"What thing
a man may wish to make himself, no matter what, he should fit
himself for some ozer thing. Or else, he may be just one thing
-- he might be poet, or mathematicien, or musicien maybe, -- and
not be a whole _man_. You understand?"

"Very well, sir."

"I did not know no more what I would be, when I first went to
de Universite of Halle I have been to seven Universites."

Winthrop looked at him, as if to see whether he were cased in
sevenfold learning.

"I am not so very wise, neizer," he said laughing. "And now I
am in de eight Universite -- in Mannahatta -- and if you will
come dere I will be very glad to see you."

"Thank you, sir; --but I am afraid Mannahatta would be too
expensive for me."

"Perhaps. -- But vere will you go?"

"I don't know sir, yet."

"But ven you get through, you will come to Mannahatta and let
me see what you have made of yourself?"

Winthrop shook his head. "I don't know when that will be, Mr.
Herder."

They were walking through a tangled woodland, along one of the
deep mountain gorges; the naturalist stopping frequently to
give closer notice to something. He stood still here to
examine a piece of rock.

"Will you let me give you one little direction," said he
producing his little hammer, -- "_two_ little direction, or I
should call them big direction, which may be of some goot to
you?"

"I wish you would, sir."

"In de first place den, don't never go half way through
nozing. If some thing you want to know is in de middle of dat
rock," said he striking it, "knock de rock all to pieces but
what you will have it. I mean, when you begin, finish, and do
it goot."

"That is what I think, Mr. Herder."

"In de second place," continued Mr. Herder, illustrating part
of his former speech by hammering off some pieces of rock from
the mass, -- "don't never think that no kind of knowledge is of
no use to you. Dere is _nozing_ dat it is not goot to know. You
may say, it is no use to you to know dat colour of de outside
of dis rock, and dis colour of de inside; you are wrong; you
ought to learn to know it if you can; and you will find de use
before you die, wizout you be a very misfortunate man. Dere is
nozing little in dis world; all is truth, or it will help you
find out truth; and you cannot know too much."

"I believe that, sir; and I will remember it."

"And when you have learned English and Latin and Greek, you
will learn German?" said the naturalist, putting the fragm