New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-15

IF iu,tioe, 10 those WHO have added new sceno 81
10 ftoe who have refined life BY elegant pursuits
'1is lie fpe souls who serve ns ana nos whas lie
ccned fine sotiety. Fine soiety LIS only sen-
protection aRa at tie yugartee of the rtn ana .he
tavern Fine sOoeiy, In the common acceptaion' mas
ntitl er ideus nor hin II renders the service o.
rerfun cry, huldiy, not Of farm or factory ~
an exclution ~ d precinct. Sidney Smith said, "
few ,srde in Londn cement or dissolve friendsnip.
I, il az uni rncpled decorum; an affair OF clean hnon
sId cosofer, Of glover, cards, and elegance IN th
There other easnres o. Seiespect Tor nsn 'S S
the nun Der of clean shirts no puts on every Day 90
ci.,y wishes ~ be amused. ] do not wsh 10 oo
amused with tLa life should not he cheap, DuI 81
cred with tie days 10 he ~ centuries ioaaeu, Irb
grant. Now we reckon them as nk-days, ny sonao
de,t which ia to be rsd u.s. wi ich we are 10 pa, OF
ton leasure arc to taste. LIZ all we have 10 10 70
dsw the breath in, and blow It out again Porpoyye
G,iIition il better Life is that which holds mater
toceiler." The bate in arms Is cbannel tnrongn
ufitb the rereiee call fate, love- and reHson vi
bly srerm See W bat cometary train OF auxlna'ies
an saIieS with lin, of animals, plants stones gases
ur Uncomfortable clements Let us iper lis enas ifo
tits ron of mesbs Mrabeau said, "Why snouid
we feel our elves to be men, unless 1t DO 10 succeed ID
everything, everywhere. You must ssy OF nothing
T1f as LescoM me- nor feel that anything can 10 out
of your rover. Nothing Is impossible 70 the man wio
can will. hot nece'sary1 Ihof s.dn oe; inns
the iit key Blu, this is not the tone and genius OF
Il nen in the street. In the treets we grow cynical
TIE men we meet are coarte and torpii The finest
wits have their sediment What qusntlieoof inooles
rsuIer, inyalids, eYcares, anuqu@ies Pohn ad iaus
t. teously spared! Ma kind divides itself into two
clssef-tenefaotors ard maletactors. Tie secon
Glaze IL vast the FIST handful person seldom Tails
lick but tie bystaGers animated with FAINT hopo
ist he will die quantities Of poor lives Of distress
il inv lids; If cases for gun Franklin said Man
lid are very superficial and daSardly; they begin
NJ on thin g, tut, meeting With difficulty trey ny
fio dir' ouraeedi but they have capac d saey
by Il majority, or by the minority BY the minority,
sun w. lis edantry TO estimate nations by the cen
s or by squi miles Of land other than by IN ir
importance TO the mind of tie time
The enthusiasm for tho masses which has
formed such an effective working element in
modern politics, ia not shared by Mr.. Emerson.
Lave this hypoeytical prating about the masses.
Mh.&ts ale rude, Lame unmade, perm LII their
demands and influence, and need not to be battered
but TO be schOoLd | wish not to concede any
Il isg to tb, 10, but tame dill divide, and break them
up, ard drlw individuals out Of them. The worst OF
charity s tst the lives yon are asked 70 preserve are
not wcIth preserving. Masses the calamity Is the
msre- d. rot wish any mars At all bnt hodeet men
only lovely, sweet, accomplished women only and no
sto, el-haLded, narrow Drained, gndrinking million
ITO, k e. rs OF lazzarUui ut all III government Knew
how, should lketo rec it check, not multiply the
rOl uLion When il reaches its true law OF action,
every nan that is born will be hailed az essential
Away with tis hurrah Of masscs and let Nd have the
N
aid th,r conscience. In I'D Egypt It was established
law that tie vote Of prophet be reckoned equal to
lurdred hardf. think it was much under:esiimated
"Cay ard clay differ in dignity" as we discover BY
our r,ftrenee every day; What VICIOUS prague Is
one al who votes wrong, going away, could excu-e
,ou, " DO to vote riglt for gUng away; or, as
If Your 1ee.nce did not tell in ways than Ill your
vote. SupIt tie three hundred heroes at Ihe1n0py
Lad Jaind Of with three hundrod Penias: would 1t
have leen all d to Greece and to history Ma
roeon WE called by bis men Cent Nile Add honesty
10 i'm, ard tley might have called him Hundred DILL
lion.
The individual alone ia Of Importance.
Nature axes fifty poor melons for that is good
sid shakes down tree full Of gnarled, wormy, I'M
iii crabs before you can find dozen desert appls
md ee scstters nations If naked Indians aid natlons
OF co,led ClIst ans with two or three good heads
anang hem. Nature works very hard, and only hlts
the white oGce in million throws. In mankind, she
IL center ,td if she yields master in century The
difficulty there Is in creating good men, tie moro
they sre uftu when they come. l once counted in q
little epl boIbood aud found that every alebodod
man had ay from twelve to fifteen persons dependent
him for material aidto whom he IL TO lie tor spoon
AID Jug for hacker and sponsor for nusery and hosp
tai sid ally functions beede: nor does 1t seem to
mike mu,h difference whether he il bachelor or pat
t,altl il be do not violently decline the duties that
II TO i'm, tbis amount of bepfulnees will In one way
oil otter be brought home 10 him. Ibis is the tax
viii bis al ilii.s pay. The good men are employed
private Ct ntels OF use and for larger influence. All
revtlaous, whether of mechanical or intellectual or
mon .enCe made not TO communities, but to stu
gle lelsons. All the marked events OF our Gay, all
Il iies al the coonzaons, may be traced back to
,ir ori6 lin In private brain. All tho floats which
make cur ciSiliiy were the thoughts OF a few good
ht3ds.
or zee less. You would say this rabbe of nations
il BIT be eJared. But no, Trey are all counted and
delended On. Fate keeps everything alive 90 long as
tie tlles thread Of public necessity holds it on to
IL Ila aph I'm ly and a
allowed proletaies every ore If their vices being
TIE eycess acridity of a virtue. The mass are
animal, III lupilaee, and near climpanzee. But the
III is, wier of tits ia compO ed, are neuters,
ever, one If witch nny be grown " u queea.bee.
III Iule IL, We ustd az brute atoms, until we
think: lien, We use al the rest. Nature turns all
EsiGissue TO good Nature provided Tor real needs.
No at last dstrusts lilns.f His existence
If perfect uDtver 10 all sentimental csys. If he ia,
lie wanted, and bias the precise properties That are
rec ued. That are here, Ii proof we ought to DO
beie. We ave good night, aud tho came sort Of
night to Be here, Care Cod Sandy Hook have 10
be there.
1t ia difficult TO read this volume without |
yielding TO the enticements of Mr.. Emerson's |
rhetoric; it is brilliant with flashes Of his pecu-
Ed genius; noble sentiments and stirring sug-
rettioGs are not uDfrequent on its pages; it
shows Singular ingenuity in tho application Of
literary lhtory to the establishment Of his dis
course; lIt tie reader who expects any fresh |
acct ssons If know ledge, or more intelligent per-
ccI TORS Of truth, or clearer insight into the
conduct Of life" from its Oracular utter
ances" will doubtless rise from its perusa with
seuse of disappointment
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