, 1860-11-10

all the utter years and actlons are only to de-
rive interest from thcit relation to that
trick Of each man's conversation, and knowing
blu two or three main facts, anticipate what he
thinks Of cacls new topic that rises It is
scarcely less pcrceiyab!c in educated men. so
calle1, than III the uncducated. / have seen
nnely-en,lowed men at college festivals, ten
or twenty Year, after they Ind lett the seninn-
y, returning, - seemed, the satdo boys who,
went nway. The SAME jokes pleased, the satne
straws tickled. Tho manhood and offices thcy
brought thfthcr Mt their return seemed mere
ornamental masks-undcrnea were boys
yet: We ncrer come to be citizens Of the
world, bnt arc stu Villagers, who think that
everything in their petty town is little supe-
rior 10 the samn thing anysghcru eise::.In eacl,
the circumstance Bignalized differs; but III each
IL made the coal Of an cycrburning egotfsm.
In one, It was his going 10 scn; In a second,
the difficulties he coInbatted in- going to col
biz voyage to Canton; In fourth, hi& coming
out Of tic Quaker Society; in fifth, his new
dict and regimen In d sixth, ht coming forth
out Of the abolition organizations, and in
seventh, his goin. into them. 1t Is . life OF
TOYS and trinkcts. We arc too easily pleased.
ncrs Of men. The men VIC ECO in each other
d, not giye us the image aud likeness Of man.
The men VIC Eco are whipped through the
" orld; they are hurried, wrinkled and anxious;
they seem all the hacks Of some invisible
riders. How seldom do We behold tranquility.
We hare never yet seen man. We do not
know the majestic manners that belong to him
which appcasc and cxaH the beholder. There
are no divine persons with us, and the
multitude do not hasten to be divine.
And yet : and yet-we hold fast, all our
lives long, faith in better life. in better
rlen, In clear and noble relations, notwitf1
standing our total inexrericncc Of q true
1raG unf fht4i nj inn,
Of Nature to produce, with all this immense
expenditure Of means and power, SO cheap
and humble result The aspirations in tile
heart after the good and true teach us better
my, the men themselves suggest better life.-
Beyond it's primary snds Of the conjugal
cherish tho beautiful arts and the sentiments Of
ycncration.
/. Whatever brings tho dweller into finer
lifcr what cducates his eye, his ear or his hand,
whatever puri1es and eniarges him, may we'll
find place there And yet let him not think
| to Ills apprehension Of them, and seek to turn
| lis house into museum. Rather let the
| noble prncttte of Greeks find place in our
society, in whose country. It would seem, every
statue and painting was public, 1t being con-
| sidcrcd absurd md proiane to pretend a prop
crty III work of art, which belonged to Who
Eoeyer could sec 1t.
L better cru may organize in our oommuni-
ty SO just way Of thinking, and the creations
Of the plastic arts mag bs collected with care
in galleries by the picty and tasto Of the pco-
pie, and yielded as freely as the sunlight to all
Meantime, be it remembered, We are artists
ourselves, and competitors each one with
| Phidias and Raphael in tho production Of what
is graceful or grand. The fountain Of beauty
| is the heart, aud every generous thought Illus
| tratcs the wall ofyour chamber.
Why should We owe our power Of attracting
our friends TO pictures and vases, to camtos
and architecture! Why. should we convert
our line houses and our works Of art? II by
| love and noblcncss we take up into ourselves
| the beauty VIC admire, VIC shall spend it again
| OIL all around us.
The man, the woman, needs not the cmbel-
| l:shment Of canvas aid marble whose every act
| is = subject for the sculptor, and to whose cyc
the gods and nymplls never appear ancient, tor
| they know ty heart the whole Instinct Of ma
jcsty.
In this connection I huye = suggestion to
| Offer. As il the house, SO is the ncighhorAood
| aud the town. 1t seems to Tic thai our COIN
rnunitics, or towns Of houses, ought to yield
| each other more solid benefit than We have
| yc:learned to draw from them: for example,
| tho providing the single individual with the
| means and apparatus Of science and Of the c1-
| egnnt arts. There are great many articles Of
| the highest value for occasional inspection
which few men arc able to own, aud which
really few men, or perhaps no man, wishes to
own; for Instance, a telescope. Every man,
| every child, WISHES 10 sec the ring Of Saturn,
the belts Of Jupiter and Mars, the mountains
and craters III tue moon; ret how few can buy
| telescope, and Of these, scarcely onc would
wish the trouble Of keeping it in order mud
| exhibiting 1t. The same remark apple. to
electrical and chemical apparatus. There arc
great many books which every man somc-
times wishes to consult, which he neither IL
able uor desrous to posscss; such Us cncyclo-
I,ndias, charts, maps; pictures Ut birds, beasts,
shells, trees, flowers, whose names lc desires
to know, but which he only wants for OCCASION
| n reference, aud by no means wishes to Own.
