New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-22

,r,.hs. system 70 him - slavery He vi-toa'ly
u.rlaus 10, CONSCIOUSLY 10 " ithoni a,h IL s.iece
which IS orly the orderi, aud couse oui,sr arrange
ment Of discovered facts This he repllia,e. Bat
this 10 essential 70 effective acton. Men az never
Influenced on q large scale by separate dis on
n.rte0 truths Systems indeed whether true "
lslse ru.e the world Ideas must havs The moDcn
,Drn which proceeds from Their harmonious CON-.
bnatioD ia order 70 make The due impression. The
scattered clouds Of steam they rise into the
atmosphere are ss impoteEt the develops
which fall upon the earth T; . only when they
are concentrated aud organised the complexities
o. mos, artificial 81 stem OF machinery that they
become able to cut through sold rocs, to cast
mountains into tbs ses, and 10 bring the antPodes
t. our doors Ideas follow the sane law.
Nj EmersCus Discrimination TO system which
he believes IL authorized by ogr relations 20 The
Universe grows out Of the pecufanties o. his own
mental structure. Here is the world, sound as
nut perfect not the smallest piece Of chaos left
never stitch nor end, moi 4 mark Of haste. or
lot hing or second thought but tue theory Of the
world is a thing Of shreds snd patches. THIS Is
alluded to b. M r. as one o. the objections ALLEGED
az
views Of Nature The theory Of the world-al
theors--s thing OF shreds and patches There
fore, wen none Of IT." Ii IS the Old complaint
that what We know il Finite while what do
not know ia Infinite Hence science Is dream,
and discreet SIX cpticism the part Of wisdom. Bot
this /. really no argument against system. What
ever be the amount and the cStent Of our iruo-
rance let the sl4lt knowledge we may have been
able to obtain 1T least receive the courtesy Of
decent arrangene let the facts Of - hich We
are ~ possession. he classified according to tier
mutual relations. let the laws y hose operation
aud influence we have discovered be placed III
their natural connection and dependency. and Lot
lUGdled away IN promiscuOus CONFUSION. until We
ore able 10 contemplate them IN the barren beauty
Of isolation. This indeed, IS an intellectual ncces
sity with by far the largest class OF minds, that
have the slightest tendency to reflection the most
remote atnircs with the truths and laws OF science
Ia the case Of Mr. Emerson, We do not find the
operation OF this necessity il We may guess the
methods naturally adopted by his intellect, from
the universal character Of ms writings we should
say that any regular sequence OF continuity OF
thought was altogether foreign to his habits He
lives in the sphere Of contemplation Lot Of con
secutive reelection. His nObest ideas are presented
siugly and always with their cores spending mage
The IMAGE suggests another idea which brings an
image with il in its turn This gives peculiar
freshness and vitality to his style but does net
satisfy the need Of exhaUsiing Gil idea o; its COZ
tents We find no traces OF ste progressive evo
luton Of thought which produces such an admire
bic effect in works, TOR instance like the dialogues
If Plato which Mr. + cannot bU; acknOw ledge
rs masterpieces OF human genus On the con
irery he statements so expressive. sosententoui,
50 frrighted with thought and wisdom, as they
oNen are, have not the visible Conference, winch
enables US to contemplate them unity We
So. neither their Genesis nor their Kxodus alike
m the darh az to their organ aud their destination
Indeed, you eau often invert the order OF ins Sci
tvlces and rcsd page from bottom 10 top. with
out distortus the sense. Each proposition is a
golden Jewel III Itself, but has never been combined
"a regal diadem OF truths.
Nor N the sphere OF moral convictions is Mr.. En-
srson free from similar inconsequences he pays
profound homage TO the moral sentiment IL msn'
lh. eternal law OF Right. which usnliesis Iiseli
equal, ia purity u heart and the eravitston Of
the planets bot he has DO perception Of tie pas
.iopa,e humanity the potent attraction which iden
tines private and universal interests snd accord
civ he finds the highest form OF character in the
preservation Vi stern, freld. soica individuality
This error Is the cardinal defect III his writings snd
exhausts them of the moral vitality and vieor wmch
would give an electric glow 10 nis brilliant uiiul
lions
H. spite Of the features on winch We have com.
mcuted with no unfrendly criticism, We have a
profound sympathy with the leading purposes sind
aims OF Mr. Emersons writings The dosmstc
assertions in which he olcn INDUCES must psss Tor
wis, they are worth The skeptcism OF which
he i sometimes accused, is only on the surface
Tie cherishes at heart deep isith IN the oitest
conc options which the human m,nd has ever form
eI. although he has no admiration 0, tie quaint
and ero,esque costumes IL which they have often
been araye ed Indeed II is hIs opinou. that ihey
have never vet found betting robes
The secret Of heaven j. kept from sge sge NJ
rneri no socAhls angel ever dropi an esiy syllable
lhe longing. saints The teafs Ol mOTtss W
ecnS have listened on our Knee. 10 any fas ue who ~
srcter obedience bad brought his thoughts into parable
with the celestial currents, and could hint ~ human
the scenery aud circumstance of The newly pared
IN nature Il must be inferior IN lone 10 the already
known works Of the artist who sculptures the globes OF e
armament and writes Tie moral law IL mus. be fresher
than rarbows stahler thar mountains agreeing vii, Tow
ere With tides and the rising and setting OF autuna stars
Meoduus poets shall be hoaTse street ballads when
once Tie penetrating KEY Of nature and spirit sound
ed:he esrtbeai sea beat heart beat which makes ihe
time which the rolls and he glohue Of blood and
the zap Of trses
The following passage shows the position OF tie
skeptc. but evinccs no wan, Ut confidence in truth
This then the rght ground Of the skepuc-th
dcrHiOn sell containing not Al al OF uuocci no. al
all of DENYING OF universal doUhting-douhi
ing even that he doubts least 81 a. OF scoAng and prob
gae ieerng all thai stable and good These no
more ms moods than those OF religion and philosophy
he the cOusiderrr The prudent taking sai couuing
many ean ths' ~ can afford 20 he hs Ia
we cannot GIVE ourselves too many Advantages IN his ar
equal eonH1, with powers Vssi aae unwearebe ranged
IN one sde and fhs little Cunceed vulnerable polnlsy
hat man hobbng up and down into every danger or
he Other l. l. position taken up irr eevr defesr - col
more safety, snd hat be maintained and = one
of more opportunity and rNnFs when We build house
The ru,e is not too hish TOO low under ihr
wind. eut our Vt The dart"
Another extract uniolts the idea more fully, sud
bresthes the spirt OF wise and beautiful humility
winch is equally remote from slAvishness ard pre-
sumption.