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1863 AD (search for this): chapter 21
Chapter 20: 1863-1864: Aet. 56-57. Correspondence with Dr. S. G. Howe. bearing of the war on the position of the Negro race. affection for Harvard College. interest in her general progress. correspondence with Emerson concerning Harvard. glacial phenomena in Maine. Agassiz's letters give little idea of the deep interest he felt in the war between North and South, and its probable issue with reference to the general policy of the nation, and especially to the relation between the black and white races. Although any judgment upon the accuracy of its conclusions would now be premature, the following correspondence between Agassiz and Dr. S. G. Howe is nevertheless worth considering, as showing how the problem presented itself to the philanthropist and the naturalist from their different stand-points. From Dr. S. G. Howe. Portsmouth, August 3, 1863. my dear Agassiz,—You will learn by a glance at the inclosed circular the object of the commission of which I am a
August 3rd, 1863 AD (search for this): chapter 21
and South, and its probable issue with reference to the general policy of the nation, and especially to the relation between the black and white races. Although any judgment upon the accuracy of its conclusions would now be premature, the following correspondence between Agassiz and Dr. S. G. Howe is nevertheless worth considering, as showing how the problem presented itself to the philanthropist and the naturalist from their different stand-points. From Dr. S. G. Howe. Portsmouth, August 3, 1863. my dear Agassiz,—You will learn by a glance at the inclosed circular the object of the commission of which I am a member. The more I consider the subject to be examined and reported upon, the more I am impressed by its vastness; the more I see that its proper treatment requires a consideration of political, physiological, and ethnological principles. Before deciding upon any political policy, it is necessary to decide several important questions, which require more knowledge for
August 9th, 1863 AD (search for this): chapter 21
fied accordingly. I should be very glad, my dear sir, if you could give me your views upon this and cognate matters. If, however, your occupations will not permit you to give time to this matter, perhaps you will assist me by pointing to works calculated to throw light upon the subject of my inquiry, or by putting me in correspondence with persons who have the ability and the leisure to write about it. I remain, dear sir, faithfully, Samuel G. Howe. To Dr. S. G. Howe. Nahant, August 9, 1863. my dear Doctor,—When I acknowledged a few days ago the receipt of your invitation to put in writing my views upon the management of the negro race as part of the free population of the United States, I stated to you that there was a preliminary question of the utmost importance to be examined first, since whatever convictions may be formed upon that point must necessarily influence everything else relating to the subject. The question is simply this: Is there to be a permanent black
August 10th, 1863 AD (search for this): chapter 21
nature prevails will tend toward the South, while the weaker and lighter ones will remain and die out among us. Entertaining these views upon the fundamental questions concerning the races, the next point for consideration is the policy to be adopted under present circumstances, in order to increase the amount of good which is within our grasp and lessen the evil which we may avert. This will be for another letter. Very truly yours, Louis Agassiz. From the same to the same. August 10, 1863. my dear Doctor,—I am so deeply impressed with the dangers awaiting the progress of civilization, should the ideas now generally prevalent about amalgamation gain sufficient ascendency to exert a practical influence upon the management of the affairs of the nation, that I beg leave to urge a few more considerations upon that point. In the first place let me insist upon the fact that the population arising from the amalgamation of two races is always degenerate, that it loses the
August 18th, 1863 AD (search for this): chapter 21
perintendence of the working negroes something like the system which regulates the duties of the foreman in all our manufacturing establishments? I should like to go on and attempt to devise some scheme in conformity with the convictions I have expressed in these letters. But I have little ability in the way of organizing, and then the subject is so novel that I am not prepared to propose anything very definite. Ever truly yours, Louis Agassiz. From Dr. S. G. Howe. New York, August 18, 1863. my dear Agassiz,—I cannot refrain from expressing my thanks for your prompt compliance with my request, and for your two valuable letters. Be assured I shall try to keep my mind open to conviction and to forbear forming any theory before observing a wide circle of facts. I do not know how you got the idea that I had decided in favor of anything about the future of the colored population. I have corresponded with the founders of La Societe Cosmopolite pour la fusion des races hu
