The Man Who Tired Carlyle

There is a story of Carlyle in his old ige having taken the followiug fareivell in bis broadest Scotch of a young Tiend who bad had him in charge for valks, aod who while alinost always idapting himself to Carlyle's luood had jn a single occasion ventured to disjgree with hiiu, "I would have you to know, yonng man, that you have the 3apacity of being the greatest bore in Christendom." The boredom had con3isted solely in the rather negative sin af not having been convineed of the truth of one of Carlyle's dogmas, a sin all the more heinous becanse, instead of standing boldly up to Carlyle and declaring his doctrine utterly perverse, the companion had betrayed his weakness by an apologetic tone. Now, Carlyle liked disciples, and he respected antagonists, bnt he could not endure being njerely thwarted without being thoroughly ronsed. He feit in that case that he liad made uo impression at all on his interlocutor; that he had neither won him nor excited him to resistance. And nothing bored him so much as that. üf course it is only exceptionally despotic minds that are bored in thia way.-