New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-05


grown pale in the dawnng light he retained the viSo,
of his Intellect uDimpaired despite the curses heaped
upon bis head, or the prayers reed pionsy 10 earsn
Er his amniadt,om. Held by his clerical brethren a.
little better than demon iacarpate and even pro-
hibted their churches FOR fear 1t were, lis very
breath were pollution to their sacred atmosphere qu
etly and uDobtrusvely be moved onward, laboins 10
the discharge of bis duties yet uterng his sentiments
with All the freedom that the great Nature he wore
sLipped bestows upon her creatures The vaue of that
freedom he knew and acknow lodged, and was at oncs
the champion of free institutions Tree ana me
the spedsl gift of God 10 his chidren ana was never
weary Of battling in its cause Public oPiuioo, ai.e3
WAS no obstacle Ia his path. Perhaps ne did not avoa
the good will Of men, but 1t certain tnas 10 ou ns
fear tbeir i'll WILL He never stood back with hyPo-
critical leer saying, believe so and So but Poc
for me to preach il mot hebut be came boldly oH
and told the world just what be though no oeils'es
and, though all mankind opposed mn anu rno -
puzzled manfuly on The fires OF d energy opeo
kindied bis owa heart poinei the true course 70 70
pursued, and the might Of the hurricane could MOI
swerye him from it. The Napoleon Of bis profession
he brought an adalnanine will into the great battle
field of human rights and retired from the arena WIN
no ill-fought Waterloo suy bis glory And though
he gained the name Of blasphemer among men, tnehs
l. reasop to believe that he went out OF the world wa
that rare attendant on death-bedsan uDpegured sonL
But was Bis goodness of heart that rveted his con-
gre cation to the Music Hail. and for this reason, whe
they have been branded AS ratonnists Tor lisenipgD
iis sernons they have been aigmatized as pan.Wor.
shipers for tfer devotion to bis person. VA onoo
adora,ionr May we not say. equally blind egmi.yI
Beecber addresses crowded house; Cbapin sddrea g
crowded house; does the Gospel draw t t:e ,
CATION love him. for Theodore Parker private lie was
ia no way inconsistent with his doctroes. opise 'ns
majority of bis profession, be gfacteed ~nai ue
prearLed The advocate Of philanthropy In the pupil
be freely opened his own pure to the mccoy; mmS
mothers 10 affiuence whispered bis name WIN asnau,
er over the cradles Of their infants the blessings tn
flowed from his bouDteois hand kept alive Tue 'ssx
spark in many q squalid household. ibe young $40
poby ambitios also found in Lin friend, ana ese9
now more than one poor student, as lie tnns ms MO
night lamp remembers Theodore Parkers goio La sne
genial glow that falls on the page before hiln'
THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW. April H. Scott &oo'S
hepubicoop9
The claims of Mr. Charles Kingsley as teacher 81
history are subjected to rigid examination IN tte
openng article If this number. His inaugural lecture
IA Professor of History in the University OF Cambridge
ia pronounced to DO bad from the tte-psge to the
conclusion-bad in conception and In execution In mr.
gument in style, and even in grammar Even soo0e
who share his opinions have no reason 10 oe Prouu
their champion, and however sound they may deem nS
principles they must dread his chronic habit Of fuo.
ishing The public at large. the Reviewer thnSs' "is
continue to prefer Mr. Kingseys earlier wrpgs' anu
if bis name is remembered in the next gener non.
will not be in connection with Lecture on the AmS
of Exact Science De applied to Hlstory.-The Ke''s"
Is still more severe the latest work OF our IauAs
countryman Mr. r. w. Emerson, Of whose " ENs"ys
on the Conduct Of Life it remarks we are iIIneo
70 think that they will add but little TO Lis reputsoh
and may perhaps, lead to q reconsideration OF the
grounds on which that reputation rests. with results iaf
from favorable to its maintenance. we cannon re"eu,
her any author who has written much on moral
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with apy definite doctrine; bis name does not evensug'
oss, s,r orea, subject fully treated, but stands for
certain manner and rhesa way Of putting thines In
genera. and even on the topics DO of We meet in
Liz books no Independent and original Thoughts bus
mere desutory musings he has been called suggestive.
but this only true in tbs that all ncompetness
i. snepestiye; suggestive writeS must have something
Of his own; ex,rsvsgsnt dressing up of other meme
thoughts is not suggestive; the extravaganza ATTRACTS
notice. but tho more attention you pay to such wsuuS
tie less satisfactory the result the fair and attractive
exterior Is IA dousve as Desd-Sea apples. The suEa
of all his vehement exhortatons Is mostly some ord
nary truism or some string of antitheticaI opinoaa
without an attempt at solution; the vestiges d psat
inquiry indeed the coiors Of good and evil arc
laid on with an equal hand. and seldom more Than tho
coov. Extravagant imagery and out-ofthe.way hICs~
traon keep the reader in constant state OF SURPRISE
but laying down tho book after the perusa II esdh
essay t is difficult Say to what result the author has
arrived at all proportionste ~ the fire nnd energy II
the language. The mode, TOO in which he treats bis
topics is as Characteristic the language the strange
disjonted heaps Of might often he read back
ward with much effect in tie sequence in which
81 ey are offered 10 the readers there is progvs.of
thought but loose remarks accumulated round
arbitrary point which Cannot be called c.Dtsr Tsess
features, hich characterize all Emenons works are
marked and sdent in this last onei tee
ism which attracted when novelty becomes oppressive
in proportion familiarity with IL; it has been sal
OF style that ia the man; but style preeuppoees ixbr
and thought and 10 a of endless enjoyment Il
is with authors IL with painters those who have
style immortal, but a mannerist, however popuhs
be may be for season, is forgotten aud amer
time it becomes matter of wonder that he wac over
an object Of popular admiration. Dir. Emerson has
much In common with tue mockne-bird Of bis own
woods Of old he used 10 echo Fche and jean Paa 10
the present volume be is eyidesty dominated by that
dssepntable conntryman Of his, Walt Whitman; many
page might be transferred TO the notorious Leaves
OF Craze Of course the clesnes and most decent Of
that strange prodscten which he seped the 6nss
frait Of American poetry Thee are other articles of
interest ia the number on The Sicilisn BevoutiO'
entife Education" ",fhe Cotton Manufacture" and
" Eton School"
SSCURIN0 THE RESfECrISE Ri0HrS on lABOR
AND PROPERTY BY EDvAsD kslLet0 hdisca BY
Ma.I ksIIosa rursAx- lsms. pp. u.s. Rsat &
ra ls,s lsr,arsad author M thu vclupus UNA n r-c.