The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-12
THE LECTURE SEASON.
Mr.. Kmer.on,s Lecture ON Pc wsr.

The LECTURE SEASON.
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mr.. Emcrs0n's Lecture ON Pc wsr.
lecture was delivered Tuesday evening at the Ia
serpscie, BY Mr. Ralph Waldo Emeron, power. The
Tabernacle crowded long before the hour named
the delivery Of the lecture by large and fashionable
audience.
Mr. EMERSON, upon coming forward was greeted
With tremendous applause He said that It had
been his lot to be . nearer, as we'll q . speaker
ct the Lyceum, and he had been struck With
the questions which had been discussed there He
thought that institution promised to become an anti.
do to the newspapers and the chief instructor for the
new times Every good thing they had heard Of raised
their expectations and he should be glad and not sur
prised, If it should come to be relied upon by mon
OF thought as their best excitement He was
happy to see the interest which the oommu-
nifty had shown in the new attempt which had
been made, and though they hsA, he knew, many
motives for joining cultlvating assembly, yet no
doubt many came there that night With Q motive. ae
taipnept but for strength. The faculties ef man wore
indefinite and self evone the power Of the magnet was
increased BY loading and the energies Of in.
crsased by use There were men who possessed An i'm
meme eympsthetic attraction and who exercised an in
fuenos ever the human race and IL there were
mind Of men, there nature would occupy him !;
thst perhaps the man whose mAgnetism forced
T .pS III,
was planted there vas not crevice In which Il was
not lodged no honest seeking mind went unrewarded
He asumea that every genert heart had learnt the
value OF events and Of possessions and life ITSELF ana
considered them the rude in which the precious
to and sucked the Su. ca Of hns:
He could, then, well Afford to let events and life
in the shape Of poasr he had the sssled % .al
he could spase the gardens from which it was
distilled The wisdom and cultivation Of men
the end to which nature worked, and the education Of
the will was tho result Of Ill geology and astronomy
Now great successful men had agreed in ono thing
They believed not IN the crevicss il the Who'll. Chain
that Joined the rst to the last things They believed
cpIe Of being ana in oonsequsDes Of this belief si
compensation characterized all valuable minds and
going speak Of the law the key Of this
thing or that thing, and the other thing Is young
orators described He would tell them that the key Of
al ages was imbecility In the great majority Of Of
all times and in every mAn-in heroes, who, during
certain moments, were victims Of custom 1t was
this that gave force to the strong that the
that the great bulk Of men had habit Of self reliance
and original action. We were compelled to consider
sited as the old physology taught our degree Of
Life was just such the degree OF circulation in the
IA ss mo large
veins. This condition was constant with persons
where the arteries held their blood The great differ
ence in men was that class entered into the
vortex OF the world and another passed into it cold
handed ana did not Engage in it, aud only suffer them
selves % re dragged on BY irrepressble force which
cou1d carry dead weight All particular views led to
So central; the whole of power was one thing
AMI merely the nature Of the world The man was
made the same stun a, men and events were made Of
as equal to whatever should happen; the advantage
81 strong and violent nature quite oompensa
ted by art; 1t was like the advantage Of climate where
the sun, without the pains of culture, titled the
earth, it was like the advantages possessed BY
sort diplomacy and forced capital, and the gains Of
labor to it. They Of themselves as free as
broad and healthy understanding; it seemed to be
on the shores OF unseen rivers and oceans which
covered Nth banks day and night and always drssd
the only reason it did not every effort OF Re
MUS snd Of the scholar that they did think
worth the exertion that the audience did. son the
neck Of young man. raid the Persian poet aparkled
no gem so precious as the spirit Of adventure" What
there in the and land of England that could
rvs! James Watt and Brunei The power of some mems
minds embraced extensive scope this class Of
there were no such things axed facts, Before the
powers Of Clinton and Brunei, the hills skipped like
rams man looking to our politics. would think there
vas protsacy Of party which had prevailed and that
hardened himself and after being told this many times,
he discovered the common elements Of strength which
could be rendered usmportant. We were like thrifty
trees and did not suffer by the profgacy that swsrmed
upon the national treasury. 1t q proverb in the
appeared greater than they were. rough population
had Its advantages as long our people followed the
All expected from the wings much less power to deal
with foreign countries than from like Jesson who
frs conquered his own and then conquered
others (Lapghter) This power not of lynch
law. The same elements in power were always present
and what was once surface played an effective part
basis Those who possessed most of the bosterous
energy had their but they also had their good
traits-they frank and honest Our politics were
full of bad hands and men Of refinement were not at
persons to send to Congress Politics regarded
bad profession ard fatal to perception and char
ac,er since it had been said that men in power had no
Opinions Why then. If 1t we're only a question
between the most civil and the most forcibe he went
for the latter; they had bold though satanic cast
The most pious landlord had foreman not quite so
charitable he observed that painting
poetry and religion had drawn much of their energy
from hell. (Laughter) The doctrine OF the world
good it afforded little muscle-similar ia principle
to the natefG medca in poisons Some men were fond
o. disturbing clements give then IT, hre hrs
home who sent into Mexico might cover themselves
With glory Naughser) The Ensli,h we're fine ami
NO wars to entertain them they became daring
But where there nothing bat physical force pos
sessed value the luxury Of FIRE to have little Of
eur hearhs and the advantage Of electricity was
in our power to apply In history the great moment
was when the savage ceased to be savage. He was
afraid that the greatest trumphs Of pease had been in
proximity to war Mr.. Emerson then advocated the
concentration of energy and illustrated his doctrines by
q decision when q decision wanted. Presence Of
mind was valuable faculty good Judge WAS not one
tce according to the rules Of testimony lie then alluded
to thegreat advantages which re,uted ON exercise
Of the faculties. The hack was better roadster than
the Arabian steed All orators bad ones at hrst
but by practice they became consummste ones. He
commented upon the moral and intellectual faculties of
ips;itutpg q comparison between him and the
higher degree If regularity which characterized the
machinery which he had produced and which aordedan
example in factories and concluded able lecture
(Which understand hastily written and Of which
the above is necessarily brief absract) amid much
appaure and was crowded round by numbers Of the
sudience eesirous Of conyersing with him
Smithsonian Institution, Washington.
PROFESSOR sILLIMAN's FIRST AND SECOND LECTURES
en- THE STRUCTURE OF TIE EARTH.
On Monday evening, the I'd inst, Professor Sill
man, Of Yale College, commenced q course Of lee
lures or his favorite satisfactorily. 1t was
chiefly preparatory enc, and as its principal to.