Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-25

IN the Museum Bulletl4." occurs tho FOL.
! loving passage
III this world Of ours is the work Of In
tolligence, and not merely tho product Of
force and matter. the human mind. as a
| part Of tho whole. should 80 chime with
I. thst from what Is known II may reach
1 the unknown. II this be 20 tho knowledge
| gathered should, within the limits OF error
| which rs lmporfection renders unavoidable.
enable Us to forctell what we are likely 70
md Ia the deepest abyrscs OF ths sea-"
Being greatly Interested In the work Of
Professor Agasslz at this time. and having
heard President Garfield. who was then q
Congressman from the Nineteenth Distrlct
" Ohio. speak Of his Intimate Acquaintance
with the great naturalist. ! wrote him ask
ing for Information on various points The
following letter Is tho reply received and IL
Is OF the utmost interest IN this connection.
u has never before been made public.
WASHINGTON, Jan. I. is7l
Ny Dear Mr.. Roberson--You write me for
vcfincation Of certain points that made
nearly two wars aEo IN regard 10 Professor
AFAsflk and biz wonderful work on Tho Hass-
Ter. ~ that limo the subject wAa ircsh IN
iay mind. and wa, fali o. T.. DO re-
member that ! stated at that time and on
many Others that tho vritinE Of that letter
by Agasaiz 10 Professor Perce. stating OK
aety what he expected q md IN glacial mark
dfsdginEs and Initiating upon having II
published. was tho bfnyest act ever
h'HN W hNlNNtuf man. ~ NtN NuAu-
luiely unnecessary. Everybody thought that
he vas running a great risk lie was even
urged not to DO II. Professor Pelrce himself
laid to him that n Il should happen that he
did not and things Ar he expected there would
be plenty 70 carp and seon. nut Agasslz was
determined TO have II published AZ soon as tho
vessel was well AZ sea, And 10 II was.
~ Il turned out ths letter wAu almost as
good a history " the trip an could have been
written aftefward. He did not nnd all tina,
he expected. because the dredging apparatus
was defective and DID not bring up everything
that ho Wished 10 see.
such an act could not have been done by
any man OF slpshod habit OF mind. lie know
what he profcssed to know His theories we're
founded upon tho bed rock OF fact and ea-
perienee. They could not fail 20 work out
lie felt that he waA taking no rihk
AEafsiz onco remarked to me that he had
inads Il hn rulo VI HE life 10 abandon any
INTELLECTUAL pursuit. the ronont Il became COM
Ito hnsW that 70 soon aa the truths OF sci.
eneo Wefo brought down TO tho levei OF com
inercial values thousands Of hands would
work them out ia all the details for what
there IA IN them 10 bread and butter point
q Wow. llo preferred 70 spend his time and
ehergies IN exploring tho hitherto inacc0s-
,ibie icy mountain iopa OF science where few
iealre 20 climb.
The result OF this rule Of ilfo" was ina,
learned moro at FIRST hand than Professor
Agassls. and none have ever submitted their
theories % aeyerer tests than he
one. OF tho strongest traits u his character
wna tho fact that. while he vas The prince III
lcholara and the recognized teacher VI man
Kind, yet 10 always preserved ihc childiike
spirit ana the simplicity of manner that made
him most ioyabe.
In this age. when the principal. and usually
me ifat. question that "a aaked IN r1gard 10
any discovery IN science DO. OWN Il pny7"
i n anomalous 10 behold q man who has
iwelt on tho upper honhiH above The plano N
values, The small company who
dwell thcfc have been, and always VAL be- tho
prophou and priests Of the race Yours
truly ). A, GARFIELD,
II Ia only whom one stops 10 think Of the
work o. most o. tho so-calloh leaders IN
science o. to-day that he roalzca how few
there are who are At present laborlne In
The realms "aboyc commercial vnlues" n I
mo effort 10 establish a school upon tho
plane that Agasgiz ia his work. aud ac-
'ordlng 70 the methods he pursued. can ho
mede successful Il ought 10 bring greater
good 10 tho world In the way Of real truth |