Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-01-07
Prom The London Magazine.
ANALECTS FROM JOHN PAUL RICHTER.
by the Author of the Confessions OF an English


ANALECTS FROM JOHN PAUL RICHTER
BY the Author of the Confessions OF an ENGLISH
Opium Eater
On Osah.-We should all think OF death as n
less hrdeeds object, II it simply untcnanted ou boz
dies of split, whou, corr,iptiny them. secondly,
il the grief which we experiences ar tho s,,r,,ci,.
of our iIicndS graves not by some cT6ntusiou
at the mind blcnttd with the image of our own:
thirdly, we had not in this lie seated ourselves il,
n warm dou'e 'tic nest, which were unwillinr TO
quit for the coil blue REGIONS Of the unfthomab,c
heavens; a'ly-ii death were denied Ia MS
Once ii, dreams saw a human bcinr of heavenly,
intellectual faculties, and his aspirations were lra
vcny; but he was chained, (nethou.ht0 etprnollv
to tie earth The immortal old unan had five great
wounds III his happiness; five worms that gnawcd
forever at has neart: he was unhappy i'm sprin,-
tune, because that is a season of hope. and ,Ch
with phan,oms OF far happier DAYS than any which
TINS aceidama uf earth realize. He was I'M
happy AT the sound Of music, which datcs the
hcart OF man Into It's whole capa CITY for the inf
hi'e' and ne cried aloud, AWAY, away. Thou
Speakcst Of things which throughout my endless
NE nave found not, and shall no, fair lie was
unhappy at the remembrance of eu THY affections
ana answered hearts ir love is plant which MA
qua III tins life, bui IL must flourish in another He
was unhappy under the glorious spectacle of th,
starry host, and calculated forever in his bea,i
so 'h.n am parted from you to all eternity Nv
an hpaSsab. abyss: the great uuivcs., al sans is
ABOVE below. and round about me- hut am, .;,,n-
ed to iiitic ball OF dust anI ashes' lie wa. mn,
happy heiirr the great ideas OF Vhtuc-of rrulb-
ana oil God; because he knew lcw fcgblc are i've
approximations To them which son Of earth car,
make. But this WAS Il dream: God be thnukcd
that in reality there is no such cii-;ng ami ,su
eye directed upwards To Heaven, to winch death
will not one day bring an answer
Female 1o"gueS.--HippeI, the author of the
| book Upon Marriage" says, "a wuninn, that
does not talk mt s. be stupid woman" Bun Him
author, =,
au'Aite IMAM to adopt. IhcslnoSt Intelligent wo-
men are often silent amongst men; and again
he most stupid and the most silent are often ne-
0' que iio' 'hc other, cXcei; amongst men. In
general the current remark upon men is valid nlso
Win feSpec To women; that those fer the mos, part
are the greatest thinkers vino are the cas, t;,It
us oS cease to croak when light is brought 10 He
W"ttt f"Se' However, in fact. the dispropo,tonat,
'lkiis oi women arises out of the scdautainess al
men i'oouTS; s,dan'aIy artisans, as tai0rs shoe
makers, weavcrs, have this ha biz as vel AS b,,.,
,''""'tiac"l tendencies lin common with wunen-
Apes do not talk, as savages say, that they no,
ue sci 10 WORKS bat women often talk double th,i,
share, even because HEY work
St'c'cSS.-N othing is more moyine 10 rnru
man the spectacle of cancellations: u,r ,ycak cs
ses are linus indemnied, and are not too costly:
oeins the price we pay for the hour of forgiveness:
ana the arch-angel who has never felt ANGER los
reason 10 envy t1e man who subdues it, When thou
ioslveSt, the man who has pierced thy heart stands
=" t"e III the relation Of Sea-Worm that ne rfora a
T. shell OF muscle, which straightway closes the
wound with pearl.
Inc graves of the best men, OF the nobl,st mar
yrs, "ie like the graves of tho Hcrhu,ers (he Mo-
raviah bfctheren) level, and ,ntlistingulsi,ahl.
tfom the universal earth: and, if the Garth could ci
up hef secrets, our whole globe would apnear ,
Westminster Abbey laid fiat All! what a ,nuI,i,,,a,
=. .eafs' what myriads of bloody drops have been
shed III secrecy about the three corrcrtroes az
earth-the tree of life the tree of knowl.,,e G. t,
'fee OF freedom-shed, hut reckoned! II i, only
great periods OF calamity that reveal to us our creat
nne as comets are revealed by the total eclinse f
'ne sun. Not merely upon the field of battle. Inn
also upon the consecrated soil of vrtue-and ,non
me classic ground of truth thousands of nameiess
heroes must fall and struggle to build up the foot
stnoi from which history surveys the one hero
whose name IS embalmed, bleedng-cououering
aud resp!endent. The gran,lcst of heroic decds arc
those which arc performed within four walls and i;
privacy. And, because history roco,d.
only the se-sacrItices Of the male sen and hcca,,s
she oip' hef pen only III blood therefore is il tina,
~ te eyes oil the unseen world annals appear
oououesS lar more beautiful and noble than in orr
own. ~ " '''