The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-05-04

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Pansion Of its powers and capabilities
Art may smother the rOngh exterior
and polish the manners, but can neyc
place within the soul the lore Of truth. q
! lnature, and sublimity They are natural
and all attempts 10 acquire them end i
ahectation and pretcnse. It is q well
known fact that there are some nature
/ WHICH cannot comprehend the beautiful
either in nature ornrt They have no
The faculties to appreciate beauty, aiic
something which will appeal more dircctll
10 their sensual feelings claim an their al
Etention They ARE bamat machines. ca
lpable Of no impulse but necessity. The,
4tlayeno motive power Of their own, ani
are driven about the sport Of gircun
stances. rs 3 ay.. y. ,.g b Fl,
Art, Y is true, may III many instance.
4 supefscde nature, aud form mans chafac
ter in strict accordance with its rules. Ii
Is persersioh Of nature, 1t makes mar
being without soul. Intakes AWAY the
sensibllities of his nature aud burdens him
q to stone. II is his pride to appear without
Esehsibility, q walking statue; the emotions
4 Of bis heart are deuied NEXT, and he
becomes Q mere nachine--the sport Of
ieustom and fashion. .s3.l 4, :gErls Z. 4. s.:..
In pretending refinement, he banishes
u. His heart. is no longer susceptible 81
generous emotions, and really nU6Te sehti.
nlents are repreSsed. That which would
prove his most noble work, his greatest
land noblest achievement, lis left uudone. 10
follow an idle chimera; which, even il
successful, could be.of no benefit either 10
himself or Others. Years are spent in this
manner, aud to no purpose. y
IL human beings would follow tile die
tates of nature before that nature Is ner.
Eyerted BY contact with evil, man would
have less TO sorrow for, aud live a superior
3sphere Of usefulness. Education Is defect.
live. IL does not so much teach man his
moral duties as il stores his head with
learned and useless lumber. II in a man
liner prepares him to take advantage Of
circumstances and, acquire wealth and
power, without sufficiently: teaching him
his duties towards others in the same
brotherhood VI. +: III /. =, =
Il donot condemn education, for we all
know that it is Indispensable. Bat in
| giving this eduraiion,:3it is necessary to
have o good object in view. To educate
| the rising generation, simply for the purc
pose Of facilitating their success in this
life, is not all that is necessarily. There
Ente duties they owe 10 society and 10
themselves; aud, above all, there are
duties they owe their Creator. To he
properly educated They shouId be taught
the relative position 10 which they stand
70 God and nun TIE dutics expected
OF them shonld be explained, not only
those which custom grants TO others, Bnt
those, likewise, which brother would dis.
.pense TO brother; and which they might
desire, were they in-ailyprsity.
/. Were all mankind tanglit these prilis
ciplps; md did they practice them III
everyday life, they w0uid be Following
nature, which Of itself IS pure and unde.t
filed Art, In n manner, Is tire inventor
Of evil; it is q variation from nature; an !
imitation. which becomes the more vile and |
reprehelsible the farther it is removed !
from its parent source, Its no art TO he I
good; it is ,UAly the. aficctati0n Of good I
ness which ran be called by that. title.
Real virtue has no heed Of parade; and
when s4Q@n 70 cnrfy FAVOR, is no longer d.
virtue, but u vice IL. >..., -.
Pretenee is always loud aud bUisterous
in its claims, forcing itself upon the uotiGe
Of others; while. virtue, content with its I
own approval, cares not for the adulatf0n !
Of the multitude, content With obScurity,
it seeks bat 10 extend its blessings ON
every hand. The ~misanthrope, unlike the !
man OF virtue. views mankind through an /
Inverted medium. impurtiug to- them the
bissown distorted sonl, and
hating them for their injustice and folly.
Virtue looks npOa them with an eye of.
compassion, seeking for opportunity to
bestow relief, leading the. erIing to oil
knowledge Of its own superlaiiEe trea-
iures. Though prosecuted: il bears mis-
fortune with patience, and endeayerS, I,
rom adverse circumstances, to diStiH1
coed. ID ~: d.. 2, ! = ii
The heartlcss eyuie, who laughs at the :,
1eliies Of man and derides the mfsefies af
his species, Is disappointed. egotistical j,
being, whose soul is conferred in himself
Heacan have isti joy. :. Wore all mankind ,
Tho very acme oil perfection they would still
be unhappy. Envy would asarp the place
If contempt and they would be Us far from ,
appreciation as before 80 .@$,@ H.. !
Genius may be styled an organization :
moro susceptible of Improvement, and !
'apable Of greater extension than is Mt. !,
aimed hat by q select few: Favored !
With superior light 10 serves as guide to !
he Fest. aud, as n master, leads them in =
he pursuit Of truth Though possessed !
i power 10 comprehend the most pro
ound and abstruse subjects, il disdains
lot to descend to the capabilities OF man. :
ind, and teach them the least Of correct |
principles. PEofuhdity is not genius. 4 A
nan may DO a@profeand scholar and be &
assessed Of not one particle Of originality
= genius lie may give us learned disser. !.
atoms upon the different branches of art :
nd science, and claim as little share Of :
enius as the parrot which learns by Fote I
he use OF certain words ., Ess,. sity&E. =
z.azeE - ,a-eF@as II rad Go~ 0RIos :.
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