New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-15
SELECTIONS FROM THE MAIL.
PROFESSOR HERBERT FUTILE.

TO AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The funeral OF Herbert futile. the historian.
took place at Ithaca. June %. from Sage Chapel OF
Cornell University in which institution MI lutue
had been OF the leading professors for thirteen
years After year OF great suffering he passed
away on Commencement Day, not able, as hai
been his Intention thank the full Board OF Irus-
tees for their generous continuation OF his fu sal
ar. throughout his year of disability. II was
significant fact that he died this day. and that
his many and devoted friends. his colleagues ana
grateful students should still be present to attend
the burial service and carry his body on the fol-
lowing day to It's resting place. proper site io'
his grave Is 10 be chosen from amid the glorious
scenery of this time honored cemetery, where the
chime. OF Cornell University will still ring over MS
head: and the student body in passing Will re-
call the man OF brilliant attainment and solid
worth the scholar Of untlring industry. ana the
truthful able historian. and VIII more ana more
estimate the loss to American scholarship anu UNI
versity life.
one of his intimate friends William Gardner
Hale Of Chicago University came on 10 lift one OF
the handles Of that coffin. while Horace Scudder'
the Editor Of THE Atlantic Monthly, wrote; Ike
has been much in my mind OF late, and was even
considering a letter him to-day-a man OF intel
lectual force and large attainments There remain
respect and sympathy OF those who knew him ana
n deeper sense OF community OF affection ana sor-
row from his friends" In 1888 a writer IN Ihe
Christian Union" says: I'm comparison with MOI
levs work II Is the belief OF the writer or TINS
notice that Professor Tuttes IS superior as piece
OF historical scholarship"
Before the body was borne from the chapel to It's
resting place Professor Charles NJ. Tyler. yielding
10 the request made by her who was 50 soreiy De-
raavel said II venture to delay briefly the ser
vice 10 pay a tribute to the memory OF our de-
ceasel colleague. cannot hope 10 utter In so bret
a space Of time and without prior reflection all that
my heart prompts TO say; nor can do justice
20 his character and 70 pour tnougnts apoJ i ~,
scholar a scrupulous historian and what iustre
he had gained in The realm Of letters y41 an know
soul He was impatient OF exaggeration Of state.
either Jack Of conviction or weakness OF Juusine.'
HIS mind glanced with swift penetration over ma
power 70 divine he philosophy OF events Forest
tensions and hts afflicted cons2rt assures me mat
his love OF nature. Of the woods. the streams the
Il was through nature tina, hts spirit rose TO ex-
| altation Of belief He would say; me Almighty
shine to-iav' and would frequently repeat the
words Of Goethe: The shines after rs Old man
ner. and al Gol's works are as splendid as on the
"a Scw weeks before his Death p;acsn n; ; s9me
he had carefully fosterei them by gentle pressure
Of the soil about them and they mad grown 70 eN
| Inc Heavenly Father. must leave 10 others at
| some Gture time" remarked Or. Tyler, the du'y
|
While We are thinking OF the shortness OF this
bran, career and say 70 ourselves what sna 1o
/ consoed when reflect upon AL that ne achieved
In his short NE here The worth and influence o.
no 70 not measured by years but by accomplished
rosn.ts-i,s intellectual integrity ana mora! purity
WIN he 1adGua,S Oh ans neoH his Work.
and our rrea, loss. row take leave 81 him forever
Mr. Tnt,i, was born in Isr in Bennington. ".
historic and hallowed ground and II may De tnas
! his love for nature heightened by the peaks
| 10 village certainly
vas broadenei and intensified by the beautitli
rhr"ugh the anecdotes Of his CHILDHOOD and the
! history 81 his manhood. there were always a
genuine Gspoy g Of sober reserved strength
/ - mini The title Of his thesis in graduation was
Poeal Fa'f inns was wa one Of his chef inter
ests lie %rote much upon the subject and laoored
fmmeda,eiy after his graduation he became as as
Th the wo Sesrs waers he
e",n,n5 with some Of the best literary and artis-
c r rc Tbe Adver riser and The NewYork Tribune
While there. Mr. George smalIey L1nao n, ,bs
9gSgSy Of in rf Berlin 9 for him to
sp6ndent of The London Daily News" This posi-,
top whiGn ~4s to- make the scquan
ance ~ influential people Mr.. Tuttie held for eigh,
wears en nna rns by remark from Andrew p
Nj WSl,e then American Minister in Berlin that hat
w"rk IN interna tona law First. however. he ac-
copied an Invitation from his former presidaen,;;
Ia, dnring the absence Of Mr. Angel as Minister
70 h,na this ne considered one OF the best conpi-
! men,s OF hts NE ,.- ,r,,,,,a all
- -, letters are familiar-the History or irus,
e., n tho Accession OF Frederick the Great am.
- o.tfts,ory 81 Prussia under Frederick the Great
IT, yyorks are recognized everywhere as WORKS
| ~ commanding Interest, and 1t Is a SAD rae, .Ia.
nr,ccn chapters Of the fourth volume are az .,'a.
nin n,at 81 hIs arduous task. These ne handled
lew days before his death and told ms WIRE b ne
would now devote himself to their conpe,'n .he
the next morning he arose and exclaimed Inc
snd, the end, the end ,o.,D fran,
'"n, ~ his large foreign correspondence from
Reru Russia Turkey France ana OF ms , nI,nn
,s art,res Tor periodicals. as wei as MS Vo.uns,
...-,nan Political Leaders" the same recosn!oii
which his histories have received mas oeen ~
| VIZ, Is formal writings. But MS course VI
,,as an "'rhe Eighteenth Century, as wen az
Iii his lectures OF modern European history S'a'u
an M an many minds and hearts c,.r
engraVeh u" "'' 4 COLLEAGUE
,.A.o, y July :. 1891