Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-06-10
MORNING LEADER.
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Tie lively New York Correspondent Of the
Springfield (Mass.O Republican, after saying
that men of moderate talent are accustomed 10
make a show Of all their intellectual powers,
remarks .Nur I.
As far as my personal Knowledge extends,
those who stand in the FIRST ranks Of intellect in
America do not belong tO that class, They carry
no stark sign on face or garment, declaring-oI
am genius, Behold the eighth wonder ofthe
universe o. Emerson looks like refined far
mer, meditative and quiet Longfellow like q
good natured beef eater Holmesike ready
to.laugh little body, wishing only to be Z" as
funny as he can" Everett seems only the
graceful gentleman, who has been handsome
Beecher a ruddy, rolliokiug boy. Bancroft a
plain, negative looking man, Whittier the
most retiring Of OfQuskeTs. Bryant plain, Sc
rene looking man, dressed in gray, And thus
| l might name Others Not one Of these cen.
tlemen can be called handsome, unless we ex.
cept Beecher, who might be deal handsomer.
In this respect they can bear no palm away
from very intellectual women who have always
been called very homely. There is nothing 10
a dominant intellect, in continuous, lar-reach-
ing, wearing thought, to favor the curves OF
beautyi 1t consumes greater quantity tissue
and fluid than it supplies. 1t dilates tue eye,
often wears the nerves e. torturinq quick.
ness So this is one reason why int6liUc'
tual women should carry their quantum Of
ugliness Let us look at them as they pass -
Mrs. Sgourney, the grandmother Of American
female literature in her prime Gf we NAV
believe her portrait) was quite handsome =
Cathrine Beecher is homely. Mrs Beecher
Stowe, 50 ordinary in looks she has been taken
for Mrs. Stoves "Biddy." Mrs Q. NJ Kirkland
is fat dowager. Mrs. E. F. Ellet looks like 3
washerwomau. Margaret Fuller was plain -
Charlotte Cushman has face as marked al
Daniel Webster's and quite as strong SO has
Elizabeth Blackwell Hartiett Hosmer looks
like man. Mrs. Ann Stephens, heavy ant
coarse. Mrs. Oakes Smith is considered he'd.
some. Mrs. Julia Ward Rowe has been a New
York belle FraDces s. Osgood has lovely,
womanIy face. Amelia f. Wehy was almost
beautiful Sarah j. Hale, in her yNdng days,
quite, unless her picture fbs. INC Davidson
sisters, as well as their gifted mother possess
! ed beauty If we cross the Scean we mud Mad
ame de Steal was fright; but Hannah Mooie
was handsome; Elizabeth Fry glorious; Letilia
| Lanudon pretty; Nss. Hemans wondrousv love
lly; Mary HorNt fair and matronly; Mrs. Nor.
ton reuSuy Deautliul;-but, alas! she who has
th fargest brain of all, with as great heart
/ Elizabeth Barrett Browning, in physique is
angular, and though she has magnificent eyes
her face is suggestive ofa tombstone. Charlott,
Bronte had look in ner eyes better than al
beauty of features. But If we look at British
men Of first class Shakespeare anC
Milton were handsome; DR.. johnson was a
monster of ugliness; so were Goldsmith and
Pope; Addison was tolerably handsome; and
Colordge, Shelley. Byron, Moore, Campbell
Burns, all were uncommonly so. Sir Walter
Scott looked very ordinary in spite Of his fue
head Macaulay is homely. Bulwer nearly
hideous, although dandy Charles Dickens
is called handsome, but must be allowed I,
differ, and covered with jewolry, he can but
look like asimpoton. | might 90 GA almos
all iafnitum-but, AFTER all, in proportion, is thi
class any hOmeIier than any otherl