New-York tribune., 1841-11-26

you are brough TO the bar with horde Of ether
vagabonds and probably sent TO the treadDili Tor
fourteen DAYS; or If you choose TO inform the
ma gi.trate that you are POOR scholar, His Nor-
snip, after looking round the court with air OF
salaried stupidity, and inquiring OF the officers,
whether YOU are known TO the Office, or whether
the present * yorr first - offence, viii probably,
in his great mercy, let you OF with severe admo-
nition not again 10 be guilty OF ths horrid crime
Of sleeping in the open air.
But you viii not listen to reason: you are man
of talent yogr grandmother says so, and the al
buns, Of dozen young ladies in your ueignbor-
hood attest the fact, your foolish old father says.
that learning Is better than houses OF land. and
YOU are iackess enough 70 believe MIN: YOU have
got or YOUR tongues end s cuckoo cry OF " know
ledge i power and 1T you go to London TO give
Yourself the lie
Surely you bring YOUR pigs TO e inc market; a
soon should We expect To see the trembling aspen
rise to maturity on the naked peaks Of The Hima-
lavas. or to stumble upon the modest vioe; il the
desert pain; of central Africa, a. 20 see the IN
professional man OF education and talent rise 10
any thlsg above the miserable chance of the pre-
carious subsistence Of the passing day. Suppose
YOU came to London with poem like Thomson,
or like Johnson with tragedy in your pocket:
EQN then. YOU Will want q palI OF sl4Df-- ilAr Ns4s
on. or diaacr Ike the other and probably, as
all your conceit will not lead you te measure your
intellect with such men, you viii ere long find il
advisable either to turn your attention to some
useful occupation, ST else go to New Zealand,
Australia or the devil.
That scholarship may serve man in some re-
coynized ayocation. We do not -cruple admit
(ahoagh we believe that if he have pushing and
tact. or perseverance, and common sense, with a
dash OF irnpudent self.concet, he viii &c; much
better without it y but then it VIII snly serve him
as subsidiary 10 something the world stands IN
need Of and. because it so stands in need OF. Is
ready and willing TO pay for and 10 honor, but 80
,urc rs picture, however well finished l. Il bare
and naked looking affair if not provided vi h a
frame, 40 Is scholarship, especially in London
miserable chattc if no; set in the golden round
# some lucrative profession. Need refer YOU TO
the CGLQmifieS Of huthorS for the certain fate
that awaits YOU if YOU turn your energies TO the
trade of literature for trade YOU must make IT,,
if Won would live II, in fine, you a scholar,
that Is to say, poor scholar, 60 from door to
door among the cabins OF Ireland, where you viii
be received with uni, ersal sympathy and respect.
and have the best scat and the mcaliest potato or
travel as Goldsmith did, from university 10 uni
versity on the Continent, where the measure OF a
man Is not altogether taken from his breeches
pocket but Of all curses. avoid the cursed indis-
ni,y YOU will meet with in London, where tbs
rutianism of insoleut and vulgar wealth knows no
restraint, no deccncy, no shame and where every
cad with pocketful of silver, is more respectable
than you while his pocket i full. London is a
trading place and whatever YOU are, If you come
TO London to live, you must be trader; therefore,
If YOU have the true nobility of genius stay away,
and let the muck-werms of town insult one brave
snirir the less.