The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-08

MR.. Z. r. wHIPPLE, ON HERoIsx
On Monday evening" the nrst course of thess lectures
was delivered by Whipple Esq at the lecture room
Of the above society No 472 Broadway The room VA
well filed not scat being vacant. The audience was
very respectable one composed chiefly Of men but there
were great many ladies In attendance
At the lecturer was introduced to
the audience. amidst great applause He took for his
subject ''HcoIsm' He said that the noblast and most
exhiliarating objects the human mind contemplate
those which exhibit the mind in exalted aspect
They inspire weakness with the energy Of their
strergth-they sting our pride by their irony-they
teach US that We not they, unnatua-thsy filled
with the wine Of lifethey have, in Fleohsrs phrase
$50 much Of thrust into them that they come out
high beyond other men, They should, in considering
the hero sacrifice all those snaks whose peasure was
to dsirac from his colossal proportions To that con-
They are class Of men without hoEor or truth They
wished no doubt to be considered and claimed
be such. Their souls only known invaids know
that they have intestnes, by qusms of hunger They
seek to gain some notoriety, by creeping into the
who tries to win the of all around him by the
mesnest actions He cunppgy msuscs tbs word herosm
for insanity Dean Swift, in his description of the
Yahoos says that they composition OF sneak and
satyr. The lecturer having devoted time to the
consideration Of snsaks turned the attention towards
the hero as soldier patriot, reformsr, and
OF death; he feels himself immortal In contem-
plating the hero soldier they should first
remember how scarce were those who had no fear of
death The heroic element of war was not only valor
but kindness OF heart towards the and the
wounded. Such men Hannibal, julius Caesar, and
Napoleon Bonaparte, all Of them heroes yet
their minds were imbued with that nanimty Of soul
which distinguishes great But Louis Napoleon
far different from these he nothing but sneak
his rascaty performed for nothing but to increase
bis income He stopped to and his conduct at
the Tueries was like picking the pockets of his
guests playing penny whist 1t is strange that In this
country the actions OF that man spoken of in Amer
can society without apparent indignation scorn
The hero when there danger performs his duty tho
letter and with apparent When Lord Nelson was
bcmbarding Copenhagen, he showed his great bravery
and coouess. When writing letter asking for truce
he was offered wafer to seal his letter with which
dig9any refused he demanded sealing wax with which
he deliberately sealed bis letter saying that 1t was no
time to appear in hurry although that time minute
was OF the most vital importance them He then went
on illustrating Napoleon Bonapartcs character brave
man-none but him could have passed the bridge Lodi
he made Austria sign against her will the treaty Of
Campo Formio-when returning from Elba, he threw
himself the people at large without any fear He
then alluded TO the hero patriot Washington the
father OF bis country was more than patriot he
warrior. Burke with his eloquence carried everything
before him Milton type of the rcformers he was
inspired by God when he his wonderful productions
which astopished the world. The President then an
nounced that the next lecture would be delivered that
place, by Mr. Osgood, on Monday nsxt.