New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-19

and nractical bent of his imaginative facuities
To him. nothing was unpromising low or ~.
d,cu,ous II also decomposed sulphate OF soo"'
no has recorded in letter. using three cups
and putting the salt In the middle one anu a"
infusion Of cabbages In the two END ones IL was
beautiful to remark that that at the Posi'Ne e'
,,,rnsd rod while that at the negative end turned
.reer" Even poets will freely acknowledge
that beauty can he extracted from cabbages on'y
In the laboratory OF the scientist ~ -
Rogers all objects were beautiful because III.
consideration of them might lead 10 oroau az"
comprehensive congratulations anu S.'e"'''e
concentrations might lead to human ao'"".
nsnt william and his brother Henry were the
c., % rrosert tho "Waye Theory OF Mountain
Chains" the earliest important contribution ~
,h,s country to dynamical and STRUCTURE"
cso,osv II was possibly his gfatinca'ioh !"
thoss broad and comprehensive ideas WIG"
ras the chief source Of his urbanit!' put u
those who knew him he was more than uroa"e'
no could arouse enthusiasm and AWAKEN ahee'
,,o, To know what he was among MS lriehu'
one need only turn to the appreciation Vi III"
from the pen Of +. p. Whppie:
A., near Mrs Rogers: 1t occurs TO me this
morning that you might be Interested III peii ~
inSorn,od of the success of PROFESSOR W., D.
Ropers before the Thursday Club last evening.
inasmuch as he is, understand iiieiu Vi ''
as we'll as a friend of mine ,,
TIVE circumstances under which MS laureis
were won were peculiar. The thermometer Was az
e. degrees the time was $50. and the smell vi
the approaching supper ALREADY !h,"ucu
We, .;ie NJ an eypectant audience of sixty cuiti-
noted nersons Then the Professor arose sloWi!
muttering an apology for somebody who happily
had not fulfilled his engagement lhtii nc P.N
ceeded to disclose the process by when sases
might he converted into liquids. ii were
man of science | might tell you what ne toid lne
favored sixty who listened to nm he ueIiion
strated everything, so that some OF the nhest re-
sults of modern science were mace piaih' e.Sn
to a capacity so limited as mine; put then .he
vista he opened to the progress OF sCiehCv
how shall describe that? NOBODY can oescrioe
il who did not hear IT. ,.., .
But then the impassioned speech Illustrated d
favorite theory Of mine. that a sclentlst VINO mas
himself discovered secrets of nature mas pecui-
lar magnetism denied TO the most conscleil,'ouS
scientific compiler of the discoveries OF otheiS'
In communicating knowledge ne com.
municates himself Accordingly, at the emo Oh
his speech there were sixty Professor RoSerSes
In the room. and they vociferousiy appiauueu
the representative of the family VINO hao sNen
ntterance to the sentiment and thought OF
all. - ,-o , -
In the course of a few days you may happen 10
see Professor Rogers. In that case, DO not pc
lieve any of the hypocrisies or ms mooest!
| would go before any Justice OF the
Peace hold up my hand, and solemnly swear
that there was not a person present WHO wac
not thrilled and moved as well as INFORMED D!
his impassioned eloquencc; and yet the rogue
will simply tell YOU that the club seemed TO listen
with interest 10 his exposition. Away win Such
hypocrisy.