The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-05-09
For he Spu.l

Henry d. Thoreau OF Concord had better so nome
and ask his mother if she "knows he's OUT Doubtless
she, Naiure), will say she missed him who is the soul OF
Walden. Be satisfied Thoreau, to be the soul Of Wal
den>wood, 70 be frank with you, you are better as
woodmau, or saw woadpecker, than a cockney
philosopher, or city parrot mmicking the voices OF
eauanes cat owls, of Emelsons, or Caryles-or
beseeeh you il you must sing in cities, to MARBLE only
your 'natve wood notes Wild" And here hint about
the genteel lecture going worid-come down from
place OF nsruction they gather not before YOU 10 be
instructed but to be amused they come not to hear
roborang voice ,surgng them TO penetrate The realities
OF things; they want no new or better philosophy; but
they are willing to have their sluggish mellecls Sured
up as with long pole by some novelty. But look To II
that there IS novelty. Bring forth your tangled
Mondescnptsto The arena, plunge spears into his side
rowe deep, and with the speed OF wind circle the
yards space, say twice, and vanish behind the curtain
while applause takes peoples eyes from YOU TO each
other, exungly Some then shall swear you SCARED
thu ough the roof dragon>ke others shall magnify you
into the very Jobs Uncorn But stay, till your Mons
descrpt has shown all his lew graces and in spite Of
spurs waddeS heavy sound The arena, weary people
grow Disguised, and begin TO look for the seams OF his
sheepskn covering till the most moderate begin to
muuer, good as a horse bnt poor as a Nondescript,
while the nmoderae, (which most are) crypoor, and
cause poor useless, turned Nondescrpt, if so be
1t might pay its way to lIumbug
quit the arena While the novelty is on Tor if our audi
ence becomes fatgued, rely upon they will fud Sheep
SKIN seams, though you were genuine original wooden
morse from the Rocky Mountains. But to specialize my
dear lhoieau, how dared you seem think like Emer-
son. how could you draw similar nferences inspirations
fiom your Intercourse with Nature to those OF Emerson
Does Nature mean he same thing to any two persons.
impossible We, the Worcester sofa lollng lterati
tank that she would be more original.
Thor aU, the you who writes this has implicit faith in
drawing. in
thorough enjoyment OF Forest Lie; in your ear for
the eternal melodies that nature sounds forever for the
inner sour >iympaGum, II we will but remove Tie ton
"addmg winch deadenS aud excludes them But he
has moi faith IN your ability 10 become effective proph>
Ell and priest OF this true worship, OF the Divine Nd>
tuIe OF The SIMPLY true you found US, some dozens
cogged with custom with the aggregated results OF hu.
contact, which have been forced down us, and
upon US, through the centuries: Tor moment as you
before there seemed a glimpse open tout of
these clogging "clothes," Carlyle, you know INTO
lovely lorest-land, where dwell primitive simplicity
with the pures culture, intellectual and practical.
An, Thoreau, If you had left with that INIT, that
one, II had been suggestion the advantage OF our
souls. But aer the crowd says that the some dcz>
say that you winged but stupid flight, on wings of
Carlyle, or Emerson through formlesS mlst,ciouds
smoke of bur ing brush>heaps where snapped and
cracked, wit nonsense, The might be, and |
am certain that you cropped US amid Diagrams Wal,
den pond upon that patch OF cleared ground barren 10
my apprehension OF witty product, our Bean field -
as, Ihoieau I've got lie blues this morning. flow
uanScendentailsm chop fallen. Simplicity, luraly is
drug in the kct. Mechanism exus In the clauk oil
machinery, on every back street mocks The mortified
poe. philosopher. Routine uIumphs; fne houses aud
furniture put on an elegantly impudent aspect; phil
osopher having halted out, philosophy may step INTO
the background. We return with new zest 10 the sur
face OF hlngs" and idly float omit in our light pleasure
gondola not diving again tor peah>oysters in The next
SIX months, warrant me- T.