The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-01-08

| ipgs of numerous class of readers, TO sup
pose a Review set ON foot, the object OF
which should be 10 cIiticise all the chlei
works presented to the public BY our ribbon
weavers, calico printers, cabinet-makeIs'
and china-manulacturers which should De
conducted in the same spirit, and take the
same freedom with personal character, as
our literary journals. They would scarce
", think, deny their belief, not only that
the genus Irritable would be found 10 IN
clUde many other species besides that OF
bardS but that the irritability Of trade would
soon reduce the resentments OF poets INTO
mere shadOw-fghis in the comparison, Or
is wealth the only rational object OF hu-
man interest! Or even if this were admit
ted, has the poet no property in his works!
Or is it rare, or culpable case, that be
who serves at the altar Of the Muses.. should
be compelled 10 derive his maintenance
from the altar, when too he has perhaps de-
liberaleIy abandoned the fairest prospects oil
rank and opulence in order to devote HIM
self, an entire and undistracted man. to the
instruction or refinement Of bis fellow-citi-
zens! Or, should we pass by all higher OBJ
iects and motives, all disinterested benevo-
lence, and even that ambition oil lasting
praise, which is at once the crutch and Or
nament, which at once supports and betrays,
the infrmity Of human virtue--ls the char
acter and property OF the man, who labors
for our Intellectual pleasures, less entitled
to share of our fellow feelings, than that
of the wine-merchant or milliner? Sensl-
bility indeed, both quick and deep, is not
only characteristic feature, but may be
deemed a component part, Of genius. But
it is not less an essential mark Of true ge-
Mus, that its ssnsibility is excited by any
other cause more powerfully than by its own
personal interests for this plain reason, that
the man Of genius lives most in the ideal
world, in which the present is still consti-
tuted by the future or the past; and because
his feelings have been habitualiy associated
with thoughts and images, to the number,
clearness, and vivacity Of which the sensa-
tion Of self is always in an inverse proper
ton. And yet, should he Perchance have
occasion to repel some false charge, or to
| rectify some erroneous censure, nothing is
more common than for the many to mistake
the general liveliness OF his manner and Ian
guage, whatever is the subject, for the Of
fects Of peculiar irritation from its acciden-
tai relation to himself. - CoLeridge's Bio
graphic Literaria.
Az AFFEcTIoNATE ExHoRrArIos TO
THOSE WHO IN EARLY LIFE FEEL THEM
SELVES DISPOSED TO BECOME AUTHORS
1t was favorite remark Of the late MIR.
Whitsbread's that no man does anything
from single motive. The separate mo-
tives, or rather moods Of mind, which pro-
duce the preceding reflections and anecdotes
have been laid open to the reader in each
separate instance. But an interest in the
welfare Of those, who at the present time
may be in circumstances not dissimilar to
my own al my first entrance into life, has
been the constant accompaniment, and las
il were) the under-song Of all my feelings.
Whitehead, exerting the prerogative Of his
laureatship, addressedto youthful poets poe
tic Charge, which is perhaps the best, and GER
tainly the most interesting, Of his works.
With no other privilege than that Of SYM
patty and sincere good wishes, would ad-
dress an afectionate exhortation TO the
youthful literati, grounded on my own e1-
perience. 1t will be but short; for the be-
ginning, middle, and end converge to one
charge neuer pursue literature as trade.
With the exception Of one extraordinary
man, have never known an individual,
least of all an individual of genius, healthy
or happy without a profession, that is, some
regular employment, which does not de-
pend on the will Of the moment, and which
can be carried on so far mechanically that
an average gudntum only Of health, spirits,
and intellectual exertion are requisite to its
faithful discharge Three hours of leisure,
unannoyed by any alien anxiety, and
looked forward to with delight as a change
and recreation, will suffice to realize in lit
erature larger product Of what is truly
genial, than weeks OF compulsion. Money,
and immediate reputation, form only an ar
bi,rary and accidental end Of literary labor.
The hope Of increasing them by any given
exertion will often prove stimulent to in
dustry; but the necessity Of acquiring them
will in all works Of genius convert the
simulent into a narcotic. Motives by ex-
cess reverse their very nature, and instead
Of exciting, stun and supply the mind, For
it is one contradistinction Of genius from tai
emf, that its predominant end is always
comprised in the means; and this is one OF
the many points which establish an analogy
between genius and virtue. Now, though
talent may exist without genius, yet genius
cannot exist, certainly not manifest itself,
without talents, | would advise every schol-
ar, who feels the genial power working
within him, 50 far to make division be-
tween the two, as that he should devote his
talents to the requirement OF competence in
some known trade or profession, and his
genius to objects Of his tranquil and unbisss-
cd choice while the consciousness Of be-
ing actuated in both alike by the sincere de-
sire to perform his duty, will alike ennoble
both. MY dear young friend Il would
say.) suppose yourself established in any
honorable occupation. From the msnufac-
tory to the counting house, or from the law
court, or from having visited your last pa
tent, your return at evening.
Dear tranquil time, when the sweet sense Of
Home Is sweetest
to your family, prepared for its social enjoy.
ments, with the very countsnances Of your
wife and children frightened, and their voice
Of welcome made doubly welcome, by the
knowledge that, as far as they are concerned,