The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27

The autobiOgrapbic poruon OF az ov'ue"os
runs rs follows: Il published my INST WORK
Social States at the end OF 1850, Being .
philosophical work. II was not possible 10 hhe
any publisher who would undertake any re-
sponsibility. and ! published II at my own cost
The edition consisted of $50 copies and 'ooS
fourteen wears TO sell. In 1855 I published the
PRINCIPLES OF Psychology Again there were
$50 copise, gave away a considerable num-
Der Of copies. and the remainder suppose
about s,o were sold in twelve and a half years. ]
arterward, in 1857. published a series Of Essays,
and warned by previous results, ! printed only
boo COMES. Tha, took ten and a half years to
sell Toward 1850 began TO publish n System
Of Philosophy ! decided upon the plan Of
issuing to subscribers in quarterly parts. and
n the public in volumes, when completed
Before the initial volume. First Principles.
was unfinished found myself still losing
During the issue of the second volume, 'Prin-
cinles Of BIOLOGY -. was still losing, In the
middle of the third volume. I was still losing
80 much that | found ] was frittering away all
tina, 7 possessed. ! found that, in the course
of fifteen years. ] had lost nearly fl,2o or
adding interest, more than 81 2oO, and. as ]
was evidently going on running myself. Issued
10 the subscribers a notice Of cessation. AFTER
the Issue of the notice, property came to me IN
time TO prevent the cessation, My losses d'd
not continue very long after that. The tide
turned, and my books began to pay They wer"
repaid in 1874; or, In other words. in twenty
four years after | began ] retrieved my
position"
That is to say, in the cause Of speculative
truth Mr.. Spencer worked twenty-four years
without fee or reward. His solitary intellectual
labors were almost entirely ignored by the pub
! lie, in spite Of whose Indifference he laborlously
toiled mp the steep ascent Of philosophy. In
the midst Of the general neglect Mr., Spencer
had the sympathy of a number OF phiosophl"
thinkers who recognized his worth. Annmber
Of American admirers. hearing OF his deter
mination Ia stop the projected series OF ms
publications. forwarded to him. through Mr.
Youmans a purse Of money and a gold watch.
| The money he accepted As n public trust for
| public ends. The present biographer is in
formed that John Stuart Mill also stepped
| into the breach. lie recognized in Mr.. Spencer
o new thinker of unique calibre. and offered
| him a large sum 10 render possible the com
| pletion of his undertaking Mr.. spencer.
| however. declined the offer. while appr"cia-
| ting the spirit in which IL was made.
The financial difficulty having been snrmonnt-
cd. Mr. Spencer had another Ia face, 10 wit,
chronic i'll health, In spite Of all obstacles,
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