New-York tribune., 1841-11-20
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RALPH WALDO EMERSON.

An edition Of Mr.. Emerson's remarkable Es-
says has Just been published in London, under
the editorial supervision of THOMAS CARLYLE,
who, in his Preface, thus speaks OF the Esseyst
and his writings:
The name of Ralph Waldo Emerson is not en-
tiiey new in England distinguished travellers
bring US tdngs of such man; fractions of his
writings have fosnd their way into the hand, of the
curious here ftfu hints that there is, in New
England. some spiritual nota-lity called Emerson
glide through Reviews and Magazines. Whether
these hints were true or not, readers are now to
Judge Tor themselves little better.
Emerson's writings and speaking amount to
something and vet hitherto, as seems TO me, This
Emerson is perhaps far less notable for W hat he
has spoken done, than FOR The many things he
has not spokez and has forborne to do. With ua-
common interest have learned that this, aud in
such ncver-restiog locomotive country too, !. one
Of those rare men who have withal the invaluable
talent Of sitting still, That an educated nan of
good gifts and opportunities, after locking at the
public arena an! trying, not with i'll success what
lis tasks and prizes might amount to, should retire
for long years into rustic obscuri,y; and, amid the
olI-pervading jingle Of dollars and loud chaitering
of ambitions and promotions should quietly, with
cheerful deliberateHes., sit down TO spend his life
rot in Msmmon worship, or the hunt for repu,a-
ton, influences, place, or any outward advantage
whatsoever; this, when we get notice OF it, is
thing really worth noting. As Paul Louis Cour-
rer said - Ce qui me distingue de tous mes con-
temporains c'est que je mai pas la pretention
d'6tre. All my contemporaries '-poor coniem-
poraries Ii is rs if the man said Yes, We con-
temporaries, be it known TO YOU or let il remain
unknown. There 1t is one man who does not need
10 be a king king neither of nations nor of par
ishes or cliques, nor even Of cent-per-annum; nor
INDEED Of any thing nj all save himself only. Re-
alities ?! Yes, your dollars real SO are part
nerships, senatorships, celebrations regulations,
and the wealth of Rothschild: but to me, on the
whole, they are not the reality that will suffice -
To me, without some other reality they are mock
cry and amount to zero, nay, 10 n negative guam.
tity. ETERSITlEs surround this godgiven life Of
mine; what will all the dollars in creation do for
me- Dollars, dignties, senate addresses, review
articles, gilt coaches or caralcades, with world
de huzzaines and part-colored bect-ealcrs never
So many: O Heaven, what all ihese Be-
hold, We shall have all these, and | will endeavur
for thing other than these. Behold we will en-
tirely agree differ in this matter; be in your
eyes nothing, you 10 be something, to he much 10
be all things :-whercforc adeu in Gods name
go We that way 60 this Pity that man, for
such cause, should be so distinguished from all
his contemporaries 1t is misfortune partly of
these our peculiar times. Times and nations of
any strength have always privately held in them
many such men. Times and nations that hold
none or few of such, may indeed seem TO Them
selves strong and great, but are only bulky. loud
no heart solidiy IN thcm :--gredt, as the blown
bladder is which by and by will collapse and be-
come small enough
III
mon feeling to this brave Emerson seated by his
rustic hearth, on the other side OF the (yet
not altogether parted from me cither.) silently
communng with bis own soul and with the Gods
World it finds itself alive in yonder. Pleasures of
Virtue Progress Of the Species, Back Emancipa
lion, New TART, EcleclrisnI, Loc0-F ocosm, ghost
of improved Socinianism these with many other
ghosts and substances, are squeaking labbering.
according TO their capabilities, around this man
to one among the sixteen millions their labber
is all unmusical. The silent voices OF the stars
above, aud of the green Earth beneath, are pro-
flaber TO him-,ell him gradually that these 9th
era are but ghosts which will shortly have TO van
ish; tina, the Life-Fountain these proceed out OF
do ROT vanish The words ef such man, what
words he finds good to sneak, are worth attending
to. BY degrees u small circle OF living souls eager
TO hear is gathered. Tire silence Of thi. man has
son. prosper for him Emerson has gone 10 lee
turc, various times 10 special audiences, in Bos-
ton ard occasionally elsewhere. Three OF those
Lectures, already printed, known To some
here; as the little pamphlet called Nature. OF
somewhat earlier date. 1t may be said great
meaning lies in these pieces, which as yer finds no
adequate expression for itself. note worthy
though very unu,tractive work. moreover. is that
new periodical they call The Dial, in which he
occasionally writes; which appears indeed gene.
rally 10 be mbued with his way Of thinking, and
10 proceed from, the circle that learns Of him. The
present little volume OF Essays printed in Bos-
ton few rson,h- ago, is Emersons FIRST book, an
unpretending little book. composed probably IN
good pant, from mere lectures which already lay
written. Il affords us, on several sides, in such
manner as it can. direct glimpse into the man
and that spiritual world of his.
FlRr-Gn Tuesday night las; fire broke out
in Murph,'s Studies at Harlem, by which the
building and adjoining dwellins-house were de-
s,royed also, the large omnibus Hercules,
whch was in the stable at the time
CHARAcryRlsrlc Observation-Disclosures
j.: Send me shilling. Yours, H. +. )
On second thoughts make !, ttro Dear b:
have but one shilling in the world. Yours, j.
p. S On second thoughts, want that for dinner
sailor, seeing some domestic siave-traders
driving colored mca. women and children on board
ship for New.O5lcans market, shook his head
and said TO one of his shipma,ss, g say, Jack, ii
the Devil dom; catch them tellers, zoe might as
ireN not bare ony Deri'.
FtRsr-RArE-By las of Maryland, passed
few wears since all mo.ey staked upoa the results
of elections, is forfeited for the of Primary