New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-23
Contract" in Which the Philosopher Outlined
a New Political Gospel; Many Decades
Later That Same City Erected
Memorial Statue to Him.

, was ,"arprentced." il one may use the
word. TO Il notary, but was quickly dis
missed because Of his stupidity. lie was
/ then apprcntced to an cngraver, rough
man. wholly lacking in morals or sense.
/ The child, for he was nothing more, learned
quickly to lie and steal but Of the cngrdv-
crs art nothing. At the age Of sixteen
years he ran away from Geneva, not to re-
turn except for brief periods
Space will not permit us TO follow Rous-
seaus strange and vagabond life In any
detail Absolutely without friends or money
and the master of no trade. he became
Iackey nrst in one family and then anothe..
Finally. after several months Of service as
improbable to himself as it was unsatis-
factory TO his various employers he found
himself at the door OF woman who
had once bcfricnded him IN his distress, ono
Nine. de Warons. She again rcfriCndel
him. and in her household he lived almost
continuously for several years. So great
was her Solcitudc for him that his health
being i'm danger from the confinement in a
Savoy town. she removed her doncilc into
tho country The modest farmhouse IN
which they lived was called Les Clarinet
tc> II stands TO this day, and is shown
TO travellers.
a HAPPY LIFE AT CHARMETTES.
At Los Charmettoe Rousseau was happ-,
not only for tho nrst time i'm his lif". 'u;.
If We are to believe his words, f'r IN"
only Tine. Here he lived out IN the ait,
read. talked and. most important of al.
thought The mind Of TN" child who had
been too stupid 20 Learn the notary = trad"
expanded with terrifying rapdi'v 10 de
voured everything nc could tud that dealt
with the rights of man, especially IN" works
81 two English philosophers Of the prccal-
ing Century-Hobhes and Locke. Hobbies
had nearly been bchcadel by Charles II
for questioning Che divine right Of kings.
In fact. he preserved his head only ~ ctr-
rving IT outside Of England and Locke MAJ
written more than ono sentence which was
destined to find It's place, almost vcrhat'm'
in a Declaration If Independence presently
10 he drawn up by certain British colonies.
Rousseau not only had observed TN" on-
preston of the lover Glasses joy the up''i
he had been made 20 f"el n. Hu' his own
book. which Wa to set Franc" hy tho oars
and acccIcrat" ~ over IN" world 81" '+-
ready precrptiblc movement tp"Srd greater
democracy. was not yet begun. Indeed, Ii
was not even thought %. Jean jacques
was 20 have many more adventures, in'IAd-
ing adventures Of the heart before h"
should write The Social Contract ana set
men TO wondering If they stood on their
heads or their feet.
When Rousseau was about twonty-cis1t
| he set cut to Paris 20 make his forum"
| 10y teaching q new system OF musical rot; 70
ton which he had invented He had t"
| be licensed 20 teach, ana II this end wa
examined By committee from the Acad
cmy Eut as none OF the committee Ia"
any knowledge Of musical notation 49,
! then taught. none could understand why
| il should he subjected 90 change. Rors-
scau's dream e fame and wealth melted
away. and he would have been in sorry
plight. indeed. had not small position as