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,,hoso can read his poetry, may get knowledge
IS The man surer and more absolute than could
have been gotten even from the fullest contemPora-
IONS oDjnlons. As the tree Is known by lis fruit,
,ye know that the parent OF The Shakspearean pro-
repy must have been a man IN whom, IN close al
lance with a kingy Intellect dweit, AS we'll the
virtues that enRoble, as the graces that beauty,
and the affections tha; sweeten life Into whatever
| errors an ardent temperament may have drawn
| him. they dim not the lucent image OF him liked
in our minds by stu y OF his works; nay, we pre-
sumo not 10 wish them uncommItted, lest an al
| tempt 10 better such bounteous gut from Gou,
should mar but By little the original proportions
of one the sum OF whose life has been 10 the world
| an Unreasonable benefacon. If of Goethe we
knew no more than can be learnt from his WORKS,
in them there IS that will convert the gall OF such
abusive generalitles into mere rauseating nsl-
pdIty When bad mans brain shall give birth
to an Iphigenia, Clara, Mlgnon, a NIAGARA, you
NAV pluck pomegranates from Plymouth ROCK ana
reap corn on the sands oil sahara
From the large composition OF Goethe's mlno, as
exhibited in his poetry; from the business and clear
humanity Of his nature, deducible from ms other
coDious writings biographies, travels, CRITICISM,
letters. from his known acts OF usefulness and
generosity: the inference, TO judgment OF heattIiy
Wilderness, is direct, that he was habitualy upright
and kind a man who could not do an INJURY WIFE
ou, atoulng for il; nor err without repentance. VI
himself as writer, he somewhere says, "hen
| must cease 10 be moral lave no power more
and fhe had been one who "inward!y IelIcliatcd
himself upon the rch accession to his artistic do,
main, furnished from suilenngs he had hlIlTrh
wantonly caused,' pasled would nave becn ms
hand ere he had written verse, and the spring oil
poetry within hlm,-if such can be imagined ever
| TO have existed in mind OF this dlabolcal capa-
ci,v,-would have shrivelled TO a putrld puddle
al this is harsh judgment upon Goethe, the volce
of his country is liable for il, and not says the
address Shame Shame Were there even such
voice, what is it worth Hundreds OF thousands,
ave, millions of respectable people there are IN this
country, who, through religious convictions pro-
scribe the play writer Shakespeare, and WHO, Were
they to read Golfers life of the man, would con-
| firm the prescription through their moral code.
But what evidence were this 10 cite before high
! literary court
Goethe is the most complete man OF his time.
He is the richest specimen OF humanity SINCE Shaks-
pear9 In him the manifold capacities OF our ma
| ure were centred in uncommon Individual strength
and rare apiness to refinement. With the sponta-
neous development inherent III such fertlliiy, was
early associated monarchlcal power OF VIII over
this atiluence OF resources. From youth to old age
! his daily sndeavor was 10 cultivate and purify Ills
! being And thus, working his vast faculties OF IN
tellect and sympathy 10 the utmost, relieving the
intense hours OF poetic creation win sciehtinc re-
search with the plastic arts, with critical eucida
| lon with the abors OF the statesman, WIN inc
duties of theatrical director, with the pleasures OF
friendship and hospitality, he went on ms SHINING
way having had already in his youth the Strength
and art master the fiery passions mat infeaieneq
Poesy. in which, another Apollo, his brow barred
to the airs of Heaven, and his eye glaucing to-
wards earth, he drove trlumphantly ana oeneHceh'
ly through the seasons OF manhood, shOerwlnS as
he the blossoms and flowers and fruits OF poe
| try and wisdom. And yet, this man. so wondrous-
! " gifted, and so nobly using his gifts, 10 whom
leading men throughout Europe, statesmen artists,
poets philosophers are thankful for their best cul-
lure whose long life ripcned IN the sunshine OF UNI
broken friendships, who was revereo oy tne sliri'u
| II tsrv
and looked up to, this man, who 10 hie fellow men
| has left bequcst to which that OF u hundred Gi-
rards is but bushel oil pebbles to the Fltt oia-
mond has been the object OF all sorts OF detracilon,
TO which in this address a new accusation has been
added, Goethe being heie upbralded, Tor the frst
time surely, with bclng-an ARTIST
(" He was great an unequalled Artist,-,:Artst,
that is the term every where applied to NINA
term which, as applied TO literary men, am sorry
to find is getting into some repute amongst us as
term of commentator. In Europe, II IS generally
a term of disparagement, as indicating writer
whose inspiration passes no, through the heart, and
whose lofty sentiments have no home IN his own
| soul and no expression IN his lite.
|. This Is weekly 10 mistake The mimlcry OF smooth
handiwork for creation, aud the cold eXperiness OF
| technical practice for the magic OF genius. Art
cannot be without the closest union OF judgment
and sensibllity; II implies marriage between IN
tellect and soul II IS the talrest offspring OF inc
human mind It's beginning OF existence Is rs
ing upward from the finite towards the minnie lis
life is struggle after perfection lis home is in
the inmost chambers OF the spirit, where II Is a'-
pareled by Beauty TO shed radiance on the earth
Art does not merely copy nature, II cooperaes with
her il interprets nature 1t makes pabe her finest
essence it reveals the spiritual source OF the cor,
lporeal bv the perfection OF It's lncarnatons, and
thus gives us reslimpses into that realm whence
"Traing clouds OF glory do we come
Art is mental procreation, and the mind OF q peo-
ne can no more grow without Art than lis body
|
beauties the present. II facilitates and wldens the
future The Artist therefore, whose ministry is so
high deserves 10 be, and is, cherished and honored
as the refncr, vvitier, benetactor OF ms country
and race. For instruction on ms point, the Wrl'tr
of the address is referred 10 various passages IN
these letters, and 10 the poems Of Schiller, whom
he bepraises with such pucrile incompetence and;
for illustrations TO the chict sources OF glory ana
enduring influence among nations mat nave as
cended 10 power and dignity Wl.non' G nen AZ
lists, her Dante Michael Angelo, Raphael, Canova,
what were Italy =! They were, and they are, The
soul of her being; they still shield from contempt
her down-trodden body. The greatest man OF
England, Shakespeare, ls the foremost Artist OF me
lifted his native land highest among the nations,
and keeps her uplltted, by an unrusluS golden
chain suspended from the vaults OF Heaven Sec
ond only 10 him is the German, Goethe, whe 10y
his single might raised whole great people IN the
scale OF civilization:
Whose beautiful proportions, port serene,
Disguise fire ard strength than Oft have m3rrd
Less perfect natures; who, with vision Keen
And culture wide, knew best how 10 ensuard
The brain-built structure With thoughtful art,
And unto each the fttest form impart
BALTIMORE. january, Isis.
,rryE AND EXPOSITION of the late Proceedings
The Newt England Yearly Meeting with some OF its sub
ordinate Meetimes and their Committees i'll relation TO
the Doctrinal Controversy existing IN the Society
E.;., Draf4 a.. ~
showing The occasion of its aposacy, both under the
former and present DspcnSaticns With an Appendix
Edited from Records Kept from TO time OF those Pro-
ceedings ard interspcrscd with occasional Remarks
sni observations. Addressed to the members OF said
Yearly Meeting. Ely JOHN WILBUR. Duodecimo, Pr
So. New-York: For sso by II. & :. Rayner, 40
Bowery.
The diversity of sentiment in the Orthodox So
c;ety of Friends which has led 10 the publication