New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-12
"Arart from this want felt in bis works. there !.

"Apart from this want felt In his works, there 4
itilenees in his aspect character. Why waste ~
time IN Weimar court entertainmcntsl His dn,iea -
minister were not unworthy Of him, though IL wouH
have been perhaps, finer, il he had not spent 40 hrs.
portion Of that prime of intellectual life FROM w.
and-tw enty TO forty, npon them.
But granted that the exercsc these gave bss fa.ri
ties, tho various lore they brought and the good the,
did 10 the community, made them worth Lis do;r,y
why that perpetual dangEng after the roya f,rnfv,
Why all that yersemakirg for the albums Of s.y.a.
higbnesses, and those pretty poetc1 cnteranmeDsf
the young FIincssses, aud that cold getting hmsss
apa,t from lis trne peers iae real soyereicps -
Wenar-Herier wieland, and the othersy H. ey ~
cusc ust he fo1Bd in circumstances Of bis ,ia;e ana
ten perament which made The chBac,or Of mo Of ~
world apd man OF affairs more attractive % I'm ds.
he CHILDREN Of na,re c@n conceive TO be n III eya
The Ban Of GEMS feels that litersssre bas be.o,
too much & craft by Itself. No man sLosH live bv -
for bis PEN Writing n worthless except as The ree..,
Of life; and 90 great maa sasfsd thus 10 or
press all his being His book Should be oCiy an md
lion Of bimses. The obeisk should point ), segse :,
conquest IL 'bo present state Of division q labor H.
literary D2n fEds himself condemned % Je notbin,
se. Does be write good book il is not Yscsy we'd !.
evidence 81 hIs ability % livs ard act but rather The
Men do not offer ba the care Of er,bassiss
~ an earlier age DID 10 Pcirarca they wonld - arr
Yibed if he LETT bis study to 90 firth battle 10 C,
vaBtes. We have the swordsn.sn statesman lnl r..
man, hut it IL not considered that The same mind rbI
ian RUE hefLiDJ ~ VDciIf Wen
;rmy or empire. Yet surely i should be S. m
scientific man may need seclusion from the cor,co.
affairs Of life for be has his materials before him bo
the man OF letters seek them in kfe ard be VIA
cannot act will but nperfecily appreciate action"
We would gladly make further extracts bat a. l
foregoing must suffice. Those who feel that the WI
ter of these must have uttered mucA more tia. b.
hoves them 10 study ard possess will seek the boogs
before us and read the inently and thoughtfuy: fs
the rest it matters little that extracts necs
lilly few. How large proportion Of our young
women now acquiring education are qualified b
read the writings of Margaret Fuller with interes, All
appreciation, we will not jsdge but for all who ca
thus read them that the possession Of !Ass
volumes will prove Of greater value and profit than
additional quarter at the most expensive or the ma
famous seminary.
Those who would know Margaret Fuller "a a
Woman as well rs Thinker, will find her faithfully
and wildly depicted in these volumes, especially
those which constitute her Life, being in good pan
personal recolleciions Of her and true fnenA
Raluh Waldo Emerson, James Freeman Clarke, and
William Henry Claiming. SoIce further revelation
Of tie reyeren admiration ard feryent affection when
with che was Justly regarded daughter, sister an
family counselor and guide win he found in the brsN
but fit PIefaces to TIE seyeral volumes Of her Worn
by her brother Arthur j. Fuller. How truly an
deeply size was loved by the members Of her home e
cle-by the child barely old enough to climb to be
knee; the humble, illerate servant who was encouI
aged by her Kindness to make her confdan, and Will
found in her true friend; by the unfortunate, tie Do
tue, the despairng-can never be fully set forth, w
is sufficiently indicated in these volumes. No one
limited circumstances ever dealt more generously vii
those whore needs were more pressing than her owe
few have oftener found in others more ready al
sympathetic response to the lberalty OF her own hr
nature Blsconceyed ard disparaged by many Of be-
contemporaries, whom seetarnn prejudice or dresddf
her reformatory tendencies made her enemies, she has
since her DEATH grown steadily and visibly in the N
gard of tie bigh-souled and phibanthropie in eits
hemisphere and generations yet unborn will honor hE
genius and iutrepdity, the labors and achievements
MARGAREr FULLER OssoLL H.a