Year: 1879

hand believing In she harmony OF all truth ne never
slackened in the pursuit OF scientific knoweuge ah"
ideas For while he experimented In schemes lor tne
union science and dogma He regarded religious DC


efs outside the region OF scientific proof even "ne
they can be made highly probable by reasoning. He
held that there was q certain theological faculty OF
insight analogous the scientific pOetical, and artistic
faculty and that the In whom this genius is pre-
emnently developed the founders OF new religions
and religious orders. lie equally dissatisfied Win
attempts at proving theological propositions ID the
usual manner of Protestant divinity, andl with the
theological version OF natural history COM
monty called natural theology The discovery
that this position of scientific Catholicism was untena-
BILE cost HIM painful struggle but there was no Nlo-
lent reaction rushing TO an opposite extreme Inc
change was only fuller development OF prlnelpies
which had been part OF his thoughts ever since he began
to think for himself MIR. Clifford, at an early PERIOD
took a deep interest the ideas OF Mr. Darwin ana
their application to the unity OF human knowledge by
Herbert Spencer He merely gave his assent to the
theory OF Darwin, but seized on 1t as living spring o
action principle TO be worked out, and USED 10 WIN
victories Nature, and put new vgor into specu


ton. The influence of Darwin over Mr. Clhords mihd
was confirmed and enlarged by the reading of Mazzini
which result the conception OF freedom as inc
aim and ideal of man. He had high admiration
for Berkeley, next only to Hume, and he took much
pleasure in the Ethics of Spnoza. His personal
habits were characteristic OF the man. The predomnance
OF light as figure and a symbol is remarkable III MS
writings. lie also had physically great love OF hgh
He chose to write clear and spacious room with the
windows quite free Of curtains Though careless OF DIS
own attire he was neat and exact in his literary WORK
He would not allow his books TO be mis-
used or carelessly cut. His manuscript was
fair regular. and free from erasures. lie
was fond of handicraf, and his thoughts often ran
upon mechanical invention But no enumeration OF dis
tastes and occupations says Mr. Pollock, can do justice
to the variety of his intellect, still less to the tender I'M
aginatye poetical side his nature Now and then he
wrote verses In which this found expression But 'ne
only complete expression of his versatile and fascna


tine qualities was in his daily life and conversation
perceiyed at every moment his words and looks but
ipossibe TO describe. Mr.. ClifOrds death, when was
preceded by lingering and treacherous Illness took
place in the month OF March OF the present year. Ills
patience cheeruness unseshness, and interest IN MS


friends and what was going IN the world continued
without abatement until the last. He had dismissed
from his mind as Improbable all speculatons with re-
gard to an unseen world but to him life was holy ana
precious boon thing not TO be despised but TO De
used with oyfuness His soul was full of life and light,
ever longing for activity, ever counting what was
achieved as not worthy to be reckoned compared with
what was left to do But man loved life more
never man feared death less