New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-04

:, alixe that ideal IN his he litfie ooys :" - 80
oTLipe against time with stiuts TO do long ior lne Pc
WI Ss $50 rss, brother who in a few misues'
sbr1I achieve whit the smaller boy TOOK nours W 10,
And we are sll of US but little boys, iooAins io'
rreat brother come and help us AZ our 'as .,o.,
Rut il il not quite easy 10 recognize VIC -,
Lnd ot greatness Nootka Sound Indian wou,n uo'
see much in Leibnitz. Newton Socrates OF N pS's
sud If q great man were 20 come, az inusA "e 80,
we are before the Nootka-Soundet', W., 80 -s,ny
cav TO him. II Is the men who are up t1a' sec VIZ 80
mn no; the slugCards IL takes greatness 20 So -
ucss and know Il at the hTst-greatne>s OF 'he uz
kind Bulk, anybody can see bulk oil o1uy =. -,
The lo.t form OF greatness i never popular N s 'i.
Mon car not understand or receive Il Guinea hsSfVo
would think jugger more than Franklin herV.i snJ
PLATE were popular in their day-men oil proper! au
standing. They got mountainous anu nohoI 49,. $3.50.
Iesus nj Nazareth got nomnatongOt cross ot"'sA
Two thieyes-was crowned with thorns-Snd wnen ne
died eleven Galeans gathered together 10 isieit ei
Lord Any lran can measurea walking srcA--so ma!
hands wide ard many nails oeside-Out u unssA
,,,,,r intellect to measure the Andes and the aHal
R,t now and then God creates great, mighty man.
WIN greatly Influences mankind Sometimes ne reaches
far info other ages. Such ilS., ~ - " 80. -.
%, will hyandby unitcin himself the four great forces
81 soc;evhusiness politics literature and the churchi
himself greater force than ell Of these VIII sway tAc:n
evcry one; but Just he Is greater thsn Outr s VI
the highest mood Of greatness VIII ne De- oppoel emu
hated too The tail house in the street dsrSens me
crccers window opposite and re must strike his iats
sconer than before. 49,
1u,,sn rsr,re loves Ia honor great men. and often
tcrTrs r,snv little one under the mistakethst ne =
grect sec how nations honor the really great men
Moses Zoroaster Socrates, Jesus the oiu'r, o. nc"
But bv how many iase men have we Deeh "-.e',v ~
mon whose lie leads 10 bewder, end daZzles 20 phni
tn nrcachor l. thousand years before you and me We
cannot understand him. II only h"ndrot yea's u
thought shall separate us, there II stes' gu''
the two wherever neither Dives nor Anrarati n't y
Moses himself pass. IL II iaise gIea' niAI "'"
Who oets noscson of the pulpit with hs lesson Tor To-
dsy. which il no lesson and false great man ~no
gets throne with his lesson for to-day "ii'h aSo NJ
lessen. - i,.as
al sote truth and absolute right the norm OF couuct
With n,cst men the directions are before tne inteVt a
the conscience and the affections wan. person s'y'
intellect embode- principle, good or Oai ana ~ w
sHscons men accept the great intellect, nao of -Vou
and with him the principle he has got bu' as th' aueV
ticns ere so large in Va, how delightful Is II Tor IL 20 -
A grest man. honor him, love him, reverence nuh t"e,
L;n,i Crowds of men come 10 look upon nero iace
who arc all careless of his actions and heeGcss OF ms
thought they know not his what, nor hl' whence nor
liz whittier his ponson passes Tor reason justice anu
Intecct attaches US 10 an idea Of truth aud beauty
conscience 10 principle Of right, affection 10 man
They sey that women have the most OF thlS s'econ
eud 20 are most atfachable most swayed BY persons
least Lv ideas Womsns mind and conscience, AMI her
soul they sty rush into her bOsony heart. bat "nc"
y GREAT mind ccnncs he is wont 10 make women OF us
el1 and take us by the heart Each great man. II iot
Ine will hive an influence in proportion 20 his strength
~ mind and will-the good great man. the phh sr nv
uar-fcr as each particle Of matsr hs m atf"StVc
force hch affects all othsr matter SO each pafuci' OF
mind aud each great man has an ATTRACTIVE i"'c VIM"
attracts all other mind. .. III, -
But AZ we somewhat control our actiyiy, WIN pro
crossyc ncreage otpower over matter an MIMI 70 We
rob, IN know ii what we follow be- real greatness or
epnq greatness and oithe real greatness rr DC good
or M Tor men ought not TO grayrlie passiyely draw
by the bulk oil b-ncss, but consciously ana if'ey 10
follow great wisdon, justice, love ana i"'n IN you
Hence n becomes exceedingly important 10 study the
character great men, for they represent srea social
forces, for good or ILL., ,,.. sl;,,
brings corn whGt hemp, what coal, how much couon
theres st New-York or New Orleans, how much gold
in the banks They learn these things because lhey Il,
By the market and seek TO get money hy their tf1e
Politicians watch the turn Of the people, and oil the
coming vote because they live by the ballot box ana
with get honor and office by their shll 30, man
wto would guide men 10 wisdom Justice, love- ana
pety, 20 human weurche must watch the great men.
