The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-06

/ 'bAA " no ntti DrnaN-d WIN I'M thSh'
gacy in the servic. Of an earthly sovereign
he would have been tried by court mar
'isl and shot; and hat he had committed
"a graver offence than the tutor who cor
rupts his pupils mind or the trustees Who
rohs the widow and orphan OF their prop
srry.- This. though his enemies did not
know that he had administered the sacra-
ment TO such an arch hereto al Mrs
Annie Besant and witnessed n Spanish
bull fight on sunday
! The dust OF these furious controversies
has now been ga hered into narrow urn.
Stanley describes the rImor OF Newman
secession TO Rome as producing an effect
like that of the crack Of doom Ii SEEMED.
| he said. that the sim was about 10 hide its
RAYS and that darkness Was falling on TN"
scene. To us the confluence OF Newman
ism With RomAnism seems IA natural as
the confluence OF two drops Of water on
n ~idowpane, and perhaps fraught With
consequences LITTLE moro momentous 20
humanity We have far other questions
now before us
What Stanley did practically toward
liberalizing theology was done not 50
much by his theological arguments as
indirectly by his treatment OF Bible his
tory. As his biographer says. he brought
semi-mythical personagss and events
down 70 human level He carried on.
and pretty we'll completed. the work be-
gun by Milman. who daring his day first
iesi grated tho Father of the Faithful as
a sheikh
I must not forget Stanleys high claims
as a biographer in which character he
first won distinction and il TO many. per-
hape. still hest known. His Life Of Ar
mold IL a noble. and no doubt in rhe main
a true picture of tho genuine hero.
Though panegyrical. as life written by
a friend and disciple must be. 1t IL not
slavish any NOR. than was Stanley's de-
vorion To Arnold himself The Life is
no doubt true. ! saw. in the main. There
was something in Arnold's character, as
there 10 something in his face. which a
pupil who lay in his masters bosom could
hardly See. Stanley was never a school,
hoy; at Rugby. though neither unsOcial
nor unpopular. he lived apart. He tells
VS. that the school void Of Tom Brown
was an absolu-" revelation 20 him. op.n-
ing up world Of which. though so near
him. he was utterly ignorant. Nor could
he well he sensible Of any tendency in
Arnold's monitorial system 20 max. boys
premafurrly sage
Stanley's Oxford prize poem. -Trh"
Gvpsies rises far above the prize poem
level. and promises real l. not "A great
poet This p-omis. h. mover fulfilled
II is strange that he should have entirely
lost. II ever h. had IL. a sens. OF music.
art and scenery: that h" should have saan
nothing in thu glorious Alps but -un-
formed and Inms inlng Jumps. and found
r1Gngrs RuskIn. no h"auty or attempt nj
beauty in IN" interior of y, Marks He
had no ear for music. W. ~. wc"r hum and
It's queen. Jenny Lind thes" vas an almost
passionate friendship.
A quaint pathetic heipis<sness IN
practical matters that proved AZ once
attractive and end" ring was charaC-
'eristic Of stanley and ~ asCrihad W. the
b,ogrlphsr - N" T"'JIng car. with which
ma was always treated by his domestic
circle BIZ suroiy !; mus; have been
natural and not unconnsctad with his
want OF accuracy in investigation. He
never could do a rule OF thrae sum, and
when ~. voted for Mill. who held that the
power % doing a rule of three sum ought
20 he qualification for IN. suffrage. h.
said that ne had bcau voting for his own
Observation-Disclosures. His handwriting was
tho despair Of pos'nen and printers
lester addressed nv him TO Dublin
found its way 20 R4'h His here We
caught our frs, view 81 Jerusalem was
printed hero We caught our frs: view
OF Jones 4 highly con fCisn' I.i letter
intended for the Liberal Bishop Thiri~ all
ne instructed 70 the High Church Bishop
Nilberforce. with ludIcrous results. A
Dean II Westminster. while he was n mos'
admirable c,Is'os OF the Abbey he seams
10 have been A poor custos OF ne estate
But his want of aptitude for business
and his natural distast. for IT, enhance
IN" merit 81 his readiness to und.rtak.
such a post as thar of secretary Of the
OHforr' Commission and Law aside his con-
genial work for II when what ne da.med
his duty called. n. lived. Il svsr a man
did. not for himself but 10 do good Sin,
cniynr RoSirr sum il'o'
was also intimate wi-h StanIey's illus
trlous yoke fellow Jowett. about whom
since his death much has been written
He was far deeDer and more accurate
scholar than stanley. a. comparison
OF his Roman With stanley Cor
inthians' will show. His ESSAYS in tho
same worA evInce great spiritual insight
and sympathy - we'll "a literary grace
But there was no elm n mis- mind n.
would have doubted a-i sept other peo-
pie doubling forever Whatever was ed.
vanced. his frs impulse was always TO
deny. Doubt - better than creduIity
only 40 long ~ you are pushing on to
truth. No- can understand how a ma n
could have found It possible 20 speak or
even TO think with perfect freedom IN
such n position ~ that Of IN. clerical
head 6 a college. performing religious
services AMI preaching IN the college
chapel when he had ceased TO believe not
only IN revealed religion and miracle but
apparently n tn. existence Of any trust
WORTHY evidence Of the personality and
teaching Of Christ ! cannot help think
ing that Jowett sought IN translation n
mental refuge. The result. no doubt. was
happy for those who can read the classics
only IN an English dress. though II IL diff
cult TO preserve in a Translation tha aroma
| Of Plato or TN" freshness Of newborn
PHILOSOPHY struggling To- express ITSELF