New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-08
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Tbo,e OF or readers who remember we mag
teri, work Of DR.. Wilkinson entitled TIE Human
Bosp ard rs COnntIion nth Aaa, and repnohsned
about two yesrs since by Lippiocot' q Gtem'o,
gill dount!ess sl.o remember 10 bave been IN
pressed bg the extraordinary faculty OF oelel
eyinced 10 Tat work. IL was the fret ATTEMPT
probably ever made by professional man, to
oouneet IN. technical facts Of Ansromy aud Poys-
ioloey with The truths Of Revelation. At ell
events il is the only one whose superb aad l7visb
ability enttlss 10 10 an enduring mention. Ofdi-
nary men have no beiiefs. They nave only snoHi'
e6se They know that honey IL sweet t. tue
palste, end ginger hot; they kaOV ia tact al
ttat their senses tell them, and all Ehlt
tocbs can teach them; bu, as ~ woaE
lies within or above the realm OF sense,
mn what 10 mere books accordingly can
teach ,beIc, ,hey are cODsu 0iInatey lDcredu Gus.
They haze learned if0m books, Or hearsay' tnat
God ives; that He creates and rode ems all ID ~
bind; that virtue is It's OVn reward aud wee lts
own punisbmt nt; that il il better to give than to
receive; that power dSells only with wisdom,
h,tirg these Thugs. thai is d bif'cr matter.
They willingly afford them admission TO tlelr
memory, which il the porch Of the mind tney
allow them indeed 90 TAKE off t1eir coats aud
hats ADD lie do n and sleep for log years u That
preliminary place; but as TO introj1 ing them
into tie parlors e the understanding of The iuner
sanctuary and Substance OF the III I'D itself by
btDiesin. them-th would be to bring tbeou al
once into the sphere of prac'ce, aud might
possibly ,uoect one 10 cOosiderable soc 81 neon
wntDce.
Yet this is precisely DR. Wlki1soa's MA .uatlOn.
lie evidently believes VIA, other people GUY re
member. His memory is mauifes,ly aod wholly
subseryient 20 the ehest intellectual uses. Moth
ing comes into it by the poIttls OF sense, @bicn IS
not INN ,Oiately dlvesttd Of - dusty garments
and elevated into the chambers oithe undetstaDi-
iDg, there to be associated with sDge; company.
lie diligently gathers al tina, the best men ana the
most sacred books have said Of God aud man bul
symptoms Of congestion appear, because the
knowledge is instantly sublma'ed into het aud
thence descends in copous showers OF influence
upon all the fields of practical life, Mr.. b. is
grown tureid with wealth. He mas become tue
servant If money instead Of is master, and II
CLAIMS bis uuf,ltering allegiance. This is because
the rich Mr. b. began b., lov ~ money for it's own
..ke instead OF its uses fake. Tie nov wears its
color Ms conteDted, and proudly Is II he were
free man Of men aud has suspicion Of the angelic
shame and SORROW which bedeg his degradal on.
But the case is just as DISASTROUS with most Of
1T Il slf h.. lesr
.pises the coaIser riches of Mr.. Il. in comparison
with his own; but at bottom the men are very
much alike, for Mr. c. is ne tureid aud tumld
with learning as Mr. b. Is with money He loves
learning for its own aud not for It's uses FAKE, and
bis memory consequently nae grown so piethorc
and enormous as very neatiy 10 sudOcate his uu-
dersiandipg or crowd il ont Of life. For ali prtc
tical human uses his understanding remains n
state of pu,rilc incompetence, while his memory
slOuehs of volume alter volume OF sbat ought TO
have been capital prOvender aud nutriment 20 II.
1t Is this iDfrmy which e. often makes our
learned men aud our wealthy men of al! kind. so
useless in social point OF view. We instructive
ly look 10 persons of Their prominence for social
inspiration and guidance; but the very greatness
of tttir possessions Keeps them fPlrlsaNy below
the current statue of manhood, snd there is no
true force allowed to man which is no. sPir tusl,
which does not descend IL hun ffom unseen iouu
tsns in superior realms OF being.
Such exactly is Or. Wrkinsons icrce-the
force of man who 3 alive with glowing lie
FROM the center ofbis intellect 10 rs circ1u!er-
eDce. when such Ian, accordingly, descenis
into the arena OF the schools We must not be sur
priced TO zee ieschiTg assume a novel asPeci.
and ola truths beam krtb into quite original
beauty. Ihose who wist an lne !ectus. treat OF
the very highest description, bsuquet 10 which
every dish is made to yield the subt.tsi aud most
DeApec',d arenas b. a cooking the most expert
and mastery ever prac,iced. may safely be re-
ieII,d TO the book whose usune We have already
eIted. His present pamphlet il controversial,
being puDgcnt criticism Of tie imbeci'iiy vnich
guides OF mi.euides the Army and Navy medical
resources Of Crest Britain. Or. Wilkinson Is q
h'meopa'hist Of tie p1rest waer. but We DO not
feei able 70 ssy whether his quarrel with the
90 practice Is entirely warranted or not. All
We care to say is that in mere in,elec,usl p01er,
ID phi'AhS Oh W.T. N the faculty of exquisite
and humorous banter 10 the pomp OF rhetoric
as gorgeous as the light Of setting suns. and vet
airy and fantastic as .hOse gos.smer threads OF
the morning which We stetparalipg with dew. he
% rot often matched. go far as We k,0w. by snv
lyipg writer. We hail GOt attempt, accordingly.
10 pu'sue the argument of the pamphlet but viii
merely cite 8 few extracts AZ random from its