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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 5: (search)
ought to have made the subject of an epic poem; but now they are all dead, and since 1813 Goethe has been alone in the world. He has much on paper which has never been published, and much in his memory which has not been put on paper, for he writes always by an amanuensis, to whom he dictates from memoranda on a card or scrap of paper, as he walks up and down his room. Of his views in physics and comparative anatomy, he has published little, but a programme by a medical professor at Jena (Oken) has lately made a great noise, in which the doctrine that the brain is formed from the medulla spinalis was, no doubt, from hints first given by Goethe. Among the many unpublished things he has on hand, are parts of a continuation of Faust, which Riemer had seen, in which the Devil brings Faust to court and makes him a great man; and some poems in the Persian style and taste which he wrote during the last war, to give a relief to his imagination and feelings by employing himself on someth
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 26 (search)
, battle of, 29, 37. Newton, Stewart, 412, 421, 422. New York, visits, 15, 27, 404. Niagara, visits, 386. Nibby, Carlo, 171. Nichols, Rev. J., 336. Niebuhr, B. G., 127, 177, 178. Niemeyer, Chancellor, 110, 113. Niemeyer, Professor, 111, 112. Noailles, Alexis de, 254. Noel, R. R., 506. Norton, Mrs., Andrews, 334 note, 398 note. Norton, Professor, Andrews, 17, 319, 334, 355, 356. O O'Connell, Daniel, 411, 416, 480. Oehlenschllger, Adam, 126. Ogilvie, James, 8. Oken, Professor, 115. Oliver, Robert, 41. O'Neil, Miss, 53. Ord, Mr., 415. Orleans, Due da, 493. Ossuna, Duchess of, 205, 207, 208, 223. Otis, H. G., 12-14, 20, 21, 40, 339, 359, 360. Owen, Robert, of Lanark, 278. Oxford, visits, 289, 404. P Paez de La Cadena, 489. Painting, Spanish School of, 216, 221, 239. Palafox y Melzi, Don J., 206. Palfrey, John Gorham, 331. Palissot, Baron, 131. Palmella, Count, 248, 263, 264 and note, 267. Palmerston, Viscount, 458. Paris, vis
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 30 (search)
II. 123. Nodier, Madame C., II. 123. Noel, R. R., I. 506. Norman, Mr., 11. 390. Northampton, Marquis of, it. 176. Norton, Charles Eliot, II. 328, 491 note. Norton, Mrs., Andrews, I. 334 note, 398 note, 11.282, 328. Norton, Professor, Andrews, 1.17, 319, 334, 355, 356, 11.188, 229, 287. Nostitz, General, II. 332. O O'Connell, Daniel, I. 411, 416, 480. Odescalchi. Cardinal, II. 85. Odillon-Barrot, II. 136. Oehlenschlager, Adam, I. 126. Ogilvie, James, 1.8. Oken, Professor, I. 115- Ole Bull, it. 225. Oliver, Robert, I 41. O'Neil, Miss, 1. 53. Ord, Mr., T. 415. Orleans, Due da T. 493, II. 122. Orleans, Helene, Duchesse d% II. 121, 131, 135. Orloff, Madame da, II. 80. Ossuna, Duchess of, I. 205, 207, 208, 223, II. 126. Otis, H. G., 1.12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 40, 339, 359, 360. Ouseley, Sir Gore and Lady, II. 372. Overbeck, II. 77. Owen, Robert, of Lanark, I. 278. Oxford, visits, I. 289, 404, II. 168, 169. P Paez de la. Cadena
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition, Chapter 1: 1807-1827: to Aet. 20. (search)
nd. My oldest sister is busy every day in making drawings for me to illustrate their gradual development. . . . I dissect now as much and on as great a variety of subjects as possible. This makes my principal occupation. I am often busy too with Oken. His Natur-philosophie gives me the greatest pleasure. I long for my box, being in need of my books, which, no doubt, you have sent. Meantime, I am reading something of Universal History, and am not idle, as you see. But I miss the evenings witidelberg, board equally cheap, beer plenty and good. Let all this persuade you. We shall hear Gruithuisen in popular astronomy, Schubert in general natural history, Martius in botany, Fuchs in mineralogy, Seiber in mathematics, Starke in physics, Oken in everything (he lectures in winter on the philosophy of nature, natural history, and physiology). The clinical instruction will be good. We shall soon be friends with all the professors. The library contains whatever is best in botany and Zool
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition, Chapter 2: 1827-1828: Aet. 20-21. (search)
