New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-15
Man Ia not order Of nature, ssck and

ANONYMOUS bapReke but q etupendous antagoaism,
drag ing together Of tho POLES Of the Universe lie
beuays Lis relation to what 10 bsivw hin--thek-
skull d, sn.slt rained. fshy quad nnanou,-qrsdra-
Pee il.dsguised, hardly escaped into biped. and Ia,
yaid for n rev overs by loss Of some OF the oil
ones. But the II hiring which exp des and fashions
planets maker of planets and suns Is in him. On one
iide elemental oder, sandstone and granite, 70 k
l,dges eat. bog, forest, and shore and on the
other pant, thought, the Spirit which composes and
.ecompcses raturt-heIe they are side by ride, god
nd devil ind and ma ter king and consl ra0r belt
nd spasm Iidrg peacefully together in the eye and
brain Of every nan.
As an illustration Of power, fayorite type Of
character With Nr. Emerson is described in the
following graphic portraiture:
knew a burly Boniface who for many years kept a
pubhc-house In one Of our rural capitals. lie was
knave whom tie town could i'll spare. He was
sOs al vascular creature gras,ing and selfish There
was DO crime which he did not coud not commit.
But he made good friends Of the eelectmen, served
them with lis bert chop, when they supped at bis
house. and also with lis Honorthe Judge, lac was very
cordial, grasl ing lis hand He introduced all the
fopos male and femsie, into the town, and united III
bis Ienon tie functions of bully ineendiary, swlneer
la keeJ err and burglar. He grdled the trees, and cut
eff the borfes tails Of the temperance people, In the
night, lie led the "rsnrnies and radicals in town.
meeting with speech. Meantime, he civil, fat,
and easy, IN his houee and precisely tho most public
tpiited citizen He active in getting the roads
repaired and planted with sbade+rees; he subscribed
for the fountains the gas and the telegraph he intro
ducsd the new hOrseeke, the scraper, the baby
iuurer ard what not thai Connecticut sonds TO the
adniihg citizens. He did this the easer. that the
Iedder stopped at his house, and paid his Keeping by
setting up biz new trap Ola tie landlords premises.
Here is one of the admirable pieces of practi-
cal instruction, simply and forcibly expressed,
which often relieve the prevailing tone of start
ling thought and ambitious phraseOlogy.
Tie manly par IL to do with might and main what
you can DO. The world is full Of fops who never did
anvil ing and no have persuaded beauties aud mon of
genius 10 wear their fp livery, and these will deliver
the fop opinion that it is not respectable 70 be seen
earning liyiugi that II Il much more respectable TO
Iend without earning; and THIS doctnne OF the snake
i'll cone also from the elect sons OF light; for wise
men are not wise all hours and viii speak five times
from their taste or their humOr TO once from their re
con- The brave workman, who might betray his feel
il of in bis Manners ii he do not succumb Ia bis
rrGCite must elce the grace or elegance forfeited
Nv the merit of the work done. No matter whether he
make foes or statues, laws Ii is the privilege OF
any human wOik viii vs. well done To invest the doer
with a certain haughaness. He can well afford not TO
contilinte whore faithful work will answer for him.
Tie mechanic at lie bench carries quiet heart and
assured manners and deals even terms with men OF
any condition. The artist has made his eture true,
that il dsconerts chi III The statue is DO beautiful
that it contracts no stain from the market, but makes
the ns ket silent gallery for tsef The Gaze of the
young lawyer pitIful TO disgust-a paltry matter
of buttons or tweezer-cases but the determined youth
saw in IL ~ eture TO insert bis dangerous wedges
made tie Of the thing forgotten ana gave
fame by is seIte and energy 10 the name anu Affairs
OF the 1itleton sDui-box factory.
Mr.. Emerson has some explicit remarks on
the efiiacy of travelling as means of culture.
am not much an advocate for travelling, and OBJ
ser Il ut INT run away TO other countries because
they not good in their own, and nun back to their
on tecause Il ey pass for nothing III the new places
4 IL tIu h.~l ahgFan fn-at n
Who al you that have no task to keep you at home
have been quoted as saying Capt0us things about
travel; hut mean to do Justice. think there is
ieslsl in peo lie, which argues want Of char
acter. All educated Ameri ans, first Last, 10 to
EuroI Jerhaps, because is their mental home,
tie invalid al lis of this country might suggest. An
eminent acter of gls said "the idea Of gil edu
cation IT, whatever qualities item for going 10 Europe.
Can we never extract this tape Of Europe from
tie brain Of couDtIymenI One very well VIII
Il cir fate nust le He that does not I'LL place at
hone, cannot abroad. He only goes there TO hide
inigrifcGnce in larger crowd. You do not think you
will ild rlythipg there which you have not seen at
bone II e 4al of Ill countre, is just the sane. Do
yen suppose, there Is any country where they do not
ala milkpas and swaddle the infapts and burn the
brsl od and broil the fsh What is true anywhere
ia true every were. And let him 90 where he will he
can oily find 30 much beauty worth as he carries.
ShD, cities may do something for the improve.
ment of manners.
wish cities could teach their beet IessOn-of quiet
naDnerr II If the foible eel ecaly Of American youth
-pIetenfion. Tie mark OF the man of the world is
abserce Of rreten,itn. He does not make a speech;
be takes low business tone, avoids all brag is no.
body, dresses kihly, promises not at ALL performs
muth, steaks i'll mOncsy llales, hugs bis fact. lie
G. III tis employment by Its lowest name, and takes
from evil tongues their sbarpes weapon His CONVEX
sAton tlin.s 10 tie weather and the news, yet be al
Low elf TO be surprised into thought, and the
l5ckh Of his learning and philosophy. How the
msgh aion is Iiqued by anecdotes Of some great man
u r
NapClton Affecting plain suit at hls glitter
ing leyee; Of Burns, or Scott, or Beethoven,
wellington, or Goethe, or any container OF
trans encent power passing for nobody; OF Epami-
noLdas, "who never says anything, but viii listen
eernhlly of Goethe, who preferred triding subjects
and nnon eXpresi i'll intercou with strangers
rather an better clothes, and 10 appear little
nloie capiCiVus than lie was. There are advantages
in tie old hat and boX-.oat. / have heard tIat,
~ 60 Ga ,is country, certain respect Is paid to
good brosd,loth; but dress TSAa htile restraint:
men " i'll not commit themselves. But the box-coat rs
bike wine; itunlocks the tongue, and men say VIDAL
they think.
The lecture on behavior abOunds in excellent
suggestions that not TO be found in Chesterfield
The soul Which animates Nature is no. less sienif-
canily published in the figure movement and gesture
Of animated bodies than In It's last vehicle Of aticuate
speech. his silent and subtitle language ID Manners;
not tch0t, but kOr. Lie expresses statue has no
tongue, and needs none. Good tabeaux do not need
Go, Ian alton. Nature tells every secret once. Yes,
but in nan, fhe tells it all the time by FORM attitude
gesture MEN, face aud parts OF tie face, aud by the
Whole action Of the machine The visible carriage
action Of the individual resulting from his organizes
ton and his will combined we call manners. What
are they but thought entering the hands and feet con-
trolling the movements Il the body the speech and be
hayicr
There il always bet way of doing everything, if
il be TO boil egg Manners are the happy ways Of
don Il nes each once stroke of genius of love
now Il plated and hardened Into usage. They form at
hit ich Nar ish, with which the reune of life il
Wi she'd and its details adorned. II they superb al
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