. Portrait gallery of eminent men and women of Europe and America : embracing history, statesmanship, naval and military life, philosophy, the drama, science, literature and art, with biographies . it is hardly neces-sary to point to cases by which theother has been illustrated. Suffice itto say that no theorist of modern timeshas surpassed Herschel, aud few haveequalled him, in that complete masteryof self whereby it becomes possiblefor the student of science not merelyto admit that he has enunciated eiTO-neous opinions, but to take in handthe theories of others, aud to work aspatiently and s
. Portrait gallery of eminent men and women of Europe and America : embracing history, statesmanship, naval and military life, philosophy, the drama, science, literature and art, with biographies . it is hardly neces-sary to point to cases by which theother has been illustrated. Suffice itto say that no theorist of modern timeshas surpassed Herschel, aud few haveequalled him, in that complete masteryof self whereby it becomes possiblefor the student of science not merelyto admit that he has enunciated eiTO-neous opinions, but to take in handthe theories of others, aud to work aspatiently and skilfully in placing suchtheories on a firm basis as though theyhad been advocated in the first placeby himself. A remarkable era in astronomyobservational and theoretical, hascome to a close with the death ofSir John Herschel — an era lastingnearly a full century, during whichtwo astronomers, father and son, havestood forth more prominently than anysave the greatest names in astronomi-cal history. With all our faith in theprogress of the human race (and myown faith in that progress is verystrong), we can yet scarcely hope thatfor many generations astronomy willlook upon their like Likeness from 6ie last photograph frorn Joliiisoii,Wfl30iL k- LORD PALMERSTON HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, Vis-count Palmerston, was a mem-ber of a family, the ancestry of wliiclimay be traced in England to the pe-riod of the Norman conquest. In thereigns of Henry VIH. and Elizabeth,the Temples were of some distinction;but their best-known representative inpublic affairs was Sir William Tem-ple, the political confidant of Williamin., and famous in literary history, byhis elegant learning and authorship,and as the early fi-iend of Swift, whoentered upon life as his Secretary. Itwas from a younger brother of SirWilliam that the subject of this no-tice was directly descended. His sonHenry was, in 1722, created BaronTemple, of Mount Temple, countySligo, and Viscount Palmerston, ofPalm
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