New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-08-01
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1T IL common and usual to say of stern, resoute,
self#iilsd and reliant man. that he is made of iron
meaning thereby. that his disposition y firm and IN
ngabIe that IL Is adan,ant, and not TO be con
troIled, except by some power potent to bend and
render mallable metal which is not remarkable for
its pliabty We say Of the age Of Cincinnatlls and
of the earlier Rome, that twas the iron age; as CON
tIadistngnished from the silver and goldthe eiete
and eeminate ages which succeeded it. In the book
which ii aaoye all other books, We have the same
figure Of clay, Of glass, Of iron IMPLYING them, as
in more vulgar and profane use, by the same general
principle.
From whence the smile originated We do not
know; nor, is knowledge on the point necessary to
d general comprehension Of the sentiment. It has
suggested itself to us however, in looking at the
thing more narrowly than the general custom, that
there is something beyond smile in the
remark and possible degree Of truth that may ac
count for the comparative greatness Of men why
Napoleon was more kngly than Nathan Jones; why
Wellington was more commanding than Others Of his
officers; why Washington took the helm and managed
the ship, when men Of lesser firmness and determ-
nation were swept into the seuppers or driven below
matches May not be that the iron which forms the
stamina and life principle Of their blood; which,
therein is the life and indiy character of the
person, is greater in those men VINO become famous
than III those who only give an unknown and un-
.honored hea6ing to some obscure tomb stone?
1t has never reached our knowledge that beyond
the grand discovery Of Harvey, any other eommensu-
rate discoveries have been made or that those who
have followed his theory have sought to do more than
re-demonstate its truthfulness. Boyle did indeed ad
vance the practicability Of TRANSMISSION Of blood; Of
warm and generous vitality into the veins Of old and
decrepid age that thereby the latter life mightbe
continued. The idea met with distavor, and properly
III for no one has that right to life that should be
continued in his case, at the vital expense Of another
IT, however, that continuance could be effected by
means injurious to none, it would be a discovery
equal to the long sought and never found Fountain Of
Life sapposing the degree Of continuance equally
extended. 1twould amount to precisely the same
thing as reiuveuescence and second childhood freed
from the evils Of senility.
In some Of his essays or Lectures Ralph Waldo
Emerson, who, if he has said some snbmely muggy
things, has made amends therefor by others whose
briliancy almost conceals their depths, speaks Of the
amount Of aarterial bloodas the test and cause of
difference in men and nations going on TO show that
the men Of those nations where the blood was Warm
est and strongest have ever been the conquerors and
rulers of the world the old Romans Of the Latns
and Carthegenans; the Picts Of the earlier British,
and the full blooded, light haired warriors of the
North Sea, of the weaker inhabitants of France as
they were, ntheir turn, Of the efete people Of the
Mediterranean coast The principle would cover our
oWn in the thick warm arera1 blood of the yictors
there being ever more of the iron-of the anmating
and conquerng princple-than in the weak and
watery fluid which fills the veins Of those who have
been defeated and subjected.
How far the principle would hold good if actually
tried it is impossible for us to say; but there is every
reason to believe thatif the is such with nations
it will also apply to individuals, who the compo
nents Of nations and that examination and ana
ysis of the blood Of Alaric, Chalemagne, Napoleon
or Wellington, would prove them to have been
possessed Of greater degree Of this boodstamina,
than the weaker men and nations they overwhelmed
and conquered
Should the investigations ever be made and be
found correct another curious query arises whether
the individual character might not be reached and
altered through the stomach? those who are lacking
III rmness, being stronghold by some preparation of
iron and these who are Obstinate oyel1nuch, being
tanned down and softened by prescriptions Of a
character that would tend to neutralize the active
mushness Of their natures. If So the divine honors
awarded Hippocrates and Galen might not be unde.
served altogether.
For instance, one dose of ,Panacea No. !, should
soften and temper the vicious element; two, extract
italtogether and the third dose leave the individual
so far as will is concerned like that sheet of blank
paper to which Locke has compared the infant mind
VA proper basis having thus been secured for further
operations, and healthy substructure thus prepared,
we commence with Panacea No q This properly
administered should slowly elevate right principles,
like a huge moral crane, up through negative good
ness--compa positiveuntth the patient burned
to become missionary to his kind until he longed
to be martyr; until he felt pre-angelic wings and
began to mott for Immortality ; at this jnncture it
might be well to discontinue the iron-tonic for fear
degree Of goodness should be attained that suddenly
unbottled in this wicked world would be in danger
of catching cold, even if it suffered greater harm.
Our suggestions are but suggestions; we shall be
happy however, to learn Of their trial and success
the plan would be much cheaper than jails mission
aries, asylums and other means and appliances at
present in vogue as a means Of moral reformation.