1864 AD (search for this): chapter 21
Chapter 20: 1863-1864: Aet. 56-57. Correspondence with Dr. S. G. Howe. bearing of the war on the position of the Negro race. affection for Harvard College. interest in her general progress. correspondence with Emerson concerning Harvard. glacial phenomena in Maine. Agassiz's letters give little idea of the deep interest he felt in the war between North and South, and its probable issue with reference to the general policy of the nation, and especially to the relation between the black and white races. Although any judgment upon the accuracy of its conclusions would now be premature, the following correspondence between Agassiz and Dr. S. G. Howe is nevertheless worth considering, as showing how the problem presented itself to the philanthropist and the naturalist from their different stand-points. From Dr. S. G. Howe. Portsmouth, August 3, 1863. my dear Agassiz,—You will learn by a glance at the inclosed circular the object of the commission of which I am a
September, 1864 AD (search for this): chapter 21
ut the necessity of check on the instructors in the head of the college, I am sure you will agree with me, is indispensable. You will see that my allusion to naturalists is only incidental to my statement of my grievance. But I have made my letter ridiculously long, and pray you to remember that you have brought it on your own head. I do not know that I ever attempted before an explanation of any speech. Always with entire regard yours, R. W. Emerson. At about this time, in September, 1864, Agassiz made an excursion into Maine, partly to examine the drift phenomena on the islands and coast of that State, and partly to study the so—called horse — backs. The journey proved to be one of the most interesting he had made in this country with reference to local glacial phenomena. Compass in hand, he followed the extraordinary ridges of morainic material lying between Bangor and Katahdin, to the Ebeene Mountains, at the foot of which are the Katahdin Iron Works. Returning to
December 12th, 1864 AD (search for this): chapter 21
han the former. The bright students, he writes to a friend, are now deprived of the best advantages to be had here, because the dull or the indifferent must still be treated as children. The two following letters, from their bearing on general university questions, are not out of place here. Though occasioned by a slight misconception, they are so characteristic of the writers, and of their relation to each other, that it would be a pity to omit them. To Ralph Waldo Emerson. December 12, 1864. my dear Emerson,—If your lecture on universities, the first of your course, has been correctly reported to me, I am almost inclined to quarrel with you for having missed an excellent chance to help me, and advance the true interests of the college. You say that Natural History is getting too great an ascendency among us, that it is out of proportion to other departments, and hint that a check-rein would not be amiss on the enthusiastic professor who is responsible for this. Do
December 13th, 1864 AD (search for this): chapter 21
ready to run a race with me. Perhaps, after all, I am taking up the cudgels against you rather prematurely. If I had not been called to New Haven, Sunday before last, by Professor Silliman's funeral, I should have been present at your lecture myself. Having missed it, I may have heard this passage inaccurately repeated. If so, you must forgive me, and believe me always, whatever you did or did not say, Ever truly your friend, Louis Agassiz. From Ralph Waldo Emerson. Concord, December 13, 1864. dear Agassiz,—I pray you have no fear that I did, or can, say any word unfriendly to you or to the Museum, for both of which blessings—the cause and the effect—I daily thank Heaven! May you both increase and multiply for ages! I cannot defend my lectures,—they are prone to be clumsy and hurried botches,— still less answer for any report,—which I never dare read; but I can tell you the amount of my chiding. I vented some of the old grudge I owe the college now for forty-fi
L. Agassiz (search for this): chapter 21
he Negro race. affection for Harvard College. interest in her general progress. correspondence with Emerson concerning Harvard. glacial phenomena in Maine. Agassiz's letters give little idea of the deep interest he felt in the war between North and South, and its probable issue with reference to the general policy of the natlation between the black and white races. Although any judgment upon the accuracy of its conclusions would now be premature, the following correspondence between Agassiz and Dr. S. G. Howe is nevertheless worth considering, as showing how the problem presented itself to the philanthropist and the naturalist from their different stand-points. From Dr. S. G. Howe. Portsmouth, August 3, 1863. my dear Agassiz,—You will learn by a glance at the inclosed circular the object of the commission of which I am a member. The more I consider the subject to be examined and reported upon, the more I am impressed by its vastness; the more I see that its proper tr
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