New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-01
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o~' Tti, de, was Lept IN Boston " u est hssr
80. rof lowesrr, By ehurch-at .ehui"7' ~
ciur,ler being bot ti.nly attended hoI me az
one czoepiion To great thi".ef' 80 a'c -.
Isrfi ror.s' of Tie ciif man 81 GU - 49,.
AVN lfo ~ Tho alpine hight Of intellect 20 l'c a. ~.
ere., soro heart Of tlrobbing, aching human ysao
the champion 81 reforms 'ne
n,e.rler who believes that hfinG, NflRt sfo ~ -
letter than dead ctmmon-p lace hawhed ABOUT .'' tn
tures in pou rous array-the man whose Nery 1919
tI,ed l., some Of tie most polite OF Boston WLoso
yer, nsrst Ike tie fourth god OF the EHpuans IS ~
enc Inns never uttered but whose presence, n''ct
theless males itself felt Ike au electric chain 81 o'"E
the cty-tIis man brought, at me Music hal' nIs'
nuderce He gave an earnest discourse upon mo efr
nhilsntLfopv, comVaTing the humane feeling OF tbe
present day as eyideneed BY customs, with that as
ten,rstrafcd in Ike manner n|longer back than any
years showing increase in mercg aud Justice, aasur'
Inc well for the future spite OF troubled horizon
Tie Loohs last week. were open Tor signatures i"r
b s,ond series Of the Low, lectures for this seasco,
and II was amusing to watch the variety walking "a
ard ont of the arch by the Marlborough hotei yoaiH
o;rls and old men and Young America IN h.
Ia mise In one OF NY letters credited an .
lecture on light to Dr. Gould which IN trlso,
rss delivered by Prot Cooke Of Harvard CniverS'.
Nv Could has since delivered pleasing lecture 20
Aquatic Life and Prof Gray OF Cambridge TWO Lectures
the Relation " idheS ~ -
i"'es ~ WV $3.50
These lectures are benshcept gilt 70 Boston.
bat IL seems necessary in order 20 MAKE them
rrscticsIlv nselal TO combine study and expert
,rnent with them To know that most physical faoss
are horn of the sun is merely to run the circle OF civil
lization and bow before the myxic inscription " s1
xhafeyer is or has been VIII be, and my offspring
d. is the sun" but to follow the lecturer over tis
bridge which divides ancient thought from modern
science 10 be able 10 travel with permanent advas-
soe here 10 watch with him, the retention or dmlnu
ton of gases under given crcumstanees-in snort 10
spply the rule and measure 90 Nature WORKS. re-
srcs the co6peraton Of study and experiment With
ont tbe knowledge of neutrality-suspicious. the aid OF
exnerment-a long array of facts however WONDERFUL
in themselves or skilly presented are apt TO hnd IN
ordinary minds the same level as recoleetions OF Miss
Deans or Miss Davenport's acting or Mr. hyac'nths
pom read ne Mrs IS socabe. TO become mere hall
snocestions Il, atng about in the undiscpllned mirt
without handles.
do NOT know but what these hundreds who assem-
no "a hear scientific lectures amply prepared for
tho rough encounter. Many of them improve the mo
wcnts before the lecturers head peeps above the
stairs with light fencing by reading Gledsoas P'efoaf
OF some daily paper ,,..,
III; certan have never noticed such exhibition oil
norners M these and similar lectures as are so I'M
blushipolv displayed NJ cOncertrooms al rdngschoos
and even sometimes in the paror where young auiss
take delight in disturbing all in their nlghoorhood
bere in the fash of second one is told nos 10 get
,or,rsncciousn for vexed another one informed that
some article she wears is 20 jimmy, and some young
Gentleman is called "eXtronomcal and some oidet
Tcrson treated with brutal reverence Perhaps these
bo,denish manners may he accounted for particularly
nv the fact that there is no high school, in Boston, or
young ladies'
One of the most delightful social features when mas
conn, pnder nv observation here in Boston IT, the prac-
flee adopted BY some families OF having young Peopie
meet AZ each others houses Sunday evening Tor the
rutpose of executing sacred music l saw such o
,neetino last Sunday evening where group OF beaut-
ful younp heads assembled round piano contrasting
tbeir buddipp lovelness with some aged noble heads
whose voices lead Of with the fullness and richness OF
tycntyf,e Every ray of light falling into the circle
Of home is 10 be cherished especially in these day s.
when fancy horses luxuriant clubhouses operas the
o.ers concerts and chess parties are creating merely
nbvsical civilization, making home an old-fashionec
5rssm of comfort. where tie fresh thought was con
ceiyed and the love which time never makes old wa
spread Ike fairy veil all eyes, sotening and go
ifyipg every object within the charmed circle bu
now. where the upholsterer brings the adyenttou
aids Of ostentation 70 whiten the sepuchre whlc
ponts at the death of rything but peacock-prid
and Individual selfshness
Tie Wings have completed their victory In Nasss
cbueetts Wendell Phillips lectured last evening be
fore lie Mercantile Library Association Hon Joe
Parker lectures this evening before the Lowell Inst
tute. Prof Agassiz gives twelve lectures on variou
subjects of Natural History before this last Asocia
ion. 10 commence on the 9th of Dec. II. A. ".