CHAPTER XII! 

 TIN: BUBTH 



OF those who helped Herschcl onward to fam 

 were dead lnt his sist'-r Caroline. J)r. Watson, and Sir 

 Josepli Hanks. th- King and ll.-rschrl him- 

 gone. A pleasant ami useful IVlluwsliip of gnat niin<ls, 

 great in respect of rank or great in intellect and 1 

 had come to its close. It liu<l lasted for about forty 

 years, more or less ; and the continuance of it so long 

 without break or jar reflects the highest credit on all 

 four. A union of hearts and minds so unusual is 

 worthy of a passing notice. 



Sir William Watson did not belong to tin- Trium- 

 virate as it was called, but of him H.-rsrln-l always 

 spoke with tin- dr.-jM-st respect Unworthy and un- 

 scrupulous men, when they think tli alih to 

 climb without further help, have no repugnance to 

 kick away the ladder by which they first moi; 

 into fame. Herschel did not belong to that contempt i 1 1 

 class. His was a noble nature, and as generous as it 

 was noble. Watson offered to assist him with money, 

 but he preferred to meet the cost of experiment or 

 manufacture out of his own labours. It was a noble 

 resolve. But almost from the first he confesses obliga- 

 tion, and finds a certificate for himself by linking 

 .ame with Watson's. The man with whose fame 



