The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-11-24
NOVEL. READING.


The fallosing beautiful exirsci 10 from
the last Bosom Qaarisrly Review. ID 10
part Of The preface Of Mr. Brownson's re.
view OF Zanoni.
Ill IL never good 10 excite The mind OF
The heart osermuch. save when il can End
immediate vent in aelioas which concern
real life. A confirmed novel reader is ii
ways morbid; on some sides pTeltrnalu
rally sensitive, on others prelefnaiurally
csllous; capable, il may be. af talking
much fine sentiment. bur wanting IN thai
spiriiusl strength, in that moral robust
meas. which is equal 10 the performances
OF useful but difficult part in real life.
The less fine sentiment We have On our
lips. the more genuine feeling shall We
have 10 our hearts, and The more noble
and generous sciinns shall We perform.
He, who stops 10 ssnlimenlslize about POI
very. will be the last 10 throw his cloak
over the catered garbidine Of The beg
gar.
This is no doubt oil very anliqnalsd,
and altogether old fashioned. But we
hope our young friends, seated on rich
otlomans, or reclining on soft couches,
with The lsslnew novel still moisIlrom The
press, will forgive This our anled,lusisn-
ism. Il is with no vinegar visage. nor
ple,islic cant. that we iell them TO throw
tina, novel aside, to rouse themselves from
Ihcir Incidence, and 90 forth and devote
the sensibilllies Of their hearts, the rich.
ness Of their isncies, and The creatiseness
Of their imaginaiions, 10 The gres. and no.
bic work Of relieving actual distress. and
Of upholJiDg The cause OF truth and righ.e.
business on earth. o. my young friends,
there is moi snch an overplus Of generous
sentiment, OF warm and noble feeling. 10
this cold wintry world OF ours, that yon
have any to waste over Paul Clifford OF
a Jack Shepherd. No; 60 forth into real
life, and lei the on, for the actually poor
and wretched; LEI your sensibllities flow
tear, so lovely in the eye Of beauty. start
al no fictitious wo. That poor mother,
by her dying boy in that miserable hovel.
needs il; those poor children. ragged, 10
cruslrd with 6ith, growing up TO Gil your
penIientisrles, need il; the wrongs and
on RACES man is every where inflcung on
man. should call il forth. Throw away
the las, new novel; 20 with me through
these dark lanes, blind courts, into these
damp cellars, unlurnished garre,s. where
provsrly, vice, and crime are crowded to-
gelher, layer upon layer, where breeds the
corruption tina, pollu,es our whole moral
atmosphere. Here, my friends, is 70
lume tina, may excite you; here is a
work which you may read. Forget
your luxury; forget your luxurious ease;
blush for your repinlngs, you scntimcn.
tai uhimperings. your vapors aud lndi
geslion; aud remember that you are men
and women; aud tha, it is your business
to make this earth a paradise, and every
human heart NEE. temple for The living
God. Decidedly, my young friends. you
have no occasion to seek excitement in
Jack Shepherd or in Ernest Msllravers;
decidedly, you have no time TO kill be-
seen dinner aad the hour to dress for the
evening lecture, the evening meeting. the
theatre Of the assembly. No; you have
duties. high and solemn duties, and no fine
sentiment, no ability TO talk swee,ly and
palhe,ically of the last new novel, will
weigh one feather in your favor, il you
are not true 10 duty in earnest to silence
the groans Of thus neither world, and to
deliver the whole creation into The slo-
rious liberty Of .he cons OF Ged.'
"R0W ON For the first five years
Of my professional life" once said gen.
tlemau TO US, ~ hal TO row against wind
aud stream and udc." Add what did
you do!" was our question. DO" re.
piled he, "do. why | rowed on. 10 be
sure" And so he did row on, and to q
! good purpose too. until he came to the
open sea, took favorable breezes, and
brought hls voyage to most successful
termination, leaving behind him a mos
] snviable reputation Of worth and wisdom
impress,ns the mark Of his strong mint
and excellent character deep aud clear OF
The community in which he lived. an,
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