Especially is this true Of works Of the fine
| arts, such Is pictures, and prints, and scnlp-
| turcs, There il an Influence from these works
| On prepared mind that is is positive IS the
influence Of music -inde6cribably pleasing and
| refining, and not to beEupplied from any other
source. But who can own such things as pic
lures, and cugravings, :ad statues, aud casts
They arc very costly. kind OF property, and
Immediately entail new expenses, as OF fra1n-
lag, and rooms for their exhibition and tho
use which any man can make Of them is only
r3rc, aud their value is greatly enhanced by the
| numbers Of men who eau shatc TIC enjoyment
| of them. / 20 to Rome and see On the walls OF
| Raphael, fcckoued tue first picture in the
| world or in the Sistine ChapelI see the grand
siIyls and prophets, painted III 1rcSco by Mich
acl Anselo-Whlch 1aye every day NOW for
three hundred years intlan1ed the Imagination
aud cxaltca the plety of What vast muitftndcs
Of men Of all nations. l wish to bring home
to my children and ,ny friends copies u these
admirable fnru,s, which GILL find in the shops
| Of the eaw1ayets; but do not wish the vcxa.
ton Of owning them. wish to lind in my
oEn town i library and museum which is the
property Of all the town, where can deposit
L. ,r1,x l.
eau sec II from time to time, and where it has
its proper place among hundreds Of such do.
nations from all the Other citizens who have
also brought thithcr whatever articles they
have Judged to be in their nature rather . pub
Lie than q private property.
4 collection Of this kind, the property o1
each ncighborhood, Of cacli town, would dig.
n1fy each town; it would draw the bonds u
neighborhood closer; n town would then be .
town for an intellectual anu humane purpose
also, aud wc should lore and respect our neigh
bors more Obviously, 1t would be very easy
for every town to discharge this truly munici
pal duty. Every one Of us would gladly coli
tribute his share; aud the more gladly, aud the
more considerable the institution 1sad become
In Europe, where the fcudal form Of society
secures tho pernlancnce Of wealth in cer1aiu
families, those families in each town buy asal
preserve these things and throw them open te
the public. That il the reason why our OWE
/ u kA1lN Au4 C4AE4l+4Uu AESlIE u
visit Enrope-to visit the galleries and libraries
that arc preserved in q hundred palaces. HuI
in America, where democratic institution
regularly divide every estate in small portions
again after few years, it is necessary that tl1t
public should step into tho place Of these pcr
lnAucnt proprletors, and a lyccEul, public
library, public gallery, should exist in ever
town and yillage for the education aud inspira
ton Of all the individuals. - :.
=. Certainly, not aloof from this homage tt
beauty, but in strict coanexinu thercwith, tn,
house will come 10 bs esteemed d sanctuary
The language Of 4 ruder ego has given to con.
mon Law the maxim that every na"'- .tonse 1;
his castle: tue r7oD"--s r7..-.s Of truth viii nal,
:! c'ers 1ousc i shrine Viii not man one d.,
open his eyes aud see how dear he in to IL!
soul Of naturc-lfow Ge;r It is to him i: Nil
he not Iisc auoyc the fny5 that blind lin, AMI
see that LAW prevails forever and orer; that hi
private being is part of 1t; that Its home i
in hts own uusouudel heart; that his economy
his labor, bis good and bad fortune, his hcaltl
and manners, arc all 4 curious and cxnct de
monstrntion in miniature OF the genius Of th
| Eternal Provldencc. When lie pcrceiycs th
law, he ceases to dcspond. Whilst he sccs 1t
every thought and act Of his is raised, ind be
comes an .@t of religion. Docs tho consccra
ton Of the church confess the proclamation 0
the house! Let us read the inca1tation back
wari let fhf man kfnnf 1t, lila ferf re-