The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-06-20

iofssfu % ms complaints OF lll-ussge; II
nov you say that the world does not no
nor and reward you according 10 your
merits. dnubl 1.-THE world 10 GENT
rally very JUST 10 genius. and ollenIimes
generous even 10 pretenders. You CON-
plain Of The world that il has not award
ed 10 you the palm Of merit. On what
grounds do you make your complaint!
You have written . poem which you
think very fine. but The world will mol
read il. Perhaps The world already pos
sesses a. many poems as il wishes 10 :
possess Of that degree Of fneness. IL is
very hard that The world should be fore
ed 10 read what il has no inclination 10 !
read. or that il should be grumbled 81 for |
not sdmiring what IL cannot admire. l.
assure you my good friend. that the world
has no spileful feelings sgainsl you. and
that il has no undue or personal parlisli-
ties in favor Of those writers whose pro-
dueIions il prefers 10 yours. You say
the world has no TASTE Tor poetry; well,
perhaps il has not: what then! How
can you help Thai! Can you give il .
taste by grumbling al il! You complain
that the reviewers have not done you JUS
iiee-very likely; but you pay a very
small number Of reviewers a very high
compliment in a,lribuling to them The
power TO influence the world; and then
the fault is in the reviewers and not in
the world, which has been unconscious
ly misled and deceived BY them. But
let me tell you. TINT no reviewers can de-
ceise the world for any length Of time; il
/ they play booty, the world Is sure 10 find
them out in the long run--sy, or in a
short run. Does not the world know.
what il likes! And, do YOU think that.
II the world 10 constantly persuaded TO
take into its hands books that are utterly
worthless, il will continue 10 put faith in
I The same cri,iesl Assuredly. it will not;
and then in vain will they blow their
irumpets, aud cry, /" Walk in, Ladies and
Gentlemen" You may be- confident that
trade criticism will never make any per-
manent or deep impression on the world.
But afIer all. IL is possible that you are
not neglected genius, or il you are. you
have neglected yourself more Than the
world has neglected you. You have not
done your best, or IL you have, you may
oserrate your ability. Try again; take
another topic, vary your mode Of illus,ra-
ton. Consider how very possible i. is
tina, you may mistake your for,e,--tha,
you may even mistake literary ambition
/ for literary ability: this has been the case
/ with great many. it may be so with
you. Only make il the worlds interest
to admire you. and then you will have
admiration in abundance. You perhaps
ask. how can this be donel | answer.
by producing that which 10 truly admirs-
Bile. The world did not care fg for
Walter Scott ,ill he composed {" the Lay
Of the Last Minstrel" and they did no,
1 care much for him when he published
/. The " Lord Of the Isles" and had he gone
e on in that style he would very soon have
B. become neglected genius. Blu, he pre-
y ferred success to grumbling; thought i
|. better to fight his way TO fame, than tC
y sit down by the road side, and complain
e Of others outw alking him; so he took uT
i his pen and wrote Wsverly--he wrote i
n in The conscious power Of his own intel
!, lec,usl strength; and though il may b
b difficult TO say what would have been ,h,
= case under change OF circumstances. !
IS may very fairly be supposed. tina. hat
u Wayerly been failure, Scott would no
Y have despaired, but would have tried hi
n hand in some other line.
o In truth believe, concerning Sir Wal
d ter Scott, that his cheerfulness Of spirit
II his elasticity Of soul, his equanimi,y o
temper, were not so much The consequen
= ces as the causes Of his success. Hi
q thus had full possession Of his powers
\, he took things quietly as they came; tn
= little rubs aud ,iisappoin,men,s Of life di,
= not weaken, but rather strengthened him
: so that. like a skil(ul general, he mad
, conquered enemies powerful allies. Sup
-s pose that. when the world received eth
if Lord Of the Isles" with cold languor an
a wearied safety, he had sat down 10 writ
Is a prosy pamphlet TO prove that "th
y Lord Of the Isles" was quite as good
!. poem as 1.-THE Lay Of the Las, Minstrel;'
10 that the world ought to admire il as much
a, that poslerity would do him justice.--sn
is all thai sort Of cant. What would .h
n, world have said to this! They woul
at have left him and ros,eri,y to settle III
o, business between them, and would hav
8, taken no notice Of him. The world love
to bold s,rsigh, forward spirit. and hates
ok mewIiug. pulling. whining. pining. finn
or kin, minnikin thing. like a spoiled chill
he ouarrellng with its bread and butter. G.
ng MUS is not merely iniellec,ual--i, is mi
he ral,--and. perhaps. physical too; Tor
re implies and requires a certain degree
Ia healhfulness. a clearness in the menu
10. sight. and soundness in The general SUI
ss capabilities; il must not have hide
b. tough as leather, nor as sensitive as
re-. whipped back. II a man OF genius col
ng descends to be in a passion. he will p