The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-02


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rose In th,se sLsbds, snd. paramount IA that literature
your immortal oooesy Waiter cs ssrssss ,pssaseI
Measure MOI SCOTS greatness ~ biz eisss only on me
imagination tHear) BY tho as Of oil mental vibra ion
oyanop moved By the SQUADS that agsaie sesiAs
What prepared throughout Earope me swo
docroa Of our hang aps WIN our sasusse our 70.
the hpsusse OF France had over~ek hsed The basnoe
intellectual power n Enrope sco1 threw INTO ne o1pos
lect OF these kingdoms became neno.w1 NOT IN casual
sucst, but o me rulios monArohs o the ooosscn
and stormy rays inelg thsi nad bciare rather
terrified than oneered the dawn OF Ne n.netcentn
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tuIe TO bosus,y the world with all the 20 variety
Of color. tAppiause) kssnshiIs, religion rather en-
which Old Invade provircs l nigh, say IN pas
,Dg, that the general ohArastn OF ecclesiastical elo
ion which has been alleged assnsi u q . ssail nas
hao m elect ain 70 philosophy 10 the demand MAKES
on NE ressooing and rtneoive poser Of the Msner
But hurry illxtrious Instance Of ne ~ npA
thy established here between tue PHILOSOPHER and Inc
preacher ] remind you Of your own crest caa
famous astronomical dscounes and nom the
prinsing press Of glasgow issued those essays 10 which
e.l or S sS :. Ho. ssouss
oouobed IN style 20 erayey sweet Formed By socn
teachers, euidet BY such auspices your fathers wen,
forth upon the world Not inoeed ell 10 be the voAl
OF her allure ano science moi MI 70 win dsunc,ou for
their iivd1 selves the large majority cooscnted with
the simple paths Of practical HE. Bot that large majority
attn ADDING ,he aggregate character Of Jour country by
the Attributes oil strong sense patent courage tranquil
and TN, spreading on every soil where they found
home the hoaltnfu influence Of the native so (Onecrs)
sudcn these are the men you are 70 suo sd, and from
the be and heAFs OF tnese you come here 10
discipline energies and advance the that you
inherit And viii NOS thai thought animate you more
than any dry exhoftadoo to industry and labor Why
who amongst you would grudge any toll thu. might
make MIN atm more The Joy or pride OF Scottish
preserve her nationality distinct and sovereign
Than the Stuart s reigned In hoiyroot, and tho Thistle
not Blended with the rosc' (Cnecrs Well then,
take INDUSTRY for granet let SEQ how and where
should be applied. And, nrst there immediately
before the learning OF Grccce and Rome-those still
tead languages OF teAt si dead world, which seems 70
the ignorant DO indefinitely remote and which scholars
and II always intimately IL has indeed
been aaiea IN our asy but what ava. 70 spend 50 much
20 professional scholars II might be very well In the
dark ages, when no other literature existed Bat now In
fine the language have talk aud 70 the
books by which modern ideas conveyed This sounds
weigh with you one jot ASK any man not professional
scboiar but who has In youth CURED fair acquaintance
wth The csssc languages aud who has since attained 70
cninence In active life at the bar Ia the pulpit In the
sesrse In the public olces In medicine, In short any
sallns Which req Tres higa degree OF educatou-
be would have changed The IDEAS be gathered IRON
CT eek and Lsn for the ideas which living literature
e1cepi his could have bestowed, and Will venture 10
mind VIM answer that 70 ereck Latin his obligations
are crest ns, be capno' even tell what be might have
been hoe far be bt have succeeded, you struck
from his mind the early habits OF accuracy which The
study OF these dead languages mpcrauvey neeessnses
or he compelled TO exchange for French, Italian,
deas which Cash across him a, The ooses reference 70
the City OF the Violet Crownor 10 the Conscrpt Fathers
AID The E0man 0.p,sS Ask. nsHs some %s. s.a
steal education, he has ever feh dDadvantASe
In that loss; and Am 10 ess confident that he VIII
stage OF his career-tha mani occasions has Int nj
dated hts Judgment oppressed him with q sense OF nf
.n n sDa s I @ S %
some secondary grade when but Tor that loss he would
have Justly rrolatod the oremost, oud chccr) TIL
have oked these questions and found tha, deceive
you u you obtain, take for granted that
The Of the dead languages not only 70 scholars but
one OBVIOUS rssson 10 ,hc,r very Difficulty. and tie
ooptnuous and symmetrical exercise OF the faculties
which The con,ee, with that dicu,y requires Tney dis
ciplre the powers which, whstver be orr calling. We
mosi need 10 Aer nie First By tina, minutc accuracy
which necessary 70 master the roofs Of the iansuse
ACCURACY thus mechanically contracted, gives 10 amer
pursuits truthful eloseneks IN detail, and . hciihy
Of scuna sense and '1 Sosh,si us rnsn, through
the frmasion OF correct and chassoocd taste, sccus
iomed carly 10 Distinguish between simplicity and vul'
rarity, elevation and bombast-, taste formed, not 60
cordlng (, mannerism OF q modern tongue, which
shis with each generation but according 10 models lxed
and perpetual, and received ~ suoh In every civilized
con- munty There e. too this notable Advantage Ia ihe
snoCn exclusive or prepooderAnt aten
nou 70 The modern study as We will t.e SIeos and lsn
ideas or own modes Of expressing them But II, 10
youth, which The season OF imitation We were 70 enln
bet should half donations Use should
frepchiy OF GeTmsuise mindz ana our style; aud
think you must have observed occasionally 10 Gfca,
Britain, but PERHAPS more particularly ncrca that
writer's Who. moi having accomplished themselves IN
elessic literature. apply win passionate deviation 10
foreign modern lsDguage-ssy the Germando realty %
corrupt and sduisers,e that - toey
sought their language Into the ag nsca
confession that q thievish mposior that had
away from another daughter and chefFs) And,
whether would or no. will now show you Why those
ancient languages must IN preference 70 al modern
ain o. n
bonsive education have said that youth 10 the season
ol imitation. We place before Jouth not Only books 10
read but authors who 70 serve models OF ideal or
oolleDce and whom we commend 70 10 special love aud
admiration. Where could ~ 70 such moden In
any modern angusceg Take. for Instance, the French
Il u clear that moteU Of language must be sought 10
tie greatest m tcrs In ts style and dicton VINO
The tNo creates, Of such matters in French Cnqucston
a.ul IN their several ways kooeseau and NOlnre:
ngrudcnl teacher would com mend Rousseau and
Nnodels W be studied night and
pngusKiys and imissive yo7'n. Pss.
his susnero aud Gothic beauties osn