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people     accusing     him    of  magic�察   �saying    that   he   had   discovered     the 

philosopher's stone�察�and the secret of Hermes Trismegistus�察�that he must 

make gold�察�because�察�though he squandered all his money�察�he had always 

money in hand�察�and that he kept a ;devil's´bird�察─�a familiar spirit�察�in the 

pommel of that famous long sword of his�察�which he was only too ready to 

lug   out   on   provocationthe   said   spirit�察�Agoth   by   name�察  �being   probably 

only the laudanum bottle with which he worked so many wondrous cures�察�

and of which�察�to judge from his writings�察�he took only too freely himself。 

     But the charm of Paracelsus is in his humour�察�his mother´wit。                He was 

blamed for consorting with boors in pot´houses�察�blamed for writing in racy 

German�察�instead of bad school´Latin�此             �but you can hardly read a chapter�察�

either of his German or his dog´Latin�察�without finding many a good thing´ 

´witty and weighty�察�though often not a little coarse。             He talks in parables。 

He draws illustrations�察�like Socrates of old�察�from the monest and the 



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oddest      matters      to   enforce     the    weightiest      truths。      ;Fortune       and 

misfortune�察─  �he says�察  �for   instance   nobly  enough�察   �are not   like   snow   and 

wind�察    �they   must    be   deduced      and   known      from    the   secrets   of   nature。 

Therefore misfortune is ignorance�察�fortune is knowledge。                      The man who 

walks out in the rain is not unfortunate if he gets a ducking。; 

     ;Nature�察─�he says again�察 �makes the text�察�and the medical man adds the 

gloss�察  �but   the   two   fit   each   other   no   better   than   a  dog   does   a   bath�察─  �and 

again�察�when he is arguing against the doctors who hated chemistry;Who 

hates   a thing   which   has hurt   nobody�拭         �Will   you   plain of   a   dog   for 

biting you�察�if you lay hold of his tail�拭           �Does the emperor send the thief to 

the    gallows�察   �or   the   thing   which     he   has   stolen�拭    �The     thief�察 �I  think。 

Therefore science should not be despised on account of some who know 

nothing      about   it。;  You     will   say   the   reasoning    is  not   very   clear�察  �and 

indeed   the   passage�察  �like   too   many   more�察  �smacks   strongly   of   wine   and 

laudanum。        But   such   is   his   quaint   racy   style。  As   humorous   a   man�察  �it 

seems to me�察�as you shall meet with for many a day�察�and where there is 

humour   there   is   pretty   sure   to   be   imagination�察  �tenderness�察  �and   depth   of 

heart。 

     As for his notions of what a man of science should be�察�the servant of 

God�察�and of Naturewhich is the work of Godusing his powers not for 

money�察�not for ambition�察�but in love and charity�察�as he says�察�for the good 

of his fellow´manon that matter Paracelsus is always noble。                     All that Mr。 

Browning has conceived on that point�察�all the noble speeches which he has 

put   into   Paracelsus's   mouth�察  �are   true   to   his   writings。   How   can   they   be 

otherwise�察     �if  Mr。   Browning       set  them    fortha    genius    as  accurate     and 

penetrating as he is wise and pure�拭�

     But was Paracelsus a drunkard after all�拭�

     Gentlemen�察�what concern is that of yours or mine�拭                    �I have gone into 

the question�察�as Mr。 Browning did�察�cannot say�察�and don't care to say。 

     Oporinus�察  �who   slandered   him   so   cruelly�察  �recanted   when   Paracelsus 

was     dead�察  �and    sang   his  praisestoo     late。   But    I  do   not   read   that  he 

recanted the charge of drunkenness。               His defenders allow it�察�only saying 



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that it was the fault not of him alone�察�but of all Germans。 But if so�察�why 

was he specially blamed for what certainly others did likewise�拭                    �I cannot 

but fear from his writings�察�as well as from mon report�察�that there was 

something       wrong    with    the  man。    I   say   only   something。      Against     his 

purity there never was a breath of suspicion。              He was said to care nothing 

for   women�察  �and   even   that   was   made   the   subject   of brutal   jests   and   lies。 

But   it   may   have   been   that�察  �worn   out   with   toil   and   poverty�察  �he   found 

fort in that laudanum which he believed to be the arcanumthe very 

elixir   of   life�察  �that   he   got   more   and   more   into   the   habit   of   exciting   his 

imagination       with   the   narcotic�察  �and    then�察  �it  may   be�察  �when    the   fit  of 

depression followed�察�he strung his nerves up again by wine。                    It may have 

been so。      We have had�察�in the last generation�察�an exactly similar case in a 

philosopher�察�now I trust in heaven�察�and to whose genius I owe too much to 

mention his name here。 

     But that Paracelsus was a sot I cannot believe。                 That face of his�察�as 

painted by the great Tintoretto�察�is not the face of a drunkard�察�quack�察�bully�察�

but of such a man as Browning has conceived。                  The great globular brain�察�

the   sharp   delicate   chin�察  �is   not   that   of   a   sot。   Nor   are   those   eyes�察  �which 

gleam  out   from  under   the   deep   pressed   brow�察  �wild�察 �intense�察  �hungry�察�

homeless�察�defiant�察  �and yet   plaining�察�the eyes   of   a sotbut   rather the 

eyes of a man who struggles to tell a great secret�察�and cannot find words 

for it�察�and yet wonders why men cannot understand�察�will not believe what 

seems to him as clear as daya tragical face�察�as you well can see。 

     God keep us all from making our lives a tragedy by one great sin。 And 

now let us end this sad story with the last words which Mr。 Browning puts 

into the mouth of Paracelsus�察�dying in the hospital at Salzburg�察�which have 

e literally true�此�

       Meanwhile�察�I have done well though not all well。 As yet men cannot 

do without contempt�察�'Tis for their good�察�and therefore fit awhile That they 

reject the weak and scorn the false�察�Rather than praise the strong and true 

in me�此�But after�察�they will know me。               If I stoop Into a dark tremendous 

sea of cloud�察�It is but for a time。          I press God's lamp Close to my breast�察�



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its splendour�察�soon or late�察�Will pierce the gloom。                I shall emerge one day。 



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                  GEORGE BUCHANAN�察�

                                SCHOLAR 



     The    scholar�察   �in  the   sixteenth    century�察   �was   a  far   more    important 

personage   than   now。       The   supply   of   learned   men   was   very   small�察  �the 

demand   for   them   very   great。     During   the   whole   of   the   fifteenth�察  �and   a 

great part of the sixteenth century�察�the human mind turned more and more 

from the scholastic philosophy of the Middle Ages to that of the Romans 

and   the   Greeks�察  �and   found   more   and   more   in   old   Pagan Art   an   element 

which   Monastic   Art   had   not�察  �and   which   was   yet   necessary   for   the   full 

satisfaction     of  their   craving    after  the  Beautiful。     At    such   a  crisis  of 

thought   and   taste�察  �it   was   natural   that   the   classical   scholar�察  �the   man   who 

knew old Rome�察�and still more old Greece�察�should usurp the place of the 

monk�察�as teacher of mankind�察�and that scholars should form�察�for a while�察�a 

new   and   powerfu
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