knowing the quantity Of truth of justice Of love, and
faith which there l. in Calhoun Webster Cey bccauee
he ia 70 live by the Word OF God and only asks, Thy
Kingdom come.
What great power is agreat man Aristotle rode
en- the top Of science for two thousand years t Bacon
charging down from the vantage ground OF twenty
iuIies with giant spear endorsed the Stgyrite, aud
mounted there himself himself in turn to be unhorsel
What an influence Sir Robert Peel end w Hin,
ton have had in England for the last twenty thirty
years What profound influence had Frederick in
Germany for half century Napoleon in Europe for
n last half century In America ia above all things
necessary to study the great men. Their power i
greater here thn elsewhere in Chrisendon. Money
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In England the power Of great men is checked by the
great fsmies the great classes, and the hereditary
crown Here we have great families historical
men not from Tor such, had not historic ithers
leave not historic sons TnapuS terdr hominunl eddI
homiauM Fruitful OF men is time yoracious also OF
men.
1t is wonder how many famous Americans have no
children nj all. Hancock. Adams. Washington, Madison,
JacksoI-each broke of the top OF the family tree, which
afe them dwindled down, and at length died out And
of the great that leave sons the wonder IL what
- lttff, t1.rr. olras srlA
die from the American Pine to strew the foret floor
amid the other litter of the woods NO great innilles
here hold great in check. There 10 no great class.
TIC mechanic father of the merchant, who viii again
be the gandsire Of mechanics la thirty years hull the
wealth OF Boston will be in the hands Of men now poor
aud where power OF money is Of yesterday II ~ no great
check TO any great man. Here If no hereditary power
so the personal greatness of great mind for good or
evil is free from that threeold check and becomes Of
immense importance
Our nation il a great committee Of the whole, our
State provisional COVE rnment riches our Only merit
al lie goCd greatness only personal nobility; othces
elective To the ambition of great bad man. or the
philanthropy Of great good man. there IL no check but
the power Of money numbers no check r. Il great
families great classes, hereditary privilege II our
great intellect runs up hl there nothing TO check him
lut the inertia of mankind; If he down hill that
elfo Il his eide The great man j. aneneble with
10 no convential standard measure as IN England OF
Europe-only to public opinion and that public opinion
is controlled by money aud numbers these are tie two
factors OF the American product the nutpher ind the
multplicand; millions OF money, millions OF men
Hence it moro important 10 study such great men
before they take orr heart to know their quality aud
quantity for this is 10 OF the greatest popu
lar forces for guiding the present and shaping the future
1t Is neediu alro 10 separate the real great from the
great tmng and of the real great the great good from
the great evil Washington changed mems ideas Of po-
liical greatness. II Napoleon the Present goes
whipped OF justice he will change those ideas again not
for the world but for the saloons OF Pars for its jour
mails and its mob.
great mind il Ike elephant in the hne Of ancient
baite-the bert ally if you keep him N the ranks
fronting the right way; but if he about he is the
f. taest foe and treads his underneath his feet
Great minds have a trick of turning round.
How different are conspicuous men TO different eyes.
The City Corporation Of Toulouse has just addressed this
petition to Napoleon:
Monseignieur, the government Of the world by Proyi-
dence the perfect France end Europe style you
the Elect of God for the accomplishment OF hs designs t
belongs constitution whatever TO ASST term for the