Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-12-04

Racine cotppossd his verse vhile walkiqg
about. reciti,s them in loud voice. One
dsv. while thus working q HE pay Of Min
rida,es. In the Taileres Gardens. 0crcwd Of
voYkmen gathered around him attracted BY |
his gestures; they took him Tor madmaa
abou, To throw himself into the basin. On
his return home from such walks, he would
write down scene by scene, ct first IN prose,
and when he had written it out he woMe
exclaim-"My tragedy is done = CONSIDER
ing the dressrg Of the acts up ~ sssss - .
very small affair.
Msxliabecchi, the learned librarian to the
Duke cfTuscfny. on the contrary, never
stir ed abou, but lived amidst DOCKS: lhsse
we're his bed, board and washing. lie pass
I'd eish, and forty years IN Their midst, only
twice in the course Of his lie yen,nr.d be-
yond the walls Of F.oren E; once to - two
leagues off, aud the other three and bali
leagues, ~ order Of the Grand Daka He
Gas an extremely frugal man, living upon
eggs, bread and wafer in great moderation
Li,hsr, when studying. always had his
dog living ut bis feet; dog he had brought
from w ur,burg, and Of which he vas very
fond. An ivory cruc'fix stood At the table
before him, and the walls Of his study we're
s,uck round With csricatures Of the Pope
He worked at his desk for days together
without going out; but when fatigued. and
the ideas began to stagns,e, took bis guitar
w,,h HIM into The porch, aud there execu'ed
sume musical phantasy (for be was skill
ful musician } when the ideas would 6ow
upon him Is fresh ~ flowers after sum-
mer's ,ain. Music was his invaSisble solace
A. such times. Indeed, Luther did not Res
tate 70 say that, after theology, music was
the ART Of srts '.Music," said he, lis the
art Of the prophets; it is the only other sst
which, like theology. can calm the agitation
n the soul and pat the dssil y fight" Next
to music, il not before il. Luther loved cbil
dten and flowers. The great gns'led man
had heart ~ tender % . woman's.
Calvin studied IN his bed. Every morn
ing, at Ave or six O'clock be had books
manuscripts and papers carried TO him there
and had 10 occasion to 90 out, on his return
he went to bed again to continue his stud
les. In his latter years he dictated biz
, writings to secretaries He rarely correct
ed anything. The sentsnces issusd com
pletc from bic mouth. Ifhc felt the facult,
Of composition leaving Nm be fse.hwtl
9 quilted his bed, gave up writing aid com
posing. and went about his outdoor duiie
Tor days, weeks and months together Bu
Ms soon AS he felt the inspiration fail upol
= him again, he went back to his bed ard hi
9 secrclary was set to work forthwith.
Pascal wrote most OF thoughts on it'll
scraps Of pager; q hio olnents Fenelo
Q wrote hio rslsmachus H. 10 place Of Vsi
n saillcs, At the court Of the Grand Monarqu,
when dischargine thc duties oftutor to III
Dauph:n. That DO k 90 thoroughly Den
% ocraiic, should have issued. from such
i source, and be written By psisss, ma
h seem surprising.
: De Quiucsy Grst prsnslntsd biz motor
% OF universal freedom Of person and trad
and Of throwing al tax on the. land-tl
!. gem, peShaps, u she Preach NSsolutioR-
in the boudoir Of Madame do PompadOur.
y Bacon knelt down sbcf,re composing b
. great y. TX, and prayed for light and insp
ration from Heaven. Pope never cou
compose well without firss decIaiming {
some time at the top Of his voice and tn
% rousing his nstvooe system to its fullest
N tivity.
ies life Of I.sibeits was sss Of readin
writing end uetli,asioM. That was the Z
70 cret Of hi. prodigious knowledge After
3 attack Of The govt, I've conflned himself to
ID diet Of bread and milk Oftsh he slept
!, . chair, and rarely, went to bed MI aft
:! midnight Sometimes he Wa2 fAenths wit
80 out quitting his seat, where he slept
g night aud wrote by day lie had an ule
In HE right leg. which prevented his val
:, ing shout, even had he wished to do 40.