VI. 



CHAUNCEY WRIGHT. 1 



THE sudden and untimely death of Mr. Chauncey 

 Wright, in September 1875, was an irreparable loss 

 not only to the friends whose privilege it had been 

 to know so wise and amiable a man, but to the 

 interests of sound philosophy in general. To some, 

 perhaps, there may seem to be extravagance in 

 speaking of any such loss to philosophy as irre- 

 parable ; for in the great work of the world we are 

 accustomed to see the ranks close up as heroes fall 

 by the way, and when we come to reckon up the 

 sum of actual achievement, in our thankfulness over 

 the calculable results obtained we seldom take heed 

 of those innumerable unrealised possibilities upon 



1 Philosophical Discussions, By Chauncey Wright. With a Bio- 

 graphical Sketch of the Author by Charles Eliot Norton. New York : 

 Henry Holt and Co. 1876. 



