New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-16

quenty on the advantages OF high thoughts and
humble living. His ceverness and readiness In writ.
ing occasional verses have become provcrba. and
am glad to be able TO add two more 70 the many
Had all tongues Max Muller knows,
| could not with them altogether
Tell half the debt a stranger owes
Who oxford sees In pleasant weather.
The halls. the gardens and the quads,
There's nought can match them on this panee
Smiled on by all the partial gods
Since Alfred ~ twas he) began u;
But more than all the welcomes warm.
Why, they'd have w0Oed In wiDter-st0rm
Ones very umbrella-stick TO blossom
Bring me a cup OF All Souls ale.
Better than eer was bought with sler,
The health Of Max' and Mrs Muller.
't@professor. would fain have sad;
But the pinched line would not admit II,
And where the nail submits It's head,
There must the hasty hammer hit ~
Abundant as was his wit In the true sense 81 that
word, his Kindness was equally So After he had
| daughter Beatrice (now Mrs. Colyer Fefs1ssorj
asked him afFs are once won, to s0 for
and wrote:
Ger the wet sands an insect crept
Ages ere man earth was known
And patient Time. while Nature slept
The slender tracing turned TO stone.
Twas the first autograph: and ourz7
Prlthee. how much Of prose or song,
In league with the Creative powers.
Shall 'scape Oblvion's broom so long?
oath jun. 1896 Faithfully x ourfe5 wrrL
There was no subject on which one could touch
fast Table Ills thoughts and his words were ready,
the subject had been carefully thought out ari
talked out BY HIM That he should have been able to
slant Claims on his ready vii seemed to me
veious, i had. the pleasure OF showing him the
all. and had something TO ask and to say abou,
When we came to Magdalen College he wanted to
see and to measure the elms. He was very proud
@ ns % whc pS he sH
the largest tree he knew IN his own country He
aaien College and when he found that !. was
| larger than his American giant he stood before II
admiring IT, without single word Of envy or dis
A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUTOCRAr
| had. however. great fright while he was stay
and after our first dinner he had feverish shiver::
ing fits and the doctor whom ! sent for declared are
ana attend no more partes q any Kind: This wa:
e. to my' s fd , to
warnings could not be disregar ded, and had, a.
"a .a hs snd toSnS P him H %
quite to myself and there we're few subjects which
did we not aid So, W Was mostly st s pS to sSsT
from 'front.' him We discussed the gree and the small
long conversation while we were sitting IN an %
e af. of at os Il sa BEEN
oe 1 sn Gf Se cGs hsn one Of SS
the old question of the true relation between the
Clear and EVIDENT TO his mind PerEaps tSt
FSs ase hs wha mue es s af With people
Tts xS% ea hsYe other and
| that men so often misunderstood one another.
| told him that ii was the badness 81 our anguase'
| no o
Perhaps both right. With him again good,
one wonders indeed how kindred souls became sep.
arated. and feels startled and repealed at the
never meet again. And yet there is continu,ty
the world there is NJ flaw no b break Snrs
how will be we kn9w and xb only uS
Were e write down my more or less s sssStI
neres G and Hae to Myself but Would hardly
when Sssrs M sasaay
new h hs AS or h "na iS @
must have been in about 1854. was quite young
made mao his Acquaintance at Bunsens house, where
he had been asked TO meet Herr Won Radow.tz tor
most saof famous s, ta i in Srmany 1t was adsfd
tournament to watch, but as II was IN English,
or such cons sP0kf
though Radowitz exceed in repartes. in anecdotes
and In certain elegance more telling IN rFe"e"
|
sa as nsas.sy of fa Sena Witch
ew na 81 o rna the
Of re nSsn By s's and %f
and that he wanted to know all had 10 say on the
% Be fery have e fead
from ssVnra letters in The Times on the subject and
Prd Gp Gnf N Sa s
titled Relating to the Establish
L.
of questions but before had time to answer any
e ene OF in ,hf naa dstns the dsrenes
a scholar and a man OF business. giving tl &C.
like Professor Wilson and others who mantained
that English would never become the language OF
Contrary contra and relating number Of anecdotes show:
Ing that the natives learned English far more easily
E ns remarks abou, sanscrii eraure par;lary
the question OF what authority could bSassigned to
the Laws of Manu. and OF what possible use tney
ending up with the usual diatribes about the un n
Ss wen, on for nearly an hour and
pouns ,o Whe had S come S%1 %e fs viii
to meet all these arguments. anG WHO ult1 IA '.
s to h on this 'se@ef ID S% thanked
me Tor the useful information ! had given him. :
S1d ws%t NSs to P saS ee
| on him was that Haieybury should not be sup.
but should be- Wpoysd sepa and nIr ors
nonuIar 10 suppress It, and suppressed II vas 80
| that in England. which has the largest orients
schapoI or seminary for the teaching OF Oriental
languages whereas Framse Italy, prsssf Ass ss
Embellishments enu and to support them by liberal
| cranta Everybody now begins 10 see that these
sia rnr,snts are reaping their rewards but In Eng
land the old argument remains the same We car
| ~ we only speak loud enough the natives nevss
| fan 10 understand what we mean" a..
| '" T.hs 10 no doubt much the same what NJ
| ayard meant when he explained TO me how ne
managed to keep his dggers In order: Il SPEAK ing Z;
i,sh 10 them: N they do not understand. shout ~
them: II they won't obey. knock them down; ans
II they show fight shoot them down. ~ S "or ros
this was an exaggeraton but II certainly GOES noS
| nroye the useiessness OF a thorough knowiease ~
Oriental languages for those VINO are seht " Wy
East to govern millions. ana NOT u s"o'' ~