New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16
STORIES ABOUT HUXLEY.
EXPERIENCES IN NETWORK - WHAE
CARLYLE SAID TO HIM-A fEC-
ORD. OF CLEVER SAYINGS.

CARLYLE SAID TO HIM-A REC
ORD. OF CLEVER SAYINGS
wilfrid Ward in the Nineteenth Century.
His appearance is well known. Above the middle
height, the white hair without parting orus ani
sss back very the noble R' T soS
add what the current photographs 90 no ",a .eH
bushy eyebrows and a look OF keenest interes, IN
all around him. often Of great wistfuiness: Bo.n
marked distinction and dignity. The general Inn
preston left by his face was certainly one OF IN
teectua force and activity rather than or sco.h.
His conversation was singulary finished ana ~
may so express H. clean cut never IMnge es
of their own when Would ' nave made them always
fresh fragment of truth which he supposed MN.
a complex He who thus spoke was confessor
martyr He did not. think. realize how often
tho truest he could see at the moment In science
might mislead from the crudty and inaccuracy OF
its first statement, and from its apparent conflict
departments He tended TO identify outspoken
candor with love Of truth and prudent reserve or
This feeling came out in the course OF talk tank
& whose IG b Dro dsG owen ne han N
Arthur Stanley was before all things sincere
Men OF ability are common enough but men OF
character and conviction are very rare IL Is the
eut aHd acng out HIS concons in Tho FACE x
unpopularity. What a grand man your Greg
pleased for his views to have pre9a I But he
was man Of strength and conviction"
well remember his descrlpuon-siven with true
New-York, where he was received with great en-
thusiasm. The reporters Of the Baltimore papers
for publication on the day Of iis delivery. Huxley
- . -
Nth their demand. stpula,ing that IL he rchearsed
IL for them they mus; give him copy. lest they
other. TIE rehearsal was made. and the copy sent:
bur when ne opened itin the very lecture hall itself
1T proved to be A wholly llegble transcript on tissue
paper To make the story perfect ne ought 70 have
reported bur his excellent memory served him and
the reports OF the ac5Fa ana ero OF Nh me re-
ciently so 10 beiray what had occurred.
I felt my impression Of carlyle's logged Scotch
b ~, iheiic persi-te3ey IN measarns eysryhng
Huxley tod me OF their mutual relations. Carlyle
and ne were for long COOL friends bur had serious
stages Of the controversy Ther personal Intercourse
Years Hnxey happend 10 SEE i TN sochmS ar eros
ing the street in London. and thinking that bygones
caryle dd Not at rst r rec him but when he
had made our who II was. h. AZ orce said with his
conversation Of years ago You're Huxley are youf
You're tn the ma9 hats trying 70 persuade US all TIA,
the great thing we've really got to do is to make
ourselves much unlike apes possible" Huxley.
have been admitted for the sake Of peace soon found
return TO their tacit agree mont 10 differ.
Admirably did he once characterize Tennysors
conversation "Doric beauty IS it's characteristic-
s |n9n any T5o or grs
subtleiy Of mind was being discussed ne said that
case destroyed ali distin ness. ANYTHING could he
explained away. and 50 one thing came TO mean the
mean that he Is untru,hfni?" 10 replied Huxley
"he Is not cear-headed enough to tell lie.'
0 one of the subjects OF his snthusi1sm was John
tlncLon his oratorical power. II you saw him and
he said, you would have set down Bright as the
arlsocrat and the other "a the pebeian His was
speeches were masterpieces. There the sense OF
conviction in them. great dignity and the purest
English"
He once spoke strongly Of the Insight into scientific
method shown in Tennyson's In Memoram. and
greatest experts" Tennyson he considered the
s srSr Kea Ens' o Ta 5m Of Of 9y cP sPn
to music. and he replied that ii was curious that
music than mf s or n Of aaf ce2 o e Of
one long tax ne had had with Tennyson and added
nyson was passionately devoted
OF Browning Huxley said: ,He really has music
see it. Tennyson said to me- he added that
Browning had plenty of music in him. but he could
not get 1t out.
A few more detached remarks illustrate the char
aacter and tastes Of the man. He expressed once
Monte Generoso. There Is nothing like switzer-
land" he said But | also delight in the simplest
now entranced me. one thing" he added. which
weighs with me against pessimisn. and tells for a
ment of scenery and music | do not see how they
can have helped In the struggle for existence. They
gratuitolis gifts
He enjoyed greatly the views within his reach at
Eastbourne. and his enjoyment stimulated by
the constitutional walk which took him frequently
Of he said. ~ you walk up a hill and walk fast
He was eloquent on the beauty of Beachy Head:
Building at Eastbourne IL one OF the few prudent
things | ever did. II contradicts the proverb.
Fools build houses for wise men TO live in
He spoke OF the Royal Commission Vivisec-
ton THE general feeling at first strongly for
vvisection. he said. but one German changed the
current of opinion by remarking. 1 chloroform
eat because 1t scratches but not dog. -" This at
once suggested possibilities OF cruelty. and las
UNDERSTOOD was the cause OF the amount OF re-
stricton ultimately placed on tho practice Apropos
Of the cutlery against II. as long such things as
pigeon shooting were tolerated for mere amuse-
ment
Speaking OF two men OF letters. with neither OF
whom he sympathized he once said Don't mis-
take me- don't class them together one IL a
thinker and man of letters. the other is only a
literary man Erasmus was man of letters. CT
gadibs literary man. a. r. is the incarnation OF
Gigadibs should call him Glgadibsus optlmus
rlaximus." When | showed him the various &C.
counts OF the Metaphysical Society which had been
sent TO me- and which revealed certain discrepan-
cies, he said: Don't get any more or the German
critics will prove concusi'ely that IL never exist
ed. Characteristic, too was his genial pleasure
him. and then said emphaticaly: ell you re the
curiousest old man ever saw"