New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-07

"a H,rtty ID Par schosr- - 10 ins ~ 'onu7 u
hi ION. Sydney Smith :ells of Dr' deoIt Id ina.
!, The s,,a, X pg Of Pru-sis highly prai- 1 ,i
be- had sis doubts sb.'her the h'Ds TVa eu ", VcDr
~. kn,w no.. 10 copjcgste q G. eek ,rrb ID ~i; II
you c,D Or George aid Wo'h ,nd 81 n yhs ", '"'''
whst psm. have you for Goethe shd >nleI
In np, ics. Classification Of human power Pr
.,s no scholar i. the preventative ~ tlole1'' De-
yo, I'd 10 The contemplation OF truth ne - ~ -
a public cobscience by which puhhc pen-uIe, n,y oe
t.,t.d; the scholarly Glass, ~ ieo'e 10 Nm a.
Of OLD, the oligy belong u the ufpV' "'1"' II tne
politics Of the world.
NV. there is a constan. tendency N ms'er.l
property ~iNp il is the pr, sPe'ry @ ca--
and rot of the mss-, 'el1A -Oe s'N.Fy OF
ihoupft in national history II rot usually coinci-
cent with the sre,test n-tiouel prosperity. u eece
was not srst,st when rum0s Of war bad ceased.
Rome wss not uos, imper al "a ths vo'ug, calm OF
Cors,aL.ipoponan cecsy. TIE magh6 @nt m9npOny
of Boulbon iyranDy IN France, and the reign Of IL
stop keeping kns not tte grand er1- of French
tn,ory Hollsbd begsn "a 9. neruuslS q. America,
ard HolaDd hss SINK iD,o tie imbecile apathy of
commercial pIosp.riy without ar without literature,
VIM out n bobe influence IN the world, and with 10
nounse Of be future.
Wien NspoeJ N Ievied Ens land as ration Of
sboI keepers, it was not au idle phras-. Napoeoa
kn. " that both historically ana in the nature
of the case, il the tendency OF long peace
to tost@r trade, and that i, is the inevitable tend
eucy Of trade which l. base upon self interest, to
o,suoy moral courage, b, cause ira e demands peace
by priI clp e. When he sad Ds'ion of -ho Jkeepers
be ueabt nstlon sb"s- ruling priocipc w4s private
gain rather tbbn public good the sagacious rner
bn, W & ST Corrn pilUD AID cowaIdlce are ~ rs.
Tie tel dt ncy Of selfish trs1e il demoralzing be
cause IT. eal ,IIese for peace constantly lowers the
mo, al iceGl The Drva'e pocket inevitably becomes
the brti,sr of pU hc policy. ParsiOi ty suppIants
honesty; ph tt.ot takes tbe place of mJu;lty
aod ne Ger ain evls # he IN condition are res
ut,ly preferred 70 the spepoid p 7sioliues OF
/ progresr.
thus il arises that the very material success for
which Ia ions like indlvifusl., srve, II full OF the
hv.st Cang-r 10 the beet life OF toe rtn'e ~ OF the
inovlQua. But as i'll hu an raiure it-elf are tjund
IT,. qualities which test r. ss' the pocIVy oi al IN
dividual TO mt anDtrs AID moral cowSroice-as eacu
u,sD h,s ience, a n,Orsl m.ntOr whcb assures
BIN what il truly best for hin u dO-so ar every
state or cass wtc by its very character i dedicae
to ter1a and lot to temporary nterert- whose mem
are NECESSARILY TIE nservstve party OF ilteec ual
anC moral ffeedcm.
Ths II the c ase of scholars The e. vaton and cor
rec,ion of pubic sentiment ID the scholar efhee IN
| the state. So,
To tie right discharge of this duty all biz learning
is merely subsidiary a., if he fals TO devote It 20 thus
enc he In to his Duty The end Of all sch JGr
" afiaiI NE LIT If to live noby. Ii man read books
,rey to know books he sairee planted only 10 blos
ron. If he Iead books TO apply tht wisdom TO lie
then be j. tree planted to bear glorious frlit. lie
does Lot ihnk for himself one, nor hoard thong 1t
a. uiser a diamond. He speI d. for the wolll
Scholarship is Lot only the knO Sledge that make-
/ bools but the w-d"m witch infpires t1at
/ knowledge The scholar is rot nects ssaiiy learned
msn bur be is win e mao If he be personally q re-
cluse bis voice and IueDc- are never secluded II the
nun be hermit biz mind ir citizen Of the Sorlt
Ifiben such be the scnolar he ,cho ars off re,
if Re be truly the cence OF the state the
tai law Of hs life liberty A. every cost the true scnolar
sserts and o.eIds Liberty Of thought and liberty Of
| speech OF what Use TO Il man is a thought that viii!
help he world, if he caDbot tell 70 the world Snch
ath,uebt comes to him es Jupiter came TO S-mtle.
