New-York tribune., 1903-04-19

urnes are sOrnehov peculiarly touching Tn.
editors quote one OF mis- letters 20 Mss Emma
Wedgwood written just before their marriage
1t is a very sweet and manly epistle. and w-
would like to quote il. but il is too long 20 gig-
intact as it ought to be given. II at all. 50 ~
content ourselves with passage from another
document written long after. for h.s children:
You all know your mother. and what t gooi
mother she has ever besu to All 90 she aas
been my greatest blessing and ! can declare
that i'm my whole life T have meyer heard her
utter one word I would rather have been I'M
said She has never failed i'm kiudes-' 81 rnp.,thy
toward me. and has borne With tn- utmost
patience my frequent complaints Df ii health
and discomfort. DO not beli@r@ she has
missed an opportunity of doing "a kind acton. .
any one near her. / marvel al my g0gfi fortune
that she infinitely my superior .a every
single moral quality. consented 20 H" uF wife
She has been my wise adviser and cheerful COM
forter throughout life. which without her would
have. been during - very long period miserable
one from in health. She has earned -1- lose p
every soul near her
In one Of his letters 70 Mr. Thisti@-1. Dyer le
saws: Il can IruSu fully syrnpdthiz- r-tG ypu "a
your admiration Of your little CIR. ih-r- IS
nothing So charming in this world aaI II
in this house humbly adore OUR srlHd'h-.i amt
think his IittIe piuple Of ,i nose quite t-aCr.-
fun But we must not Iinger over his t"n.-+-
ticities alone After all even for the .aEa.t
there j. much iu This book relating 20 the s.I-u-
tffic side of its subject that is cOupr-h-a~ii'l-
and interesting. He is delightful about owen.
and sometimes quaint. To the remark that I.pl-
lesion on Il certain occasion wrote in year t'd
trembling of Cod man and monkeyS De- re-
forts that he would alter the remark INTO cod
man owen and mouNey~- He c""t-S--S 70
having become quite deTOuiaeal about his f'-.
worse than Huxley. and though h. says that
h.. means to try and get more angelic -- "y
his cordial shake of th- hand when E= ''.S
writing as spitefuIly as he possibly could against
me" Mrs. CarlyIe's declaration that owens
svvaatrass reminded her of sugar of lead r--
ioiced his soul: capital he called IT, Elt e
he had To reckon with owens bad faith and dis
courtesy he had at least the comfort OF know
ing that besides the valiant general agent i''
his revolutionary ideas he possessed I'm HuN--}-
he had for his faithful friends such men 'S
Hooker. J.v-H Hugh FaIcouer and half "a dozen
others who were towers If strength Ih~S- '-l-
ters like the documents published i'm l>N' give
tho irnprassion that while his faith in his great
theory was unshakabe. H. had always .i"
truest humility. and was ever eager To- enter into
discussion with any one really compet@Il i'
meet him i'm his field He Is grateful for every
letter that reaches him bringing words of sym
pathy and encouragement That they came IN
great numbers first and last i "a testimony ''
ths. noble spirit in which the great army 'i
scientists have ever worked Here and Their %
member of that army might. like owen. Si.-
cause for regret: bur. in the main one cannot
heip but feel as one reads these letters that r.-
great men who have given themselves 10 the ji-
vancerrent Of learning have been lncapa"-- -l
taking narrow views of any one OF their conn
rddes.
1t iS charming turn again To the ri'~''i-
of Daryvin's receiving th- CopIey medal Fol
coner'S letter in his favor i ideal eN3ruT.-
of devotion To friendship and TO truth HuN-
ley-s share i'm the transaction has already been
made known in his biography. but the editors
of the present volumes have done well To 80 i-
forth once more My distrUst of Sabine tpr~~.-
dent of the Royal Society," j.. as you know
chronic, he writes. and 1 went determine r'
keep careful watch on his address, lest some
crafty phrase injurious To Darwin should be-
introduced" The phrase crept in. "Speaa,r-
generally and collectively. said Sabine. .N-
have expressly omitted it IDarNin.S Theory
from the grounds of our award" Huxley was
prompt 10 the rescue. He saw that everybody
would interpret this as conveying the genera.
sense of the council. and he acted like The
stanch defender that h was. We must quote
his description
When the resolution for printing the address
was moved. I made n speech which J took care
ing ali intention of interfering with the liberty
Oft he. president what hr- pleased tfif