Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-30

thing OF how he worked AT IN. Naval
observatory. He says: II have quite
a large corps OF observers and some
very good ones. SO closely do they
observe That their observations show
their Instruments TO bc on diff.rcn,
part OF the building. ! am npw very
much engaged with preparations for
publishing our first volume OF ohycr
vatohS This keeps me Stretched. :or
as Il preliminary thereto. most tedious
INVESTIGATIONS of the forms. nrurcs
lnptri"ct!ons, etc. OF the instruments
Are ne necessary 81 ;: y glorious privilege
~ thht OF labor To Lucy Back
,ori 81 young cousin. hc writes: q
nope you have a code Of rules for
study when are unhending. which
YOU follow up daily with great dili-
Senec and that YOU do not often take
uoscs .! poison from those things
called novels"
No father WAS ever more tender
and ahcctionate to his children than
Maury. He had nicknamcs for all Of
them and used TO Xix. TO have Them
playing in the room whcr. he worked
and studied. I'll. following letter
written To his oldest daughter jus,
before her marriage sparkl.s with
love as well as good advice. My
thoughts dwell with YOU and IN,
heart, hrimful OF the most tender and
ITect!onatc solicitudc, clinEs 10 Won
ALONE in my room. there IS something
"h!ch Keeps you ever present. The
step you ar" about TO take is the step
OF iItc-with woman IL certainly
Is such. You have given your hand
TO young man OF lrrcproat~iable
chnracicr. OF an am!abl. disposition
ana "a cultivated mind. and wcr. 4.
not that he is OF kin. the match
quite as promising a. need be.
Gives WISE Advice.
Tia; you are both poor Is no
ground of sol!citudc: happiness is
above riches, and If YOU are not hnp-
pH being poor, wealth would no: I
thpprehend: make you happy. Poverty
WIN II are fun Of pleasant remcm-
nrnhccs: hope your experience will
ta!!y with mine. do not gay. strive
| I" he content. for In that there is no
progression; but BE- content 10 strive.
| told VIII that you ought 10 live To
| yourselves. II ynu go to yourselves
you VIII have time 10 famiiLarizc
yourself with your husbands affairs.
which you VIII not do If. YOU live in
| crowd; and that. my daughter.
should be your first duty; for there
| by You lit yourself 10 become his
counsellor. companion. and friend IL.
the broadcast sense OF the term
Mau:y's religious sentiments are
clearly set forth IN his letters. lie
aid not become q commitment in the
confirmed while in exile In London
by tho Hishop OF Tennessee a!on:
with his son, Brave. ana his daush-
ter. Lucy
But Aiaury had always been a de-
vout Christian. soon after he joined
the navy he gave this ADVICE To his
brother who had recently protessed
rsiiEion; = nopS Dick. whatever VIII, I'VE,
be Christian according 10 the Bible
az YOU understand it. I love to see
Christians after the Bibir. and ac..
cordinu 10 their own conscience. and
n I,f ~ N mi m AZ a. v
men
Orthodoxy and Science.
TO show the orthodoxy Of this man
OF science we need only TO- quote
fore the students OF the University
OF the South in which he says:
81 have been blamed by men Of
science both in this country and in
! confirmation of the doctrine OF
physical geography. The Bible. they
say, was not written for scientific
purposes. and is. therefore. OF no au-
pardon. The Bible Is authority for
everything il touches. The bible is
true ana science is true. ard there
fore. each II truly read. but proves
the truth of the other.
What did Maury think of slavery.
secession and states rights ana o.
the incXorahle conflict about TO en-
gulf the country? In a letter to his
old teacher in 1860 he uses these Gig
nificant words which show not only
his personal views about secession
but also set forth mental attitude
which explains his unp9puiarit! win
"My Dear Old Bishop-As for the
Union. see it will have to drift.
The dissolution Of It will. fear, come
before You or ] would be willing to
see it, With craftsmanship among
our rulers. patriotism among our
politicians ana virtue among the peo-
pie il need never come. When the
Southern states We're seeding and
Governor Packer. OF Pennsylvania.
urging him to act as mediator be
tween the sections to the end that
the Union might be preserved.
Went 10 Leave Union.
We know what q cross IL was to
General Lee to leave the Union. The
following letter to relative shows
that Maury had similar views when
the same course that Lee did. When
your letter reached me, ! was just
leaving Washington. left my beau,
t.ful home there with heart full ana
eyes overlooking"
But when the step was taken thcrc
is no doubt as to how lie stood as the
following extracts from a letter TO
Constantine Grand Admiral OF Rus,
of my family on the banks Of the
Neva, where. in the midst of books
and surrounded by friends. am.
without care for the morrow, to nave
the most princely means ana taciii-
ties for prosecuting those studies.
and continuing those philosophical
labours in which l take most delight:
ali the advantages that I enjoyed In
Washington are. with larger dis
erection. to be offered me In Russia;
surely more fiattcrinE invita- :
ton could not he uttered! Certainly
Il could not reach II more gratefui
heart. I have slept upon. it. 1t Is
becoming that l should be candid,
and In a few words frankly state
the circumstances by which find
myself surrounded The State Of Vir-
ginia gave ME birth; within her Dor
dcrs. among many Kind friends, the
nearest of kin, and troops OF eX-
cclIent neighbors. my children arc
planting vine and fig tree In her
green bosom are the graves Of my
fathers; the political whirlpool from
which your kind forethough sought
TO a rescue mo has already plunged
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