New-York tribune., 1909-01-31
STORY OF LOUIS AGAssIz.

when first met Louis Agassiz he was sui IN
the prime of his admirable MANHOOD; I tnous II ti ~,
I--es then ffty-two years old. and had passed ms
o-1s+r,ct5xe Deriod he still had the look OF
I-o,Ine man. His face was the most gehIdl@ @ aiIu
engaging that l had ever seen ano ms 80 80
cantiyated me altogether But as l deIu -
oTrToney men who had free swing, ana IoI q Eeh,
aroope neople who seemed to me 10 oe colu atIu t
superrational. hungry as doupIless t M@S 70 NV nv
human syTnpathy. AgaSstz'S welcome Went ~ my
bca-+LT was at once his captive 1t has peen
nv good chance to see many men OF @ ensei iliS rs
nrasenca and ways but have never known MS
) AS the personal quality Of Agassiz was ot ttto
greatest of his powers, and as my NE "a 5i,c,
" Influenced by my immedlate anu ~ s.iu ns ~ s
erection for him. tempted to set IortI soIiio no
incidents which show that my swift oetolio-I ~
nv new found master was not que - 80 tttS
dnn+s of the situation or to any boyish fancy L
VIII content myself with one of those stories
which will Of itself show how easlly ne C"P'
,-a+ej mon ever those of the ruder sort
c,o,,a Years after we came together, wnen
ipdead was formally his assistant, beneNe II
was in 1866 he became much interested ~ Ills
taSIr of comparing the skeletons OF thoroughpIed
horses with those Of common STOCK. IIau az
his request tried, but without success, 70 op'1i1 @
the bones of certain famous stallohS lioHI my
aco,,aIutances among the racing men III nSIi-
Tucxy Early one morning there was a nre' sup
rosed to be incendiary. in the stables at the
PPescon park track a mile from the college in
which a number OF horses had peeh klleu an. an
many badly scorched. / had just returned rom rom
Tho Mace where | had left mob or lrate owners
and Jockeys in a violent state OF nina, Intent
on finding some one to hang: hao seen tiIo nc
rba O getting a valuable lol VI SboiS
ti1a 1ouseun7 but it was evident that the time
was most inopportune for suggesting sucit a
disnosition of the remains. Had done So Ihe
results would have been, TO say the least ul-
pleasant os,o LOT or torea-
As I came away from the profane Iot OF morse
men gathered about the ruins of their fortunes
or their homes 1 met Agassz. almost running 10
saiza the chance of specimens to4d hiIl 10
come hack with me: that we must wait ultil ING
n7oh had spent its rage: but he Kept on toi9
hia further that he risked spelling his GOOD
cbance, and finally, that he would have MS MS
bad nunched: but he trotted on went Win
him in the hope that ] might protect nm from
the consequences of his curiosity When nc
reached the spot, there came about marVel' III
. moment he had all those raging men at ms
command He went at once 10 work WITH lle
borseq which had been hurt but were saVaDle.
IIis intense sympathy with the creatures ms
I[novIedge of the remedies to be applied. MS
immediate appropriation Of the whole SITUATION,
nF which he was at once the master, made those
rTde folks at once his friends NOBODY asked
who he was for the good reason tlat ne was
heart and soul OF them when the lask Vi
heIping was done, then AgaSslZ sklfuliy Came 70
the Doint of his business-the skeletons
This so dexterously and sympathetlcaIiy that tne
men were il seemed ready to turn over the
living as well as the dead beasts for his service
critically as actor near Observer but TINS
mas In many ways the greatest. fhe supreme
art OF Il was in the use OF perfectly spoh-
faneous and most actually sympathetic motlVe
70 gain an end. With others. this state OK Hlhd
Uould lead TO affectation; with him IL In no wise
dirninished the quality of the emotion. He could
n,easure the value of the motive, but DO II
without lessening its moral lmport.-Nathaniei
Southgate Shaler. in The Atlantic.