The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-10-24
A NOTABLE MAN.

Yesterday Lecy historians OF the Victorian
He and Buckle had upon thought their
time and like all great and advanced thinkers each vigorously
attacked Their writings however survived the
standard works while who forgotten
their writings remain the dusty top shelves OF libraries have
gone to retail dealers parcels The the men
emneny different Buckle died comparatively young having
only written the introduction History Civilization England
but it introduction which occupies Volumes and scientifically
deals with the historical values of France Spain and Scotland His
But death marked him and he died Damascus age
forty his last thoughts wrapped up in his book My book my
book he cried Il shall finish my expounded
enough make the generation followed him history
very different standpoint 1t became the study development
people the catalogue of puny monarcf
Lecy, the other hand has filled complete His earlier
work the History Ratonasm History of European
Morals upon which his fame really have been by many
Others and by countless essays and articles He
elected Parliament where however, did any great mark
AS writer upon political subjects he clear and lucid but prac
ca worker in the field of politics he very much OF failure His
the scholars not the politicians intellect
In his History of Raonam Lecy naturally upon
enmy OF the ultra religious thinkers himself an
egiou but he sought facts proclaimed can
readily how such passage the following
Of criticism In the twelfth Europe
upon the painful period in which have
not yet learned regard doubt innocent There independent
enquiry confidence in honest research The church
human intellect by cug the doubts
of its exercise She had cursed the faculty asserting
guilt OF honest error statement such this at aroused ire Of
the secetan For only did the church of the twelfth century
honest doubt but there plenty worthy and geaed
in the nineteenth century upon subject which
almost similar Lec claimed the right doubt and
III order to satisfy the doubt
But Lecy while maintained right doubt and was bitter
his attacks dogma could the highest regard the essentials
of modern Christian work Take the following which
Lecys vein: IF be Christianity dive with passionate
into the darkest of misery and destroy weaken the
barriers which had separated class from class nation from
cultivate love OF truth for sake spirit
towards those from whom marks of true
Christianity then the days
present and the decline of dogmac systems and clerical
Huence has been measure of its advance
book FIJI 1OS 11CbD No
in this could be deemed write perncou
y attacked and easily anything was intensely
ant-clerical and antdogmac Clerical influence the
History OF Raonam and the European morals published
brought attacks LeCk and his opinions
rally also he mepresend and frequently msquoted But
lived to much of the bitterness with which
One more quotation from his morals be given which
clearness OF his and his effort
ectual be thoroughly honest He
stractedy and by the light Of it unmeanng speak
immortality OF an intellectual mistake would be
color OF sound If has sincerely persuaded himself
possible for parallel lines straight lines
his judgment be absurd free from all
uncture OF immortality And it, instead OF failing appreciate de-
monsable truth, his estimate of the conflict
ing arguments OF historical problem, this
that the enquiry upright ones still simply to the
sphere OF morals student applies himself with the disposition
10 Roman and Jewish histories, the mistakes
immoral than those which the former
Leks influence the intellect both States and
Great Britain has been very large 1t has influence which has
spread further than the sphere of his books moulded
thought and has aroused probably never heard
OF Lecky have nsensby assmlated his
greater than his generation knew
literature OF the latter half of the nineteenth century Lev stands
among the foremost OF lucid writer's and certainly among foremost
of thinkers
MR. DOOLEY ON VACANT PLACES ON THE TICKET.