The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-11-15
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Brow au1l brad eJs round and Of massive weight,
bat ~ jocB W6n N<khS and itrusoiule. TIE doep
eyes. ~ lhhg hax4 were aa full Of sorrow a. Of
insp;rsaion confned min hooked mildly from them,
AZ III kind Of mild astonishment.s The whole
figufe and ar, good AMI amiable otherwise, might
be called Aa66Y and jrTssolute expressive of weak
ness under p1ssihilily Of strsp9th He hung loose.
" on his limbe With knees bent and shopping att-
tude h walking, he rather shuf3ed fhan deciiively
stepped and . lady once retpsrksd, he never could
fix which side ofsslle earlen walk would suif him
hest, but continuaIlv shfed. n corkscFe fashion,
snd kspruyine bort. a hoayy ladsn, i9h-aspirinR
| and surely mnch-suferina man. His voice, natu.
rally soft and GOOD. had contracted iteef into
plaintive shuttle and sinr.sons: he spoke rs if
nes,ly and also hopelsssy he weshtiest things. i
still recollect his oh;sct, and tsubiect, terms
of continual er,c. in the Knnfesn province
and he sung and snufiisd them into ON mjsct
tand sum- m inject with 4 kind of solemn, shake
or CULVER. as he rolled alons. No talk. in bis zen.
tury OF IN shy otliey could srnorS sufprisings'
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"To sit as passive bucket, and be pumped into,
whether you cohsert OF not. can in the long run,
be exhlaraiing to no creature how eloquent soever
the food of utterant,e that ia descending But if
it be, withal, confused upintelligible food Of ut
terance, threatening landmarks Of thought, and
drown the world and vort Ihaye heard Coleridse
l talk, with eager. musical energy, two stricken
hours, his face radiant and moist, and COMMUNE
i cate no meaning whatsoever TO any individual of
Jus neaiesis-certain OF whom, iof one sun kept
Eagerly ils'enlng IN hope she most mao long before
given up, and formed df the room were large
enough) secondary humming groups of their own.
He began any where; you put some question to
him, made some suggestive observation instead of
sswetg .nss, OF dec'dtuiy seuins CUT towatus
.ss,.. =, ne wonia aceumu.a!e lolmioaoe ap'
,osca' ii,e
tory gear for setting Out: perhaps did at least get
hy Tho sIa, - (. -, ~
hand es The, H., a,., ao,..sa. .u w
and befora lone ;oto all The IInivsrss ubsrs 4,
was ,,ncsr,a;r .,,ha, rams Won ,vonid ca,cb or
4 whether anu' "n'' e'no 'OD "o1 '''e e'. -
1 !" His raIk. alas w.s distnyui,bed. like himself.
by irrssolution Il dslked 10 6e tronhed with CON
ditions, abstneness. definite fulfilments-loyed 10
tor and his claims and humble wishes a mere pas.
manv thin.s ana ,on;c, m,,ch ro',. ,ssd;ns bu,
generally all topics led him, after a pass or TWO,
into the high seas Of theosophic philosophy, the
hazy infntude of Kantean transcendeniaism, with
its SUNNI, mjects, and 'som.m-mject' Sad
Ienough; for with such INDECENT impotence OF the
claims and ignorance Of Others he had not the least
talent for explaining this or any thing unknown 10
them and YOU swan and hutIered in the mstiest
wide unintelligibe deluge Of things for most part
In rather profitless uncomfortable manner.
Glorious islets, too, lhave seen CUT Of the hazes
rise; but they were few, and soon swallowed in the
general element again. Balmy sunny isle.s, islels
Of the blest and the intelligible--on which occa-
sions those secondary hnmming groups would all
cease humming, and hang GREATNESS upon the elo-
quent words ill once your slet got wrap in the
mist again, and they would re.commence hum.
ming. Eloquent artistically expressive words
you always had piercing radances of a most sub.
lie insight came at intervals; tones of noble pous
sympathy, recognizable as pous though strangely