the dear old banks OF tho Charles. Tho
students seemed to me very like indeed to
Harvard boys-the same average OF age. the
Same general bearing. the same sort OF talk
II anything especially gives them an advan-
tage over US II seems TO be In the university
system. the grouping OF colleges so as to
create a friendly corporate as well as per-
sonal rivalry and the presence among them OF
older and mature scholars residing on fellow
OF the place higher than they could be set by
mere undergraduate attain ments. Both OF
those advantages. think. are capable OF
being engrafted on our system. and II they
ever are l sec no reason why. In time. our
greater freedom from old restrictions and re-
straints should not make our university .
better place than this"
Among the letters pertaining to this jour
ney. one about the Germans seems note
worthy. because It was penned about q year
before the war between Prussia and Austria.
which constituted tho FIRST effective step to-
ward German unity. Writing from Cassel the
author says: =" like the Germans immensely.
They are frank. kind. soeIable and hearty.
They give you an idea OF people with ever so
much yet to do in the world. capable OF much
fresh thought and action. Their language is
like thsm-noble. vigorous. and simple. They
think for themselves, and unselfishly. and they
believe In America. Their peasants are poor
but seem intelligent, and their better classes
have the most charming civilitY." Seventeen
years later the author was in Germany again.
and had become thoroughly awakened TO the
OF German habits OF study. In
a letter dated Oct. %. 1882. he says OF Leipsic:
- 1t Is rather u decreasing place. l think.
TO one who is conscious OF knowing
nothing In particular. and having only
= s'h0'e' seNoI'nE VI l0' VI NhinEs'
there is specialist. One man
Is giving himself up TO Arabic. another to
another to cuneiform inscriptions.
and another to a particular sort OF bug. 80
every man has some subject on which he talks
you out OF your depth in half minute. It
must be a delightful thing to think that you
know anything, however small through and
through. II were twenty-five years younger
and not minister Of Trinity Church. should
go TO Lepsic and stay there till / knew some
thing so that no scholar IN the world could
puzzle me. Then would come homo and co
into general life with that one little corner OF
always kept 10 fall back upon
when Was reminded In some one Of the ways
10 which / am constantly reminded Of what an
gnoramus l am. But IL is no use now.
must go on with my basket Of broken vIctuSls
10 the end"