New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-20
an ANSWER TO PROF. ASTHON.
T., n. Editor Of TIE ~ T. Tv,bnss.

7, n. Editor Of Ire ~ Y. Tr,bnss
SIR: Your reporter mas tried to show that the uusat-
isfsctory character Of the recent examinations at the
Free Academy was owing to defective training rather
than to any want of zeal fidelity on The par; OF tho
studetts That his opinion was just can hardly 0s
doubted after the letter from one OF the Professors puo'
shed today in your columns. In his account OF the
exhibition of Friday evening, your reporter did LOT
claim to give entire paragraphs from the productions
of the Young gentlemen who spoke On that occalon,
but 20 poirt out certain faulty expressions which they
had been permitted to These are not more con-
,pcuou, in the purpo5ey abbreviated sentences OF tAe
report than in those authorized by the Professor and
pronounced By him to be "perfectly correct a. 10
s'grsmnar style and sentiment" Ii might have been
wiser in your reporter to give the passages IN iu oe
cause he would thereby have avoided the appearance
e unfairi ess, without weakening the foundations oi
his criticism. fauty expression does not cease 10
be faulty becaue s parts are separated oy the inter-
position of words or clauses. Some ol the mlStaAe'
referred &c may be such as would not have attraced
the attetton Of ordinary hearers yet they are nco'
pahe with ele gancc Of style aud ought to hays been
avoided The public has a right to expect IN e1er-
cscs like these, after four years Of academic cute'
On abserce of common rhetorical faults. That such
result nav be attained by proper discipline your re-
he Free Academy to split hairs with its Professor
of History and Bellies ettres. But when an instructor
makes himself respo nsble FOR the pertormanc OF ms
pupis, and proDounces them pertecty sorr a. ,t
= e.oumar, style ard sentiment, kindness for tue
yourg gentlemen requires that some OF ther errors NC
.et forth. Nj.
The great discoveries Optics the Telescope iad ,ae s
co-core bsy. been wonderfully useful in revealing - fn
Of he most Characteristic sbt OF Deity The one H. ~.
d, 10 10 bis view ts one, saa b. .onder glory
and infinite power the other speaks to him az PLAINLY N ar
Ia this passage the words " Telescope aud al M,
c,osccpe' alone aye the basis OF the antitlesis M
one ard "tte ether r" IN the succeeding senleuee
Therefore the telescope 10 represented oy metaPno
at once ineoDgruous and mixed. as u,iolans
declaring 10 trumpet tones &c Inc froe' s?a, 60,
plauation i e., discovery, does not heP 'HI .HTIe
, be wtro discovery is made Synonymous "''u
scope" ,... 80, ,,v. sometime.
thought oprosdto your studio, by 80 ssG &c tT
nafHy-ie. G. in the inst result or n "ofoe'"' '
i1'f conrqueuce.' ..c,
Here end is enplo. ed in tic sense OF hnsl re-,
suit" Therefore the use e the word ultimately IN
the game sentence produces bad exanpe VI '"o
Ihctorica. .aul. called t4utology.
gr 1. esndoa has bes Hammered n s .rs-.o1, S 90
This metaphor IS Simply extrayagan', II not ihe'"
ceivsble. -, -. ,,, ,;;l
Over the fair clear sky q a,rpne'' c'i' Of 'o0" VIII
II the indi,tnctness of .he speakers , enuncls.ua
lad rot brought the word fair" to your rePcr,e,
ears transformed to bare" this seuenes' S '""'s
con mopplace, would not have been no'eeu'
"Ye,eyep the ,yran. Ire mb;es 90 hi' i0one ~"
8: the Por,en,' Of his approaching DOOM
In the report, the words on his thrpne o,;,;c am
ted not affecting the point to wnic s..s .h and
was directed Ic either version. the Ph,eS1 res.;on
snudders is tautoogicsl, end confuse' the
"Loas year, fa,e rolled over the graves d '"''
'h-onz" -" ;,nroxa.
TIE substitution of throng for Romp purSitv #
tbis sentence, but does lot remove Hsc .'s
TY-v Ill, rNr
The . Of g,eny-,h- only ,ta BY which the Dark
navigate the sea OF life ,. IT,
sav Thai The Sors Of man can nariyas, rhetori-
cally ridiculous .,,,..o.nbl, alloy '
III, golden pleasures ofl:e mu'ha'e'' ''7' 80 -.
Inseparable" implies "mu;t and csnho. oe pre-
dcaed Of alloy" The sentence s hope.sssly a"k'
vs.d. 80 h.ls.
The difference between the educeed ana !ne nan
educated man consists in this that the one proceo
and the ether lax in though. and expression. sys,
tenn Of education in which ths trves iteo. o.o,y
Il recognised 10 worthless. tovn
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