Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-11-05

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put tits crowded with peculiarides and excel q
lencies. 1t has not been published in the WestS
vet, but some of the Eastern papers have had
an advance copy from the Harpers, who are re-
it. A book By Carlyle is an event. Il
We give couple of choice extracts, which are
Carlyleish:
WHAT FREDERICK DID.
This was mar, of infinite mark TO his cotem5
poraries; who had witnessed surprising feats.l
from him in the:Yorld; very questionable no-
tons and ways which he had contriyed to- ain-
tain against the world and its criticisms. Asst
an original man has always to: do, much. more /
IN original ruler of men. The world, in fact
had tried hard to put him down, as 1t does. un.
consciously or consciously, with all such; and
after thesmost conscious exertlonsi and at one I
time deadElft spasm of.all its energies for Sew
en- Years. had not been able. Princpalit lies and !
powers, Imperial; Royal, Czarisf, Papal, enc;
mics innumerable as the sea.sand, had risen
against him, only one helper left among the
worlds Potentates (and that one only while |
there should be help rendered in return) and,
he ledsthem all such dance as had astonishedl
mankind and them.
No-wonder they thought him worthy of no-l
tee Every original man ofany magnitude Isl
nay, in the long run, who or what else isH But
how much more if your original man was king
over men; whose movements were polar, andll
carried from day to day those of the world along
with them. The Samson Agonistes were his
life passed like that of Samuel Johnson in dirty
garrets and the produce of it only some bits of
written paper-the Agonistes, and how he will
comport himselfin the Philistine millAthis is
always, spectacle of truly epic and tragicsna;
ture. The rather, If your Samson; royal or
other, is not yet blinded or subdued TO the
wheel; much moro if he yanquish his enemies,
not by suicidal methods but march out Mt last
fonrishing his miraculous fighting implement,
and leaving their mill and them in uite.ruinoqs
circumstances. As this King Frederick fairly
managed to do
Here we have a few suggestive words as to
his relations with 81 s.
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
One of the grand difficulties inn history of
Friedrich is all along, this same, That he lived
in Century which has. no History, and can
have little or none A Century so opulent in
accumulated falsities sad opulence descending
omit byinheritance always at compound inter
est, and always largely increased by fresh ac-
quirement on simultaneously of standing capt.
tal-opulent in that bad way as never, Century
before was Which had no longer the conscious
mess ofbeing false, so false had it grown; and
was SO stepped in falsity, and impregnateds with:
tito the very bone, that-in fact, the measure
/ of the thing was full, and French Revolution
had to end it. To maintain much veracty in
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the poor and sordld Personages ana Transactions
OF an epoch SO related to us, can n be no purpose
OF mine on this occasion. Ihe Elghteentn Gem
fury, II lssWel known does not ng9re 70 me as
lovely Que, needing to De Kept IN D.. mind, OF.
spoken OF unnecessarily. 10 me the Elgnteeptn
century has nothing grand lnilt' except t9at
grand universal SUICIDE, named fTencn tseYoln
tlon 9y winch It terminated us otaef&lse tn9sE
worthless existence with at least one worthy ],
act-sselttlng ire ats Old nome ana Sel,lapa
going upln flames and volcanic exploslonsl IN q
truly memorable and important manner. very
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