New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-27

Srg Il once and decidedly attracted by G6the; while
Who had Jess SPSo;Tay ior '1dy rSsan e We ,Ss
ether also. So too, lie found comfort and amnSene NJ
in talent foY drawing, Which showed Itself in MS boio
thcnch never developed By regular instruction Win
India ink and sepa with pencil or cowquil we used 10
cupy frees aud figures with neatnefsa taste which We
took with rs the first year. to the University bu, which
We were thcn forced 10 put inside. To him. however
lie skill which BE had happily gained and which sur
passed mine, proved aaerwerd Of service in tracing
i laes and iluminations 81 valuable ancient manu-.
riVts Of which he desired copies the contents OF
Which he then could study and impaTt TO the public
During tie slow moYing schoolboy years, ono bed
and one stGdy served us both We at at our taS ks
at ore and the came table. Ahervard during
cor University life. two beds and twO tables stood
! in TIE same rooni in later years oi;o, Two
writing brs IN The study mill at The last they
stood IN adjoining apartments hut always under the
same rOOs, with completely nndiSturbed undspnted,
common possession OF l0Ova5.cs aud book, with tho
exception Il the few volumes which each must ciways
hive II hand. and which therefore bought IN on.
also be Size y side Judge, then. whether we belonged
TO each other aud whether, when speaking OF LIN can
ayod abiding 20 myself
At the University we selected the scme study, tbct Of
Jurisprudence drawn 10 70 from no other motive man
that iGlor himself jHis, had so intended or oe
tdnincd, or perhaps tha! oDT widowed motNei nllsh'
soonest 6ad support In her eldest son, u IN ms pro
lc7Sign. Shond ever Ito Old the supt 'hpraed u'is
Jon 0 I'll knowledge into four faculties I've broken up o.
which each holds folded in nor train, the most diverse
objects o. life ana lr9Yledge than will he dree! road
ol ire young stghenl 70 inet VIXEN lnShclNeg buh',s
bin from his earies. years and viii day employ al
his powers longer be Obeiruced; and al that "Lic
tie prepHIoiUn for complicated. often ambiguous ana
irniess examination eloIe demands Of bin, may we
eft aside, md the iivat word rmancpating and cheer
ing Individual talents he mo- easily spoken. Nen4ei
u US, though We studied with zeal and enrnetness'
las the knowledge thus acquired ever aided ~ any pD
stion IN the rubie service the idea OF oevvtnS !
self 10 the oiv Law as scientific pursuit was i"icu
20 ab.ndon and moreover with the INTRODUCTION OF lue
Code Napoleon into liesee, tue law lost s rs Hirac
lions fol u.s. and tie vaue OF what We had 20 lnorohs
" acquired vanished. For Wilhelm indeed utterly
though j. at latcr period from personal incna.cn,
ancient German law The University, thorotore proved
for us but continuation OF school 90 more hbcTs, On
sis-s means Of higher general culture.
Indulging o icnccherished inclination we had memo
he study of mother tongue and It's poetry aspeclI
yone which must De admitted " possess the stonR
est fascination for young minds The monuments sno
relics Of our antiquity come more home to an nm
prcludccd mind than all those Of foreign lonas the!
seem inGspuraby 10 offer greater Certainty o. sue
cessful results; iheir influence - zen ~ III te
Of the athel@snd. That man can Lave but POOR ppm
ion Of himself who despse what his aneestofs nave
pr, ductd not from vain and pussLg ghio bal as The
results OF symptoms kept up through long perois OF
tine. &fer the strVay meat aud dninles oi classical
literature the simple 0nd rude faro % homo 10 paiia'
be. IN very circumstance that so mnch when came
under our notice presented il fragmeuery. Ce-
!eciye incomplete condition stimulated our imssins'
tion; ana fragments awakened in US sort OF pity
vlcA challenged 10 TO study and complete them. IRON
tie c',arslC;ed t coJC not be hidden that fhere was
field fresh and almost untitled spreading out before US
rom Which rsluah.e harvess might DO won. The under
akings Ia this direction during the last Hundred years
proved inpoteat. EOdmerS lahOT9 stood ont as the
moe; important bat bird led 10. even 10 imiiatOnhoi
ut,on progress. Lcssirgs spirit had 'ecing o.
old poCtyS worth, bit he did not BID upon me ocs'
and most periodically upon such A. were, hi FEAST sec
opd OF third rata klOpstOcRs distorted views OF orr
onccrt writings could eject nothing tho laboTs o.
