New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-11-13
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Yvwc,HS 0s EENVENl-ro CELllNl Translated oy
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- as; :,on:h-s cheering elcsm upon the winter
~ 3sS>,a;ca; S. we Ssw the food Of bad trans
,..,,.s ~ worse hooks which swclled upon the
os<a:-y,
We i've oar Country well The many false deeds
.,3},w ,bcach,s-;hc devotion 10 iuiercst-thc for
,.,s,,,,ss 3: r-;acip!e-,hc Indifference TO high and
49, sen,i,ueu; which hsye, in SO many ways
cs-Ss,eL he, history Tor sor,c wears back, have not
r., IS despair Q: her vet fulfilling the great desii
.vwb,se promise rose. Ike star. only some halt
,sc;--y .so upon the hopes OF the weird.
S1,-6 TIA: s;Sr h torsaken by lis angel. and
,s.,s, h,9es &, i2slly in clouds OF shame. the
eS.,ca wh;ch we had buili out OF the ruins of
IL suc;sn: tine mus; fall 10 the ground. This
,,,,cb see..e: = model O. divine art. 1t con
,,:-s1; hbvria:h which, when threaded BY aid Of
=, css .: Faith presented. reviewed from its cen
- Re r,oS: admirable harmony and depth of mean
~ = - design. and comprised in its decorations
g - symbols Of permanent; interest Of which the
III: Q: man has made for the benefit OF man.
Sa.s wzs 70 DC tie church, church no, made with
ha.5s catholic, universal, all whose stones should
te wing stones is officials the cherubim OF Love
-: H2owc3,e its worship wiser and purer action
ihaa tzs b-e:o-e been known 10 men. To such a
ch--ct men 60 indeed constitute the State. and men
ia;sed we hoped from the American church and
s.,a -,ea 80 :-lly human that they could not live
wai.s :hoSe made u their own Likeness were bound
6ox2 70 ne condition OF brutes.
Stoal3 sach hopes be ba:aed, should such church
II II the bu:ldin. such state find no realization
e1cep: 70 the eye Q: the poet, God would still be
ne void and surely guide each bird that can be
yc.4u: o. the wing 20 is home al last But eXpec-
1.-;5a. 70 noble which find so broad basis in the
3.s which Ink 50 tremendously "ith Tie future,
c.--o: Ech:., &c abandoned. The same Power
la6s 5y pillar OF cloud as by pillar Of ire-the
Pove. :ha: deemed even Moses worthy only of
c:s:s1: view Of The Promised Land.
And . hose who cherish such expectations ration
q education, considered in various ways and bear
inFs must De the one great topic OF interest an
ea:.-p.se in winch the hunblest service is precious
zadhoooysble 10 any who can inspire its soul. Our
iboogh,s anticipate with eager foresight the race that
may gro1 Up .ron this amalgamation OF all races OF
The world which situation induces 1t was the
pride and greatness OF ancient nations TO keep their
blood oamzed, but ii must te ours 10 be willing
ningle 20 accept generous spirit what each
cline and race has to offer Us.
lis indeed the case that much diseased substance
IS oEereG 10 form this body. and there be not
!, ourselves nucleus, heart Of force and purity to
essullae these strange and various materials into
very high form OF organic life; they must needs in
d7cs one distorted, corrupt and degraded beyond
ne example o:o,her times and places There will be
10 medium about it. Our grand scene of action de-
sands grandeur and purity of action; declining
these must suffer from SO base failure in proper
Lon 10 the success that should have been.
itwsuld be the worthest occupation of mind TO
ASCERTAIN the conditions propitious for this meeting
Of ne Nations in their new home, and to provide
p.eventicns for obvious dangers that attend it. 1t
would be occupation for which the broadcast and
dsepes, knowledge of human nature in its mental
moral and bodily relations, the noblest freedom
from prejudice with the finest discrimination as TO
differences and relations, directed and enlghtend by
sprophetic sense as to what Man is designed by
God become would all be needed to fit the think
e Ye, some portion of these qualities, or of SOME
Of those qualities if accompanied by earnestness
and aspiration may enable him TO offer useful sug
gestions The mass of ignorance and sefshness is
such that no grain Of leaven must be despised.
And as the men of all countries come htber 10
Ind home and become parts of new life, so do
lie books Of all countries gravitate towards the new
centre Copious nfusions from all quarters mingle
Tally with The new thought which is to grow into
american mind and develop American literature.
Aserery ship brings US foreign teachers know
iease OF living contemporary tongues must in the
course Of fifty years become tie commonest attain
ment- There exists no doubt in the minds of those
VINO can judge, that the German, French, Italian,
spanish and Portuguese tongues might by familiar
instruction and an Intelligent method, be taught
"''n perfect ease during the years OF childhood, so
'nat Inc child would have distinct sense Of their
several natures, and nearly as much cXpertncss in
'heruse as in his own. The igheru OF such know
ledge can, OF course, be expected only in a more ad
vanced state OF the faculties but it is pity tina, the
acquaintance with the medium of thought should be
deferred 10 period when the mind is sufficiently
grown 10 bend its chief attention on the thoughts
themselves Much Of the most precious part of short
human lives is now wasted from an ignorance of
what nigh, easily be done for children, and without
taxing from them the time they need for common
NE play, and bodily growth more than al present.
Meanwhile the English begins to vie with the Ger
man ard French literature in the number though
not in the goodness of the TRANSACTIONS from other
languages The interchangeable Germans can trans
ia'e and do other things too, tina, gcniuses often
mere apply themselves 10 the work as an amuse-
nent even the allcmpoyed Goethe has translated
oae Of the books before US, Memoirs OF Cellini y
Out IN English We know bu, if one, Coleridges
"aens,ein, where the reader will feel the electric
current undiminshcd by themedium through which
II comes to him. And then the profgate abuse of
@e power of translation has been unparalleled,
whether in the choice Of books or the carelessncss
N Disgusting those that were good in hidcous
|ask No ialsehood can be worse than this of de-
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