"A IL. sylo, tha+ tlv
| him. The Lqblsi;ion cohdeinns Galleos cfeeo'
PR mu0rt-siIil it moves replies Gihler III his dln-
! eeon. Tyranny poi7ois the cop OF Socrates ne
! smiliney Grains il to the leal of the world. The
CLnIch tow, ling vast in ihe mist of universal super
siIioD, lays lie wthcIrg finger upon the freedom OF
! The human mind, and it, Owb child, eapi from its
bosom Genourcts to the world his mothers adj ess.
speak Of Couree oftbe IDEAL scholar, Of wh4t the
scholar ought be, rather than of the historical men
who have been called schol-rs; and yet | think we
slan find the whom should select from history
hc ,chOlor, Is alsO the man who most nearly futls
/ tie conditions bave mentioned
| la +, gisb btory which is cleo our hstory who is
the scLolor Is 1t Roger Aecham, ped1nt and a
sch' oneser 7 Is ii Is Jvnron, win hls ca'e'fias.
/ cunbiOus ease, borrowing his ing, hghtlng MS
duI writing bis playa and bi5 stately verses, ana
lighting up the NJ rmao" wi h his eitty reyery Isn't
| ,ili.r OF fhe chuIchmen-ev'n Jeremy Taylor. whose
wlitt.p witdom brea'hes Ike organ mu-ic through
| EpgEsb b,erstBre; George II srbtt, whose life
sboIe with the beauty Of holiness l. it the SAD
Swift, The vtratile Addison the keen Pope, or the
roses bloomtd leaving poem and the record OF a
life a. uoflen-ive that of college cat; or Bentley
| OF POrtOD PaIr who made valuable notes on valid
able Greek classics; DR. Johnson grevey support
ing aistocratc public policy, while he powerfully
aid patbttcay rebpked aristocratic private conduct
| Let the name Of DR.. johnson never be mentiontd
among scholars without sad respect; but i' he dis
tipciiVey, he scholar in Euglish hs'Ory
There is men gen lenen have not mentione1.
Your b. arts go before my tongue to name him. Tech
meal scholarship begifs in dictionary and ends 10
gian mar. The sublime scholarship of Johu Milton
| b, gan IN literature aud ended i'll life.
(race with every intellectual gf' he was personally
so omey that the romantic wooos of Nal1mb,osa arc
loy.hef ON the association with HE youthful figure
sleeping in their shade. He had all the technical eI-
cell, ncies of the scholar. At eighteen he wrote bet
ter Latin verses than have been written in England.
He replied to the Italian poets, who compliuencd
him. in pprer Is6an than their own. He was pro-
foundy skilled in theology in science, and IN the pule
| literature of all languages.
These were his Accomplishments, but his genius was
vast and vigorous. While yet youth he wrote those
minor poems which have the simple perfection Of the
proGuctoIs Of nature and III the rpeness of his Wis
dom al power, he turned his b'ind eyes 10 heaven
apd sang tie lof,y song which has given him twin
/ glow with SbhB espeare III English ienown.
It's much for one 10 have exhausted the itera-
ature of other nations add 10 have enriched hls OwR
/ Rut other men have done this IN vadous degrees.
Nj ton went beyond II to complete the cTc'e OF hs
! character a. the scholar
| Yen know the elimination Of his life Tie fr-t
scholar in Eng and and in the world st that time full
hll. d lis ,fce His vocation making him especially
the rpTt Of liberty, be accepted the part u
which te wss patursly called and turning away from
oil the blandi bmeDts Of and fame, gave him.
eef 10 liberty and immo tality.
j. t e scbolor puby, tiulid conforming man John
Milton showed him TO be the greatest citizen OF the
greatest Commonwealth Dlsdaipiog to talk OF the
Liberty OF the Sbunsn ties when the liberty of English
was iupericd, be exposed the details of blini
tyranny in words which are still the delight and refuge