New-York tribune., 1841-04-14
GEMS FROM EMERSoN's ESSAYS.

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GEMS FROM EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
ronvs-Wbv being a. We are surrounded by this all
,,rrc soft and fluid a a cloud the air should we
h b hard neelant. md magnify few forms W iy Shod
we make account of :inpe OF magnitude or o FORM IL"
soul knows them and genius oocylns rs avs 'T
hog -, nln with them Young child plays with
i :, brr,, (,n,i. studies the casual thought and tar
,l IN IN. womb of things the rarlss from one
orb tina; dy.rgc they fall by Infinite dlancterS ''e
c, the nonai through all hi> masks Us he performs me
.,rn.ychosi, of nature Genius detects through inc ny
through the caterpillar. through the grub through me
rho constant type Of the individual through countless nd'i-
al- the fixed species through many species ic genus
through all genera the >cadt type; through II" ihc KING
dorns of organized life the eternal unity Nature Is n'
BE cloud which always and never the same she casts
the same tlous h into troops poet makes twenty
fable, with one moral. Beautifully shines spirit through
the brliencss and ioughnes of matter None onnpoteh
il converts all things end. lhc adaiiliHt streams
into sotte and precise before it, but whilst LOOK Mt IT,
It's outline and texture changed altogether Nothing so
fleeing y form letneycr does il quite deny itself lnman
still trace the rudimcuts hints of all TINT We esteem
badges the lower vet him they enhance
his nobness and grace 10. EschyuS transformed TO
cow oicns Imagination, but how changed when Isis
Egypt, She Joye beautiful woman with nothing OF
the Inetamophoss left but the uuarhoS as the splendid
nanlcnt> OF her brow.
ARcHrrrrEs-The trivial c<pcricncc of every day Is al
w;y verifying some old prediction and converting
thing. for us also the words and signs winch had heard
and seen without heed Let add few examples. such as
fall within the scope every mans observation OF trivial facts
which 60 To illustrate great and conspicuous facts.
adv with whom riding in the forest, said 70 re,
that the woods always seemed her 10 rd the GEM
who inhabi them suspended their deeds until the wayrcr
has passed onward This is precisely the thought which po-
erv has celebrated the dance Of the nirics which breaks
off on the approach of human feet The man who has seen
the rising moon bcakou of the clouds dight, has been
present like an archangc the OF light and of the
world remember that bing abroad summer day, my
companion pointed broad cloud, which might
tend quarter of mile parallel The horizon quite acci-
ratclv in the form of chcub painted churchcS--a
round block in the which easy animate with
eyes and moh supported either side by wide stretched
wings What appears IN the atmosphere
NAV appear often and undoubtedly the achctpc OF
that familiar have the sky achan OF sum
mer lightning which at revealed tha, the Greeks
drew when they painted the thundcrbo IN the
hand of Jove have snow-dr along the sides OF the
stone wall which obviously gave the eaot the common archi
tcctur;ll scroll to abut tower
GKrArxEss or SIMr1cIrr--Thc costly charm of the
tragedy aad indeed OF all the old literature - that the
persons speak smpypcak persons who haze great good
knowing it. before Yet The reflective habit has
become the predominant habit OF the mind Our admiration
of the antique admiration the old hut of the natural
The Greeks are reflective but perfect their senses per-
feet in their health with the finest physical organization in
the world Adults acted with the simplicity and grace of
BOYS They made vases tragedies and such healthy
shoul-that good taste. Such things have
yiquc exists, but class, from their superior ogaza
ton hcy have surpassed all They combine the energy of
manhood with the engaging unconscouncss OF childhood
Nobody reflect unconscious act with regret
contempt Bard hero canao; look down the word or
gesture of child 1t Is great they. he attraction
OF these that they belong man, and known
in virtue of hi, being child; beside that
always there individuals who retain these characteristics
person of chlie genius and nborn energy still Greek
and love of the OF Hellas great boy,
great GIRL with good Greek Beautiful /, the love
OF Nature in the Phoctee. But in reading those fine apo
trophies sleep, the stars rocks mountains waves feel
time passing away ebbng feel the eternity OF
man. the identity his thought The Greek had seems
the fellow beings as |. The and NOON and
fire, met his heart precisely they mine Then the
vaunted distinction between Greek and English between
Classic and Romantic superficial and pedantc. When
a thought OF Plato becomes thought me-when Il truth
that fired the soul of Pindnr fires mine, time
When tee that in perception, that
souls tInged witi the same hue and !o wcre
into why should | degrees of latitude why
should count Egyptian years
SgLrRxLMNcE.-rrus thysef: cyerv heart yibratcs to
that IRON string Accept the place tn. divine Providence has
found for you the Of contemporaries the
neNon OF eyents Great have always done and
hded themselves chik the genius of their age betr;ng
their perception tat the Eternal their heart
working through their hands predoinating all their being
And weare now and acceptn ehghes mind the
same anscenden destiny; and pinched in a corner not
towards fleeing before revolution but redeeners and bene-
factors plous apnts be noble clay plastic under Al
mighty effort let Us advance Chaos and the Dark
" ha pretty oracles Yields this the fact
and behavior OF children babes and bres That di-
ed and rebel mind that dstrst because our
arithmetic has computed the strength and opposed
purpose these have Their mind being whole thec
eye vet unconquered and when look their faces
we are Disconnected Infancy conforms nobody all
forms to H. 50 that babe commonly makes four
OF me adults who praite and play So God mas armed
youth and puberty and manhood no with own piquancy
and charm and made it eabe and gracious and M claims
not 10 be put BY il it viii stand BY itself Do think the
youth has no force because he speak You and
tiarA III the next room, who spoke clear and emphatic
"ood Heaven It { he 1t Is that very lump Of bashfnes
and Phegm which for weeks has done nothing but eat when
YOU we're by that rolls these words Ike belstrokes
seems ne knows howto speak hs contemporaries. Bash
tul or bold then ne viii know how make urae
cessary.
The UsEs OF ADvERsIrY-The compensations of Gala.
f are made apparent the understanding also, long
intervals ot tIne fever. r.4.a2n crae! di.annoint