New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-26

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There Ii literature which - Lo'HnHsVo or
thought and expression, and ih0rc u literature "niph
dos not contain theso qualities but all have ther uses
when We inquire what IL II that causes TIE wofns OF mon
10 live upon The earth after they nave aeparou' W. my
sny trut6 but that Ia ndehnablc bat II we could arrive
nj the rentost cause would say hnmanty-th0se n,tr
bates which constitute mans universal nature. Inc
author may die materially. but the great outpournSs
of al. soul are imnoraliLed in types, aud me man ye,
forever The reverend gentleman then proceeded
10 anayYe the distinction between medocrity ana genius
Works Of the former class ephemera bat the laer
ara eternal The former only shake the camera into me
rencil and their works reflect but transient images RON
The surface Of society while the latter on the contrary
or Ter into the shirt Of man. and their works I'VE le
substance upon which their genius works does not wear
ont or alser Those books acquire most readers wnlcn
grasp in the whole compass Of MS otaty an, Ine
hook which will continue to have interest must not Oy DC
true TO our own nature but to general nature ana any
book which bellies contradicts nature, dies as ought
The book which makes man merely creature OF appe-
lite il had book but book which makes the mind the
slave of the body pernoious and most peri.ha6e
making the face blush that peses It's pages and there
fore, dies book may be an Originality OUT n'Vey
without truth is paradox. Novelty and truth rem
der a book distinctive, and individuality is genius
in Which the mind develops itself There are writers
OF wit and writers Of sympathy o9t there are no "rns
so interesting as those where self s revealeiwhere
the writer's egosm is evident. man may not IKE 10
listen to that which he would admire to read good book
Is amorg the best OF good things and its contents are e
bsmed and treasured up TO life above life Good Is not
alone that which is fact but that which gives Impulse
which does fatter into content but qickens into IN
spiraiion and while good book Is me pest o, goou
things bad book is the worst Of bad things But we
must take fee literature with It's impertectlons az wen a.
its aven ges for Dquison Of literature would DC no
more toTable than an nquistlon oil reiglon rreacng,
evCn bad books is than van-it only adverses
tl.m ard males the nearer eager 20 read anu ex ANIME
h6r contents for how the preacher know tnat II Is
bad book unless he reads and why are ms neAre 10,
capable judge well as himself The tue guard
against them education and the next step Is to treat
item with silence and contempt. There are those who
mind; and to such a good work Is society to his
lonelness--a balm 10 his troubes--a friend 10 the
frerdless-weelih TO the poor and moreover can
Keep the mind in action though the body dies was
Plato who went to play when be was elected to the
Consuhp, but the evening before he died, he reai.
husicve bymiud has been developed and pfeserye
ard man nv this mediumhas shown himself in action Ike
an angel in WORKS like God. Take this from aim and he
nothing But it is not alone by reaing that man IS e
waited The Romans without literature, conquered tle
world and aerward learning to read, were bound down
in letters The split which infused into the mind by
reeding made the man; books but dead letters and
without self communion will make us wise. Man IS
not 10 be exI sinod by books bat books by man. THERE'S
Joy in books which those alone can know who READ tlem
with desire ard with enthusiasm "a from time 20 time
there were books which created order out of disorder and
made States and shaped Empires BY books we can ac-
compeny the traveller and take voyage with the nayga
tor see what they have seen and thus go back TO other
days and other times can listen TO eoquence which was
moi 20 mut the thought of man of nations and read
sreeohes of men who ncaFnae whole civilized nations in
their yiows-whose impulse the common heart There
is genius for reading well for writing and there are
probably as few successful readers wrtersthat those
who come in material relation the meaning OF the al
for for without mbibng the spirit of the writer there
con be no criticism The speaker concluded by paying
tribute literature and especially the news
paper literature Of the day.