New-York tribune., 1900-11-18

vciopment But this ouu0rtunity WAS
given by the Government with Il ujgsarIIy hand.
A hundred pounds would hay" supplied the ship
with the books Of rcfercnc- that were needed
for the scientific side Of th- enterprise. but not
volume was sent aboard except b. those off
cars who made purchases z y iA -.ns-Iv-s when
Huxley returned with mat. ..IaI that ciaInored
for publication he found thu authorities indis-
posed to give him more than tho sl-nderest as
sistance. and the attitude Of Tho Government
was emulated by the country at large
Science in England does everything bat
AY." the young man groans- You may earn
praise but not pudding" \ man of science. he
observes another occasion, "..iI s-t invita-
tons to all sorts of dinners aT-1 eeu-r-s..z51ue4
but not enough income to pay h-s cab fare In
his twenty-sixth year he has 20 contemplate
the grim fact that owen. who has d European
reputation second only to that o.. Cu.i-r. E--s "a
Hunterian Professor, 1900 year, which il less
than the salary Of many a la.k clerk In a
passing moment of despair h. talks seriously
with friend about the possibility IF t1t-ug
some employment Of prof-all. k-- in A.iz.-.l-
liza, storekceping. squatting, OF IT, --." Gut
he had the root of the matter in him an be
was re solved in normal mopi. to s-i. X T. out.
He soon shook off the clouG- IF disc. .I-a--.n-u-
the youthful vagueness which had a. o-- t.1e
caused him (of all people in the WORLD -a brood
over perpetual motion scheme" u--l Ae
could scarcely sleep. Ambition h- ..-...- .--t
| he dcspis-d, except as ra-a.- g, 40 ...E. a-i
that end is th- possession Of d ..-..-.- income
To marry Up"n.' H. would ma -.- c.. -,-.-l=.
he declared. for all the hon,cz -.1 -.-.- III c--
worId. But. though he didn't kH. arI sad Le
didn't care. whether ha would ever fire. what IS
called a great man he had ua 5---.-.-, p
Sinking the combat Il viii leave my rr1-z
somewhere" h. announces u his sister ,l.
confidence in him was on" OF his strongest -r.--
in those early struggles. and it shall d- III
and distinct, T, II. H., his mark" II is IL -s-t
determined and valiant posture that 1. --I
him down to the Very day os his dea-a lie
could work like horse, and. when occasion -.-
quired, he could. to use an express. 40 ..s
own work 'horser.' The uarrativ= o5 his l--
/ is tense with the strain of his iuceS~aat ls.a--
Interest in subject meant for hu -S1----rz-
absorption. \ pen was necessarily in h.s l.,t
| half the time. but he rarely found .c ~ t-...-
| an instrument for serious pUrpo~-s as a- wished
it to be. From his perfect pages vh.-s r-a...r
! luminous the most abstruse subjects r-- .....I
not suspect that the hardest kind o.. h.-i y.-lt
had gone to the making of them.
! Practical work in the laboratory. lectures AMI
writing more than once threatened 10 1c-aa h.-l
down, and. indeed. there were tins ,,.-a .:-
had to follow the doctors orders and -a--l -l1-.--E
abandon his engagements There is a fine better
of Darwin's in this biography. informirs Hux',g
| that he. with other of the recipient intimate
| friends. has placed a sum Of money az his
bankers. To enable him TO take a needed reS-
The sense of almost Overw helning labor that
We get from the record of his life Is AZ times
oppressive the reader. But Huxley ku-"
wnat he was about; he physically weari-d
often. but never did his spirits fail him and the
savety Of his nature-if not ShakrsVearian. as
one "f his friends is quoted as Ch.Iac-.riE.-.-
it--ivcs elasticity 70 biography that ,.,g-i
otherwise maxi hard reading. You VIII say
that it is bad to he entirely absorbed in th--.
thinE~." he writes To his sister, when sae has
complained that science is hurting ms health,
and u that l heartily say Amen@but You
might as we'll argue with man who has just
mounted the favOrite for the oaks that Il Is i
bad thing To ride fast. He admits that. and IS
of like a shot when the teU riu=rs. nevertheless.
My bell has rung some time and. thank God.
the winning post is in sight" There IS *
hilardtiou in words like these, and Their Is no
lack Of them in this biography. puhrn the
scientist. whose name has been hou1ratIy
identified with the Marine biological Station at
Naples. once said that if h had To l,iye anybody
a definition of the word happiness :. would
tell them TO so and the Huxley family lie
rejoiced in an inextinguiShabIe sense e. c-9 and
in his correspondence there flashes II the
brightest humoI. The Vivacity which .--enEed
TO his private life played 4 considerable part.
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