New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-11
Actual and Apparent.

It'll very notable and interesting to observe how
often in the affairs Of life, that which, at distance,
seems ODE real, proves itself false and deformed
when removed into the present and actuased and
how conversely, that which appeared common and
valueless, at far remove, becomes rich and royal
when drawn into the present. Those things which,
to the superficial consideration, are valueless or of
but slight import and little use, when properly appre-
hended, come to be Of far value than their rep
resentatiyes we so highly prize and, as necessary
result and sequence thereto those things that are most
hshly priced go back among what is valueless jejune
without actual worth the measure of its utility
were the measure of its value, diamond would be of
more worth than piece of glass of the same size only
IL thatlt is capable ofcutting glass other material
cam and ruby would be outweighed in the scales by
gram OF wheat, Or kernel of corn The diamond can
do nothing Tor life; not much as the coal of which
IS the essential extract for the coal give warmth,
while the diamond only gives lustre. VI,
This rule Of actual value being the measure of
actual valuation, aside from cutting down to q very
low standard and inferior place the gems and geN-
gaWs which are so highly priced at present, would
have the effect of raising in the scale and more pro-
perry endowing the aids and supports of life which
are at present undervalued by reason of their com
monness and abundance would, in fact, so trarspose
the present style of trade as to make field Of grow
ing corn better than two-forty horse and establish
ment to corresponds patch of potatoes more valua
bic than tiara of diamonds and good fishery srlpe
rlor to bank stock all the mortgages that could be
held.
The time never has BEEN nor probably never will
be, when this desirable era shall have birth, until
that prophetic period when the lamb is to lie down by
the side Of the ion and all the flness of the world
is realized. We are, nevertheless, at liberty to pray
for it, as desirable and far as is possible approx-
mate towards it. In every instance when we reject
the unsound and insist upon the sound, when we
ALLURE the untrue and cling to the truth, we make
step forward. There are many steps to be taken
the road is long and roughnot pleasant to be tray
eled. But it is over mountain ranges, through rocky
defes with sore and bleeding feet, we pick our way
to those valleys that green with an eternal YER
dure, fed with rills whose flow makes harmony and
lit by suns that shine with a soft and quenchless
lusre. 1@
The reforms of opinion, and of conduct that are
needed to bring up the actual to its proper mark and
to sink the apparent to its proper standard, are
many; and are over evils whose roots have struck
down SO deeply towards the worldcenter and twned
themselves so closely around those of the ash Yggra-
sill that no common resolve nor no power except that
which flows from clear conviction and determined
will can hope to separate the two and wrench ont the
wrong Labor, however, conquers all things if not
at the first sharp pull yet by that unresisting con-
tinuance OF cXeItion which alone distinguishes be-
tween q spasmodic effort and the real hard work
Dreams are nothing, accomplish nothing. The
brightest hopes and sternest resolves; the cearest
demonstrators and most brilliant discoveries until
,inE Tho
heat of the forge and gives the imprint and real
shape of the author to the product of his labors and
learning, are as empty the viewless forms which
Homer makes ever lowering around the gates of hell
and the jaws of Circus. s--.sag .@ W. 49,.
1t is the resolution Of that apparently good, real
and true that, probably beneficial and useful into
what actually is so, that distinguishes the doer from
the dreamer-the philanthropist from the mere poet
and moongazer. Life is real and earnest; needs real
earnest efors-the putting forth Of strength and ex-
crtion towards some solid practicable end in order to
have its great ends attanedits true objects reached.
What Calico did when he discovered that the appa-
rant motion Of the sun around the earth was the
actual motion Of the earth around the sun; what
Newton IN gravity Columbus in geography and var5-
ons other great men have done, thereby immortaizing
themselves, every must needs do in order to have
his own life useful and credtable must ever sift the
actual from the apparent and hold fast to the golden
coin Of the former. So will the world reach perfec-
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