New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1842-03-11

men We grow not old a. do others. so we On
the great heavng sea o; thought ask where are 'i'
old ideal men-where the men that proi''isea -
well when Young In looking al. the pow! siie'
wealth tina, have grown up. we ask. v mere arr
,bey who represented Genius and virtue are
they dead, and have ,hev been taken 10 the goo :.
~. h. the hirII idea died gu, OF them, and iticr
;,,,nerfect bodies been lift tombstones 10 an
,once that their CELESTIAL inllabitant has departed
These men are repealed by vulgarlty; trlvo!lty
makes them lonely they say it's better 10 D,
alone than in bad company, and out OF their very
wish 10 be met they -hun society. 80 they seer
the woods aud hills. which they people with their
own creations; and there they haze society real
and no, Elusive They Sfare not IN the public pl-
.ness Of society they take no part III II, cnaTtie-
they touch no, missionary doingS. nor abolition,
nor temperance; they are inactive and Ike not TO
cote The Philanthropist calls him -iotstui, and
had a. lief find dronc a. a tran-cendentas;-- In
the popular creed he * believed to say, think
myself n great genius and therefore need not la
| Dor and men say that genius !, but greater
means of doing and that good and wise men must
learn 70 act.
These youth reply that life and their faculties
seem 20 them gifts too hlgi, and solemn to BE
sG,landercd on such rities.as are popular. W nat
men call their great institutions, great and holy
causes seem to Them but paltry matters lhey
think that all politics and religion have become
NOR. trades. until the world has become shop
where the article is made up into cakes and re-
I tailed in small quantities 10 suit purchasers Cl-
| less an act l,a, meaning and an aim they do not
w;.h 10 perform it, thev don t love routine II i
| the quality of an act and not the greatness OF
the action or the duration OF tlmc which attracts
! them SO Xanthus, when ne was asked after a
long siege what he had seen, SAID ne only rculeni-
| bered seeing Pericler, that ne smiled upon nm
| and pas ed on 10 another detachment. The world
asks why they do not work; they have no work,
they saw; What will YOU do then asks the world :;
wo Will whit, But how long Until the inverse
calls us 11p; we will SIT in corner and per-
ish as YOU call 1t, but We Will not move u''-
| Ill we have a command: and If no call comes,
| then Shall we know that The want OF the world IS
the attcs,ation OF faith gwen by our abstinence.
! IF we cannet work at least wc will not "
But although they readily answer the questions
| and objections OF others II seems not SO easy TO
! answer the doubts that occur TO themselves. hey
arc acquainted with feelings acquired only by trials
| and the bravest experience. They have moments
| of higher lifc-,houghts and states OF bliss
whether in the body or out Of the body they can
| not ,el these last for perhaps an hour, and then
| they find themsc at their old tricks again.
They complain that their lives supcrilcai; that
! thcv take no root in the deep things OF the spr-
| itual world These lightning flashes they would
exchange for the steady light of day
But we should not sufficiently characterize these
men if we omitted TO add that they are lovers OF
beauty: that ucv have cultivated tastes and they
love goodness and beauty for themselves. In the
old church if YOU speak of truth il is prudence you
mean: in the old politics if justice be mentioned,
| policy is meant But justice iorail, they aSk-tor
the blacks and for III otcrs-iorits own beauty and
| for the good of the docr and not the beneficiary
cnnonlv work for myself When moved by love Il
man teaches his child or does an act which nearly
touches life did the martyrs, he does II not Tor
others, but because he feels its inward necessity
for himself These men, too, aScribc the highest
value to character The matcralist wishes only TO
see results; they only for the state OF niIn'i IN
which man works: you look for great powers
wish ONLY for signs of character: and character IS
| a power that works without mcans-hkc llglll ana
bent-not 10 be understood and vet not 10 be lt
sisted. If man has this character II matters mol
what ne does or does not he will conquer III all
things When Iolc was asked by what act she
knew that Hercules was q god, she made answer :
when looked upon the others / wished them to
do something that / might know what WINS in them
ThcScns | wanted should fight battle; but as
soon as nv exc Eel, on Hercules knew Inn Ia he
a god. for in whatever he did-whethcr he SAT, or
smiled, or walked, he iriumphed regard this
increasing reverence for character as of great I'M
por,unce, because in thai alone find the true
church and the religion of the present day. 1t
dwclls not in outward forms nor in visible shlrchcs
but in temples not made with hnnds, in the hearts
and conscienccs of simple men.
Ne doub, there is great deal OF well-ioin'ted
objection made to tie dones and sayings OF these
men They expose themselves, doubtless, to a
great deal of ill-natur and of satire But their
| laborS must be of great benefit lnlhc Mechanic
Arts are needed only plnugh-, and looms, and
saws: hul finer Instruments: r;liIl-SlaGes, Tier
| momc,erS and telescopes. So in Society there y
need moi only Of farmers, and viewers, and Ia
| borcrS. but Of finer spirits. and there might be
room for these excitcr, these men who throw OF
sparks of thought and feeling. Or as storm
tossed vessel al Sea speaks the brig or packet she
| meets. to learn her latitude and her destination:
so not without advantage do we meet these men OF
rare gifts and pure lives and ascertain our bearing
and correct our compass, and compare ours with
| their superior chronomelcrs. When every tongue
| is raised for a new road some new Prolcct,
! shall we not tolerate lwo SolemnNoces that
speak for thoughts not marketable, but that never
| perish
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