The Washington times., 1901-08-11

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ieleht 'l''iSh's VI hdii'ii'7' WIN lS''i
pay for his work. Thus II came about
that almost ve-y American scientist of
nota belned in tniidin., ~, soyne narticu-
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arably associate d. and Dana s. as all the
world knows is associated with Yale.
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is stated that ne was occupied fdthtr III
oceanography than in geology. spending
much of his time OF, the high seas in
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FORMATIONS OF rock on me ShoreS anu
among the islands of the sea. and his let
ters de.ling with this Deriod of his life
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ahEpouy- II WIS hot uith ne was 'ht!tS
years old that his connection with Yale
College IVES SO much as thought of and
an extract from the account of his life
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at ABOUT thls ul'e P'alh's SHOWS 'he u''i
culties and disadvantages under Which
the scientist in America had to labor dur
Ing the first half of tho nineteenth CEN
.is- 10 ais" MS
the caliow graduate VINO thihHs' anu
whose friends think that he is wasting
his life because he does not stem into
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for himself at the age of twenty-five:
$500, after tb.. exnloror came home
his father rea. ranged his business. and
James, Who had prudently saved the
most OF MS G mpenSatlon Whlie at sea,
mac an IiIE st iii IL y, .hS stoIe al
e.eo' ~ tb. r,a,,s ..,e "a Satn,,,h
stsnding this partial provision for the
future, and his annual compensation
SL44O from me eNPeuiti n IL ~ was nee
career was sin uncertain quite as IL
was when he returned from a cruise
on the Mtditerranean Mhers c2 QUO
ne look LOT saIdiieu Position' ihe
very few. either in the colleges or
museums of the country or in the SER
vice OF the SoVerhnleht. I,,az,,,
hinder positive and irlrsome restrictions
a. 70 H. srnnloyTre1t OF MS time He
FOUND there little scientllc compan-
tohshIp, ne Siiiitiis9iiidil $50, 90
sationoi museums Of imnortance
There was a dearth of books
There is no indication that Washington
society cared IN the least 10 see INT
&C $500 ~, 20 ~ a., dssen Nc roa.a 1.ae 70
0uested. if not ordered. to live in
Washington while preparing his
ports. 1t Is perfectly ABSURD ne
WI " a,,arn ~, a,sor,. T., c;tv
where there are no booksi"
If Washington was uncongeniaI at
nosphere for The Young ceoloyist how
over. he had little to complain of in
New Haven. a curious incident recorded
by one of his old pupils SHOWS the keen
interest which even the country people
often took in matters of science He and
D., r,,,o ,,ox, -;I,o ,,rr- - ,
Froi Daiia were Iiuiis aiohs a country
ROAD near Lee MASS, When the latter
stopped to examine what appeared to be
a granite rock. A countryman came by
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You call that there rock limestone,
don't you?"
Irof nov, rar,;a5 ,t,, 4. -o , ,;,a
W. lana iSpii.H ''a' ~ was hiiiu
VI granite WheFeupon the couhtryfnah
came out with the information,
"1vau 4, oe,ar,,asoa. mich oo;a r,,
ho,r,S' - S wan AIM ai''
On closer examination Dana found that
of man unable IN sneak grauna,ic.I
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limestone well enough 10 know that IL
would ''effervesce with acid might well
starper a scientist rnacouainted with the
,ec,,iiar non,,Iatio, ~ certain sec,ions n,
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The great bugbear OF the scientist OF the
forties was theology. Some of the argu-
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hehts useo against even SO inlio an apps
tate as Dana seem funny enough In the
light of letter-day revisions of the creeds.
The biographer saws:
Some Of the orthodox claimed that
marine fossils, found on lofty SUBMITS
remote from seas, were evidences of
the universal deluge. II was even sug-
gested By one person that they were
placed there by the devil to confound
the wise. When Dana and his wife
were at Saratoga in 1874 they listened
to sermon which contained state
ments never forgotten and often re-
ferred TO in future years. The clergy
man declared that the world was Gre
ated plain, and that all mountains
were the result-he diG not explain In
what msnner-of Adams fall! A cele-
DRAFTED Presbyterian clergyman of New
iorkt IN d lecture before theology
sTs now distinctiy raSaIis Ia. ~
came declaration that the upheaval Of
mountains was a consequence OF the
a "a , 1i man an olnet munster assert
scc,irred AZ the Crnciflx,on
I'm January, 1857, Prof Dana made
featuring tour for the first and only
s, i t,.a,, I'm SiSoL,o,l ne
my other lecture to the families and
few others, by special request, and
bad the parlors hung with the legs and
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