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

GENIUS, ART AND NATURE.
Good actions crown Themselves with hays;
Who we'll deserves, needs not. anolherl
praise. :..s.::.. +. -..,s,. r \. iSs
How poorly are the efforts Of strue
Cling genius appreciated. Ii has beer
said that, No man is truly known INIT
dead Whileliying, he is before all men;
they can Investigate his life and conduct
Jet tho most knowing fail In their know.
ledge When dead, he no longer stands
AZ their path as a rival and they cal,
afford. without injury to themselves, "a
oestow the praise rightfully his due.
None know the heart bnrnihgs, the
sorrows, and the difficulties which beset a
man Of genius struggling with poverty.
10 sooner does he hgYe to labor for bread
than all the evil venom of. his cotempo,
raries centers upoa him, aud he is the
victim Of their yihdictiveness. Tosarrlxc
q anything like truth, man must place
himself IN the situation they occupied. Il
WI moi. do teiimPart The hue OF our own
aataret aud use il as the standard by
which to jadge their actions. The mil
hoosire, who speaks Of poverty, knows
not 'What II Is. He may string high
sounding words together, but it is sonnd
Sitaput the reality. He does not know.
what u IS 70 be poor; he cannot describe
the feelings called up by its biting haud.5
~ trath, il is on ideal creation Of his
own brain. without the reality and force
oieeling engendered by adversely. -.
Arr may paint scene truly noble and
sublime, but il has not the simple pathos
o. nature. Art speaks from the head,
nature from the heart. Art appeals to
I1e iloating. superficial feelings which
stoMd mans brain; but nature speaks
rom the inmost Fecesses Of the soul Art
introduces q saperlluity of words aud
phrases high-so1nding in their nature,
Nnlch serve but TO perplex. Nature
epeaks natural sentiments, in natural
saa unaffected manner II appeals @li-
,eetly 70 the soul, and needs no exterior
associations TO gain attention. - Is
How forcible the answer of Macd0fT To
.ae messenger who brought him word Of
Me murder OF his children, by the sanguin-
ay tyrant, Macbeth: she has no chill
aIene II Is agonizcd nature finding
y. .elease N words. What volumes do not
y, muse simple words contain They, are
~ sle outpOurings OF soul tried almost 10
Suistlng II IS the father in all the pa
mus Of natural affection mourning the
Instruction Of bis children. I =. 1
! a smiling. beautiful landscape may he
ss.sened, but to noble nature il does
~ ~ give that exquisite pleasure which Is |
11s -. spontaneous BY nature. Ma. |
is . the original, and every effort to |
~ saptoye upon It are failures. Ii Is mimi. |
-iae, and not TO be equalled.
:, = man Of genius, If be does not create |
rast has the honor Of being original;
- oush not in the strict sense Of the word |
nj VOC. We are told, understands ali I
n &; therefore, whatever man discovers.
~ 'aPrehends, and did comprehend for
go ~ before by art man may ACQUIRE
a.. s.ledge aud learning, but II ne Is with. +
~ y. genius he will follow IN the beaten
Ga,s, pursued BY thousands before him.
~ ~. Is DESTROYS Of carrying out 4 path
Eh;s own, untrodden before, ana upon I
4 as, y can bcstoS It's hidden powers,
10 ~ to be chained, aud its fires left
Aouldsr in Obscurity and neglect; and