, 1866-08-22

VIC care more for the Qucon Artem!sia, whose
affection erected It. But there is q green
mound on the field Of Marathon, which the
Greeks hcapcd, more than two thousand
years ago, In honor Of the men who saved,
for us as will as for them, tue Infant cause Of
civilization and liberty, and when wc sec 1t,
VIC honor thcSmesArho honored their nation
aud the nation wf;isa, did them honor.
There afGsdiiiercnt tastes respecting the
form, Of monuments. Yale and Williams pro-
pose monumental shrine which shall havc
no other use. Bowdoin aud Beloit propose
monumental cdificcs, which, while they
commemorate the honors Of the heroes, shall
serve as dcpositor1cs for libraries Or halls for
reunion for the alumni. We confess to
preference for the latter form. 1t seems to
It's superficial and blind canon which
would reject all practical use In q work Of
art- a work Of dnc art docs not deserve to
be, unless 1t serves some end, and that end
must be q nob1cT or a more spiritual one
than could he attained by any economic
work. The true canon is, that VIC must
associate with work Of art no use lower
than nor harmonious with Its artistic de-
Sign. Music Is not degraded, when, BY asso-
ciation with poetry, 1t is made the vehicle OF
thought, provided the thought be worthy Of
it, md both are honorcd-ndecd neither
comes to the true honor Of art until they
reach the practical end Of making men better.
An empty poem, an empty oration, arc like
plaster busts We want not only shape but
substance, before the sense Of art can begin to
be satisfied. Under every snowy exterior We
require genuine and worthy Interior.
An,, ,f,.sn ouohf IN f1n rnAf4nF nf
monuments, We may say that ccnotaph is
necessarily unsatisfytug aud almost .nocRing
n monument which contains the sacred re-
mains mag be j monument and nothing
more; but even then 1t becomes still more
appropriate when it assumes the form and
proportions Of a temple devoted to the wor-
ship of Him who Is God Of the living and the
dead. No cemetery can rcplacc the church
yard. Faneuil Hull Is more q memorial of
the struggle for American liberty than Bunk
er Hill monument, and perhaps Harvard Col
lc.e more than either, and the memorial
value Of either Of these depends, like that OF
Westminster Abbey, largely upon their con-
tinuing their office Of preparing or Of utter
lug the thoughts aud sentiments which make
them sacred. So the Washington monument
Is we'll enough, but the capital city itself Is
more the memorial Of the Father Of the
country.
On like principles, We say that it would
not be suitable to devote q memorial cdificC
10 dormitory purposes not because such d
structure should be empty and useless, any
more than were the deeds which 1t Is intend
cd to honor, hut because to cat nnd
to sleep were not the objects 70,
,,-1,f. t,oco IN la
They wcnt III the interests Of the higher cul
turc and tho rights Of man. They went in Q
zeal, which is III itself the rircst result, thus
far, Of all tic past experience and culture
of the world, in order to guard with thcf
lsodies the continuance and the progress o
human civilization. II is fit that devotion
| which WAS SO full Of meaning, Should no
fill an empty sepulclre. 1t is better that
their monument should protect the libsaric
which preserve the past and prepare the fl
ture wisdom Of the world. 1fthc Parthcno,
Of Athens was not dc*ccratcd by holdin;
The treasury Of the State, Il memorial cditfc
will bc lonorcd by cnshrinlng and cnnoblin!
| the treasured thoughts Of the world.
We have spoken Of these monuments a
works tit to be done by the friends Of col
lcscs In honor Of their patriotic sons. Blu
the great argument for such memorials
their direct value us means Of education
Dowtloin College, III the Northeast, present
II war list Of two hundred and fifty. and pre-
poses memorial cdit1cc at an expense (
forty thousand dollars ; and Be1oit Collie.
III the Northwest, las sent two hundred al
seventy to the army Of tue country, and nc
one TO that Of rebellion, and proposes til
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