The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-03-17

genius as the nineteenth century can af-
tord-i. e., one who has tasted in the
morning of existence the extremes of good
and i'll, both Imaginative and real. | had
imagined a person endowed by nature
with that acute sense. of Beauty, u. e.,
Harmony or TRUTH and that vast capac-
ity of desire, which give soul to love and
ambition. had wished this person might
grow up to manhood alone( but not alone
in crowds; | would have placed him in
situation so retired, SO obscure, that he
would quietly, but without bitter sense of
isolation, stand apart from all surrounding
him. Iwould have had him SO on stead
lily, feeding his mind with eongenial love,
hopefully confident that if he only nour
ished his existence into perfect life, Fato
woald, at fitting season, furnish atmosphere
and orbit meet for his breathing and ex-
ercise l wished he might adore, not fe-
yer for, the bright phantoms of his minds
creation, and believe them but the shad-
ows of external things to be met with
| hereafter. After this steady intellectual
growth had brought his powers to man
| hood, so far as the ideal can do it, |
wished this being might be launched into
| the world of realities, his heart glowing
/ with with the ardor of an immortal to-
ward perfection, his eyes searching every
where to behold it; wished he might
collect into one burning point those With
ering, palsying convictions, which, in the
ordinary routine of things, so gradually
pervade the soul; that he might suffer- i'll
| brief space, agonies of disappointment
commensurate with his unpreparedness
and confidence And / thought, thus
thrown back on the representing pictorial
resources [ supposed him originally to
possess, with such material, and the need
! he must feel of using it,such man would
suddenly dilate into form of Pride, Pow
er, and Glory q center, round which
asking, aimless, hearts night rally, - q
} man fitted to act as interpreter to the one
tale of manylanguaged eyes!' 80
Miss Fuller bad no beauty to boast of,
, but she had blonde and abundant hair,
f excellent teeth, eyes full Of fire and vivac-
S ity, and a graceful, queenly manner.
r As a writer, others have exeelled hel
in ease and grace of expression, but none
t equalled her in range and depth o
n thought. Her published works are 'sum
4 mer on the Lakes" 'Woman in the Nine
: teenth Century," and "Papers on AT
;, and Literature" They are none of then
# widely read, for the same reason tina
Shakespeare and the Bible are neglected
e they are too good. ''Woman in the Nine
4 teenth Century" is n most stirring and 81
h oouent address, full of truth and of inspi
: ration to good, and it would be well if on
fair countrywomen would give it candl
,s perusal
:, The "Papers on Art and Literature
:. are invaluable to the scholar. Her crit
n, cisms on American and European author
b, are characterized by the most thoroug
Of insight, and clear, unequiyocal expression
G Her review of Byron is especially valu'
~ ~ BILE. Young men, and especially student
ne with a slight sprinkling of talent in the
c, composition, are very subject to disea'
o. which may be termed Byronism. The
y wear long hair, and broad collars, drln
y brandy smashes, swear unwieldy oath
in and read Byron profusely. They imblt
At the idea that the world is very cold IN
O. unfeeling, that they are not appreciated
VT and are very fond of repeating tho
nv lines: ,f-.. s...... ssa .a... #
or al have not loved the world nor the world m
IL have not f1attered its rank breath, nor
an To its idolatries patient knee. [bow'
'c- The cause of this hurtful Influence
ch shown by Margaret Fuller,a and the remee
plainly pointed out. The criticisms
us Southey, Coleridge and Wordsworth .
Ter full of philosophical truth and poetic SD
he geston. The school of poetry which thp'
ue founded, she especially admired. Spea
i i0i. ING of them she says:
~. aTo them Poetry was, must be, &
Isl expression of what is eternal IN Mans D
re- ture. through illustrations drawn from
len temporal state, representation IN lette
of fire. on ife's dark curtain of that WIN
' ', lies beyond; Philosophy, dressed III t.
me robes of Taste and Imagination; the Voi
are Of Nature and of God, humaniaed by b
! ing echoed back from the understand
in hearts of priests and seers." @
Of She very truly adds: "Of course IL
n
EEL could not be the popular poetry of t
The day"
the In 1914, Mr.. Greeley secured her 81
ve vices for the New York Tribune, and $
wrote the book reviews for that paI
I'm until her departure for Europe, when
of was al, occasional correspondent.
Sav IT was in conversation that she m
,er- excelled. The excitement of feeling
,hi- eve and mind of others fastened upon b
md oaye balance and freedom to her mi
and and she could startle. charm or convi
,us, at will. When reused by an antagoi
"worthy of her Steel" she seemed hk
of prophecies inspired, and wit and wisd'
let satire, persuasion, and argument fioV
in exhaustless streams from her lips