impatience; especially when it is remembered that the mental
sufferings of intellectual men are generally great in proportion to
their gifts, and (when clogged with nerves and body that are ever
urged beyond their strength) that they often mock the pride of
humanity by leaving but little space between the genius and the
madman.

Another fact was not known till he had died--his charity. Then it was
discovered how much kindness he had exercised in secret, and that
three poor widows had been fed daily from his table during all the
best years of his prosperity. Before his death he arranged all his
affairs, even to the disposal of his worn-out body.

"My country has been gracious to me," he said, "and, if it cares, may
dispose of my carcase as it will. But I desire that after my death my
heart may be taken from my body and buried at the feet of my father
and my mother in the churchyard of my native town. At their feet," he
added, with some of the old imperiousness--"strong in death." "At
their feet, remember!"

In one of the largest cities of Germany, a huge marble monument is
erected to the memory of the Great Man. On three sides of the pedestal
are bas-relief designs illustrating some of his works, whereby three
fellow-countrymen added to their fame; and on the fourth is a fine
inscription in Latin, setting forth his talents, and his virtues, and
the honours conferred on him, and stating in conclusion (on the
authority of his eulogizer) that his works have gained for him
immortality.

In a quiet green churchyard, near a quiet little town, under the