New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-02-26

huns III thousand breasts, anG though we snouio
hold our peace, that would not the less be spoken
might check too suddenly the flames of our zeal.
A man can only speak long as he does not
feel his speech to be partial and inadequate -
is partial, but he does not see it to be so whist e
makes it. AS soon as he is released from the =, III
stinctive, the particular, and sees Its partanty'
he shuts his mouth in disgust For no man can
write any thing who does not think thal ". .%
he writes is for the time the history o. Nv
world: or do anv thing well, who Goes no.
his work to be of greatest Importance i"y VIZ"
nav he of none but must not thlnh 1t u ii'i'''
| or shall not de it with IMMUNITY
n like manner, there is throughout nature
so,oeth;no hooking, something that leads us on
and on. but arrives nowhere, keeps no faith with
I MS: all promise outruns the performance we
live in a system of approximations, not OF iul-
filment Every end is prospective OF some other
end, which is also temporary; round ana maj
success nowhere. We are encamped IN nature
not domesticated. Hunger and thirst lead us on
to eat and to drink, but bread and VINE, NIX ana
cook them how you will, leave US hungry ana
thirsty after the stomach is full 1t IS the same
with all our arts and performances. Our music
our poetry, our language itself, are not satlsiac-
tons but suggestions. ,.
The pursuit of wealth, OF which the results
are so magical in the contest with nature, ana IN
| reducing the face of the planet to garden Is
like the !cadlong game OF the children IN us re,
action on the pursuers. What is the end sou9ht
Plainly to secure the ends OF good sense ana
beauty from the intrusion OF deformity or vul-
earity of any kind. But men use very operose
method What an apparatus of means to secure
a little conversation This great palace OF brck
and stone these servants, this kitchen, these
stables, horses, and eqmpage; this bankstock and
file of mortgages; trade to all the world; coun-
trvhouse and cottage by the watersde; all Tor a
little conversation, high, clear and spiritual.
Could it not be had as well by heggars on the
highway? No, all these things came from the
successive effort of these beggars to remove one
and another interference. Wealth was applied
first to remove friction from the wheels of life; to
give clearer opportunity. Conversation, charac-
! ter, were the avowed ends; wealth was good as
it silenced the creaking door, cured the smoky
chimney, brought friends together IN warm anu
quiet ROOM and kept the children and the dinner
table in a different apartment Thought virtue,
hearty were the ends but it was known that
mon nj thought and virtue sometimes had the
headache, or wet feet, or could lose good time
whilst the room was getting warm IN winter
davs. Unlucky in the e1ertions necessary to re-
| move these Inconvenience, the man attention
had been diverted to this OBJ ect: the old aims had
been lost sight Of and to remove friction had
come to be the end. That is the ridicule of rich
men, and Boston, London, Vienna and now the
governments generally of the world are cities
and governments of the rich, and the masses are
not men, but poor men, that is men who would
be rich this is the rdcule Of the class, that they
arrive with pains and sweat, and fury, nowhere;
when all is done, it Is for nothing They are men
! who have interrupted the whole conversation OF a
company to make their speech, and now have
forgotten what they went to say. The appear
ance strikes the eye, everywhere, OF an alm'ess
society," an aimless nation, almless world.
Were the ends of nature so great and cogent as
to exact this immense sacrifice of men /?
Quite analogous to these decets in life, there
is, as might be expected similar effect on the
eye from the face of external nature. There is
in woods and waters certain entlcement and
hattery, together with failure to yield present
satisfaction. This disappointment is felt in every
landscape. have seen the softness and beauty
Of the summer clouds floating feathery overhead,
enjoying, as it seemed their hight and privilege
! Of motion, whilst yet they appeared not so much
the drapery of this place and hour, as fore-look-
ing to some pavilions and gardens Of fcstivity be-
yond Who is not sensible OF this jealousy
Often you shall find yourself not near enough to
your object. This pine tree, the river, the bank
of flowers, before you, does not seem to be ma
ture. Nature is still elsewhere. This or this is
but'outskir and far-of' reflection and echo of the
triumph that has passed by, and is now at its
glancing splendor and heyday, perchance in the
neighboring fields, or, if you stood in the field,
then in the adjacent woods. The present object
shall give YOU this sense of stiffness that follows
pageant which has just gone by. 1t is the
same among the men and women, as among the
silent trees always referred existence, an alb
scnce, never a presence and satisfaction. Is It
that beauty can never be grasped IN persons and
in landscape is it equally inaccessible The &C
ceptcd and hetrothed lover has lost the widest
charm of his maiden in her acceptance Of him.
She was heaven whilst he pursued her as q star.
She cannot be heaven if she stoops to such an
one as he So is it with these wondrous skies,
and hills, and forests. What splendid distance,
what recesses of ineffable pomp and loneliness
in the sunset. But who can go where they are,
or lay his hand or plant his foot thereon Off
they fall from the round world for ever and ever;
glory is not for hands to handle.
What shall we say of this omnpreSent APP
pearance Of that first protective impulse, this fiat
terv and banking OF so many good well-mcaning
creatures? Must we not suppose somewhere IN
the universe slight treachery, slight derlsion
Are we not engaged to a serious resentment or
this use that is made of us Are we tlckled
trout, and fools of nature? Unhappily, there is
not the smallest prospect of advantage from such
considerations. Practically, there is no great
danger of their being pressed. One look at the
face Of heaven and earth puts all petuance at rest,
and soothes us to wiser convictions. We see
that Nature converts itself into vast promise,
ap1 will not be rashly explained Her secret is
untold. Many and many an Gdipus arrives; he
has the whole mystery teeming in his brain.
Alas the same has cd hic Sri.