NOss were thogOug' and more extensive tan the pun
lie has known; out In the uumbcr EnI variety OF ~
Uther work. hi, could not grow ~ 70 f Stature
in the work upon the measurement OF time alone pan
limitations peep out OF he had mex ineloe3 20 tae
IL hand. Goethe ana Schiller hiIdercu ihihe. thhr Ip
NOTED tie revival Of our old German lorTe, ann ti'
new romantic poe!s we've the irsl 10 emIA'AcIy REQ
ommeIt II. .
yious quartcrsin getting appointments aceintogeth'
er In the same library lat Cassei position iaVvsabic
10 our plans and iaontiona And no" thcrc was NON
ing orit hut sn qu.e. labor and Iich
long Years alone could render efHcelt-which alone
could slowly but surely ripen our LnoHkoge. lho.s
were tie happiest years OF orr hVesIaesco "a elch
neaee That II mar here the words OF an ola poet
our bearts grew gTeelly BY tie moadoW-brooE
Hero and there in al directions We collected ana m
yesgsted until nj last the desire s"oke 70 npi' ana
mate knua some OF the results 81 our studies.
In lie same yesT (isl) made ouT Inst appearance
ae sulhors but with works OF a very dih"reni iino
Doth Of which h9veycr gsned dseia0d G1Irosh
coaInonly received distinct species Of poetry ~
thy in fict had form essentially the tene and com
mon TO both mast DO The same thst lee elheIehcg ~
them was 10 be held bat the sinking OF strength INTO
feebeDess-as old onstont everywhere wear away ahu
die out, vet 90 rs 70 leave trr impress strong uTon me
new Which succeed them. Tire views then atiain"d
sill loG 10 Dc correct end The grounds foI then theh
advanced seem 10 Inc also sufficient Tor ueclbloh
prioTi though the subject bore within lsei ever! cu
ability Of beng at later psTi1o T'p ,.Son. the sI
hsro,ce Of Ia FRS treatment. But still deeper I'M
Iressjcp was made by Wilhc'Tns trantintpn OF we
tari.h kNpueyiserh in connection with wtlch even
nj ,Sat zinc were uOtwcitng luminous in'cs'ig NOES
n the old CrTnnn "Holdensage' (HerUic Legcnds)'
Certainly nothing Is more difficult than the transfer
from one language into snotber-eYeh mo o"s"ao
onc-of epic t0Ig whore the nave Iahsiase
and thoucit go TO speak. melt into cach Olhtri
strictly considered e seems almost mpoetibei the
forms OF EXPRESSION offer difficulties enough 70 the ma
five scholar How can q foreigner, then, escape STUN,
Ming In many a pa6sngei stu II was matter on
i-nnrnrCe lO 20 conceive the il sentiment OF the
tone and style which peryade those poems hsd ho'
Xo,ip oIYerlowcTer far il m gt lngeT. In some re-
rect behind The forever nntt3habie uliginnl-.ti
.czca T.. sririt and fo and thereby opened to us az
deeper insight into epic poetry lIcmtnber thh1 re
Iuhr Wbo was familiar with the Danish poems, CON.
rnted me ,u,oct fui coOrnC Of this trgnshton AND
ycrv recently I'm opinion has become known TO me e1
pressed upon il by Eobol Grd which | cnnn0t reiIain
IRON Introducing here " hnt deNsht Tonil ~ ase
lis greatest master OF the folks tone in eouG lad ever
raacfod his earl "If in poetry, writes tete! 10
head as II nature the fresh h7ing breath o. morn
ing cooled over The waters and IN the mOnhtaihf, ed
sp.cy i'll odors iIom the Ply WOODS has ohsrn ioi
f6ee above Oppressive sultTintss or current ron
bellows then read Grimm's old-DHnish heroic poems
,rbiCh NAV excite SnIili-e-neyer reached second
edition Tie ne< editions Uf The or gnais when soon
atcs appeared would lave compelled TOO numerous
o4at.ols and Improvements, and tho acquaintance
win or o.u Old cue puety, which In the menu TINE.
bcd copstsLUy extended facilitated the comprehension
O. die Uansl ana OF the oitAnes sin more beau
;ll1' core poid.Ig swedish original text Ihcre was
no longer need " verbal 1'u' i0f tHa' 'e'! 'e'"i'
i8ore Oiiclt eide.
Eotoinr more natural than Cat We. after these first.
go FOR inns united la new productions We mao