The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-03-18
The Lecture by Ralph Waldo Emerson or
Superlatlvcs.

moderate sized audience preeent on Saturday
evening, 90 hear Mr. Emsrson's lecture the sbovs
Cphjsct. He raid In great minds there great
species but frequent termini Some people talk BY
sspsrstvs they are always going to die; they live
u in nenassris. They highly enchanted, or they
quite desossed beoause you have you have nos
Q wafer, match, pin. They perceive not that
supsrlssivss weakening and dminutives The
2osivs Ii the sssw Of speech. the supsrlstivs Is the
nat. All this comes Of poverty Of Language, dsub
hides ell the outines, but gend painting defines
not desorib.. IKE man vso sftsr looking for some
time upon great mss and not being ass TO describe
him. ,AiS thsr: ssss, dee, Dr. s Of :o@sss1s about
lying There 10 objection TO the supsristve Of fact
We all Ike that. In the Sens OF EpsIsnd they put
million sterling into mans hsad. That Is superla-
tivs q fact. So 10 General Thumb sort OF man Who
grew cr-grsw not. The rhstoric Of the supsrls,ive
sppsrstive-i going out vogue are not; but
cham dam is disgusting Horace wslpoie speaks Of
rs general Of ssrthqusss Some people wear
saftbquA1e resurrscton dr.sses every dsy. rhers
Ds with cheese isstues poppy juice sauce ana
Schlsgsi says In sosd writing every ~ord 10 under
.perasives. man ON board . steamboat, whsa Il
rived st point Of magnificent fcspsry, cried his
companion, Come up here Tony looks pretty on. Of
sbsIi soon reach that rooiy spot.n They don't cali
mountain By such name they .sy, thsa risioss "
for Its eonvsn,sses To b~suiy the positive dssrss is
sssentisi |" The gracss slov uobsna their
The spsrtsns used the posi,. dssr-. they spoke to
b heard; th.iI ceilings vs'e hashed vith the sxs
their doors vtth the We have had a Lycurgus in
Charles the Twelfth lie kbss not fear nor spurious
courage for be never drank aeythng but sssr ell bis
disiou Virtue is means between r,cious s,Ss@ss,
great men do not depart from toe common. They are
great, not By ssiliss but In ordinary busscss equally
great In any compsny. Rsr-l cell expresses the Lac
90 this suhjscts- Genius puts out no sisn." The
psrstve novs fron escsssivs expression. Tslsat
~ uk.fn In rA.wf fks4A 49,
talent. Frsnhlin is good example Of tns positive,
when be sshed for the paper aud the ink not to be
them, never means only syesr tso littl. fact is
worth an era Of DREAMS Think q the paths taken TO
glass without any color In there no strata
freezes punctuay ct rsro and hail. isfAbly at ia
cheapest Ire. air water, aud .rsrci.s Ss,ars /.
always esiiocs; che does net jsst life could not
ssscs ana sense Disturb ts. y- ffem ,S.
1ps horizon lps Simplicity of character ought to be
the bssis yet regard 10 20 be had TO climss rb. Its
Haas are fond Of ornsnspt you zee no plain surface
aeops them. They put feather in their hs,bapd In
Palermo every rainy day. ssw IN. streets aed vith
tho riDpls title Of MIR, which he thought good
iore Is. Ensihb 40 for ,,s,,ts ssS put u. s.rops
N the right places In their sssnbcss ssd bsiidines
Thousands i've ssd Ole who hungry or
hirsyi others have the bi cd frozen In their veins
tbsir tnees knock together Th,s Is the truth in
'orissssi nfe There sh s sppsria'ive. all is In
henes In the desert rich Dsrchant save 600 Sc
sssr On -. Ana. ,S, ss IN "a. and climb
yp or sre Vet down Nshcm.t says the grounds Of
Paradise are extensive and the plants bsll~lujahs
The lecturer then read long extracts from Oriental
pcets intsrmispg the reading .ith occasional quaint
expressions cr shovy remark. After b. hst concIuded
the conpsny stared loched sstonishsd and uithdrew
Pcise,eai Isssiisgencs.
Nrw ynsx ELscrross - Of the recent elections
EAsla In N. ccps,iss Of this state the foIo.iss
rssults have come 10 hand Broome. Z dsmocrats
Q vhiesi chemurg, democrats. q vhixs; Court
iAsd, d<mccrsts. whsss; Fulton. o demosrsts
4 vhiep; J.dsrson, IA democrats, 9 vhigs; Ls~is
no dsmoctsu, whigs; Montgomery, o dsmoerats,
4 vbi~s; oncudaes. Is s.moersts 4 vbirs, scho,
bsrie 10 dsmocvsts vhigs; steuhen 10 rata IL
whigs; Tioss. demcorsis shiss; wyomtps. o demo
.ersts vhg'; Clinton II democrats, -his. os~eso
2 democrats. Thus ~ vii BE- that, 10 fourteen
counties the democrats have elected nm odrsf sod
thirty oesrs while the vbigs elect only ssstv-
seven. This shows loss OF more than nfty eoupty
c<Dcsrs.
Massts-p wsrs Co-vrsrro-.-T The wAig state Con-
ysntion OF Maryland viii assemble % Frederick CITY
on the Grst Thursday Of Jane nsxt.
MASSACHUSETTS ELscrror. - The ofscisl vote st the
resent oBgesona election In the Fourth District Of
Msss psstts. 10 90 fellows .rhs mpson vhfx s7I
Pslfrey. tree soi, 4sle Rohinson, dsn z1a scatter