Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-06-05
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There 10 much Of goed sens in the liol-
lowiae article which We take from the June
number ofGraham's Magazine, and any who
have such foolish desises a. those which
50 much troubled the poor suicide, may
probably ponder what is here said on the
subject !,
awe have been looking over the book
written by the late Mr.. North, OF Newf0rk'
helore his melanc holy death. He ssems
- have been always iamenting his want Of
soci.l noai,ion. This 10 . very weak lament
in The mouth Of any man ofletters. In the
Srst olace, he may be . man OF moderate
now ers. and in such case. he has no right to
srnostulste with destiny for making him OF
l;,tle consideration in society. And even
snnnosing him man ofhigh literary accom-
,Iishments, he has still no right to grumble
IN apy lumentabts way. a rich merchant,
who has made his money BY industry OF any
kind, does not 90 to cut his throat because
he has not social position among the nter-
atur.. The literary man should no. grow
desperate, il he cannot hold up his head
IN The cilded platform OF the wealthy mer-
liant The man who allows himself to do
80, compromises his own literary pretension
shows that his mind has not been cultiva'
ted or refined 70 my very lofty pitch. Liter
ature and literary habits, II they are worth
talking about At all, will teach man to leei
a certain contempt for what 10 called sociai
nosition-a thing that mainly depends upon
wealth. and hich, therefore, any man Is
more likely TO reach, than the author or
writer. II q liierxry man cannot find in the
pursuits OF his calling compensation ior
the want Of artificial and conventional DIS
tinction. the sooner he goes into the salt
fsh ard grocery line, the better. In the
last he will make money Or. let nm at
tend caucuses ami jugsie with the ran
chise OF his fellow-citizens. In this case
he will also vindicate place--a social po-
sition. Social position, indeed, is for those
who work hard and force their way along.
Il is no, Just, therefore, that your pallid,
lanpuid son of an ink bottle should, as
general rule, enjoy those things which le-
ultimately belong the more laborious or
ders ofthe community. According to Sch'i-
ler's lyric fabe Jupiter, in srportioning the
world among men, forgot the poet-the IT.
terary man--who soon cane up 10 make an
outcry and expostulation. Tao governor
told him the arrangement was lrrevocaole )
but at the same time let him know that he
was at liberty to visit Olympus, whenever
he though, proper--had the run OF the place.
in fact, with the chance OF little nectar
and ambrosia now and then. Literary men,
in all ages OF the world, have stood aside
from its highways and social positions, and,
in the majority of instances, have shown
themselves rebels against its conventions
The profession OF literature 10 the most
threadbare amongst US, and consequently,
among the most disreputsbie. There is no
use in denying this, and the sons of Apollo
should cheerluIly recognize the fact. II
they will not, then they had better transfer
their allegiance TO Plutus at once, open
tore and make money. Poor Mr.. North
wanted the philosophy. which is generally
the mos. comfortable inspiration Of the
literary character"