Chapter 2: 1827-1828: Aet. 20-21. Arrival in Munich. lectures. relations with the professors. Schelling, Martius, Oken, Dollinger. relations with fellow-students. the little Academy. plans for traveling. advice from his parents. vacation journey. Tri-Centennial Durer festival at Nuremberg. Agassiz accepted is manner was as persuasive as his style was clear, and his mode of developing his subject led his hearers along with a subtle power which did not permit fatigue. Oken lectured on general natural history, physiology, and zoology, including his famous views on the philosophy of nature (Natur-philosophie). His lectures gave occasioe not always in accordance with experience. On philosophical grounds, he was wont to say, when facts and theory thus confronted each other, we must so accept it. Oken was extremely friendly with the students, and Agassiz, Braun, and Schimper (who joined them at Munich) passed an evening once a week at his house, where they list
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition, Chapter 3: 1828-1829: Aet. 21-22. (search)
gress in comparative anatomy. At four o'clock we go usually once a week to hear Oken on Natur-philosophie (a course we attended last term also), but by that means weaun to his father. Munich, February 15, 1829. . . . Last Thursday we were at Oken's. There was interesting talk on all sorts of subjects, bringing us gradually to the Ural and then to Humboldt's journey, and finally Oken asked if we would not like to go with Humboldt. To this we gave warm assent, and told him that if he couldpe that he would take us, a word from you would have more weight than anything. Oken's answer gave us but cold comfort; nevertheless, he promised to write at once tofew weeks of alternate encouragement and despondency their bright vision faded. Oken fulfilled his promise and wrote to Humboldt, recommending them most warmly. Humollowed consecutively the lectures of Dollinger on comparative anatomy, those of Oken on natural history, those of Fuchs on mineralogy, as well as the courses of astr
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition, Chapter 4: 1829-1830: Aet. 22-23. (search)
al education; and when, in the year 1827, the new University of Munich opened, with Schelling as professor of philosophy, Oken, Schubert, and Wagler as professors of zoology, Dollinger as professor of anatomy and physiology, Martius and Zuccarini as on embryology he gratefully acknowledges his debt to his old teacher. Among the most fascinating of our professors was Oken. A master in the art of teaching, he exercised an almost irresistible influence over his students. Constructing the unisuits by physio-philosophy would have missed a part of his training. There is a great distance between the man who, like Oken, attempts to construct the whole system of nature from general premises and the one who, while subordinating his conceptiofor which he can adduce no evidence. It was a curious intellectual experience to listen day after day to the lectures of Oken, while following at the same time Schelling's courses, where he was shifting the whole ground of his philosophy from its n
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition, Chapter 21: 1865-1868: Aet. 58-61. (search)
e still holds in warm remembrance the days when you, a bright, pleasant young fellow, used to come and see us,—what a long stretch of time lies between. Much is changed about me. Of former friends only Kobell and Vogel remain; Zuccarini, Wagner, Oken, Schelling, Sieber, Fuchs, Walther,—all these have gone home. All the pleasanter is it that you, on the other side of the ocean, think sometimes of your old friend, to whom a letter from you will be always welcome. Remember me to your family, thourney. My recent studies have made me more adverse than ever to the new scientific doctrines which are flourishing now in England. This sensational zeal reminds me of what I experienced as a young man in Germany, when the physio-philosophy of Oken had invaded every centre of scientific activity; and yet, what is there left of it? I trust to outlive this mania also. As usual, I do not ask beforehand what you think of it, and I may have put my hand into a hornet's nest; but you know your ol
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition, Index. (search)
81, 647, 674. National Academy of Sciences founded, 569. Negroes, 500, 504, 591, 594, 600, 605, 612. Neuchatel, plans for, 190, 193, 199; accepts profesorship there, 202; first lecture, 206; founding of Natural History Society, 208, 215; museum, 208. New Haven, 408, 409, 413. New York, city of, 415, 425. New York, Natural History of, 427. Nicolet, C., 300. Nomenclator Zoologicus, 334, 356. Nuremberg, 73; the Durer festival, 73. Oesars, 448. Oesterreicher, 91. Oken, 44, 53, 54, 91, 102, 151, 643. Orbe, 118, 666. Ord, collection, 419. Osono, 748. Otway Bay, 741. Owen's Island, 742. P. Packard, A. S., 773. Panama, 764. Paris, Agassiz in, 162, 163, 165, 170, 175, 195. Peale, R., Museum, 419. Peirce, B., 438, 458. Penikese Island, 767; glacial marks, 774. Perty, 90. Philadelphia, 416, 423; Academy of Science, 416; American Philosophical Society, 417. Phyllotaxis, first hint at the law of, 39. Physio-philosophy, 152.