New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-22

TIM GRAFTON or RALPH WALDO EMERSON.
The annual meeting.o the Phi Beta Kappa
society Alpha OF Massachusetts, was held ut Harvard a.
Thursday The orator was Ralph Waldo Emerson. whs
spoke as follows;
Mr. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN: We meet todsyundsR
happy oens TO our ancient society TO the OF lot
tiers, the country and to mankind IN good stsenss
the heart beats st with s public pulse Of Joy tho
country withsoOd the stern trial which threatened
lis existence and feels that the best augmentation OK
strength has been drawn from this proof The storm
which has been resisted is ever crownng honor ana
pledge OF strength to the ship and not to that alone qua
~ the ship0f State. We may be we'll coaent with our
fair inheritance Was there ever such coincidence of
races and thery that goes up for nom the old con-
tnent promptedspy the facility q emsIation lead mes
ment Men by nations. Science surpasses the
old miracles OF mythology to H with them over the -
to share the inheritance OF our lands Tor themselves enq
cheap education for their children me .emper "a
desire. comparison with this the stone or iron of
the golden sge VINO does not psgss a ss 70
the value OF life and 70 the scope OF me n,eess s
in art social science the abolition OF capital punshnent
aud Imprisonment for debt the Suppression o.
insurance OF fe the Freednsns Bureau. free trade on
lareed charities that relieve local fanines anburned
All these tend in the highest degree revontonze the
nations, taking government into their own hands ana
Is new and silent revolution tended step by step.
20 this result Many seeds have burst Many man IA
and that good hasnow come into power
Men DO astonisled by seenacts OF good IA.
by statesmen and e4ecaied by se constable aud police.
The new status OF womah is AN honorable testimony 20
property she inevitably takes hew step 10 her share "a
power Applsne Consider What IS the share Of .ns
statesman and the scholar In the issues of tho presens
age what heroes what genius, what science of adpm-
sSrsSn %aas praetSSl ssnSa What NAT ms s ,s M
land ana marine telegraph the marine and foreign saos
All grand national sealethe appearance OF supefies
aud the rapid addition " society Of class Ok
masters 10y which the sefespect on each town ana cs
is enriched See the boun,ness freedom IN tho country;
Judge Of II by the boundess freedom In MASSACHUSETTS,
People have been in all countries burned and stoned ios
saying things which now currant conversation a. az
breakfast tables. Every who has been In Italy
few years well remember the caution with which no
Of politics was Srcache But here the reedom Of action
10 the very brink the brink OF license Inc
successful study u natural science Within the present
century great strides have been msdes the sss a sss
have sa!red us e and seeted ~
famiiary on the giddy Nights Of Thought Tho narrow
,eetatan cannot read astresmy With impunity; Tue
S"SrS That Swns West w%a q the Upper
only 20 carry To every village the experiences OF fhs
l6s ScsstiS Y" recital then say nSppyJs the land
where benefits like these have grown trite and conf
new and reesnt the tenemen,s Of the settlers In many
places being Intended only makeshs till time shall
earyto draw sound conclusions in regard to us Conf
r Gs arsS so ages q nations mat NTH the Sa
glass 90 The geologic periods that have into vew
ed Science d.so s tho ' wer i srys 81 the sC
OF us valleys undergoing continuous decomposition and
reeompesition nothing cid bpt mind (AppIause But
ind not only this equality between new and old
countries as seen by the eye OF science hut believe In
certain equivalents OF the and the child
sanity working out his studies m natural philosophy 10
TO that each nation ard period has
done Its part 20 make up the grand result OF existing
eivity We are all agreed thas We have better mon
schyus Plato ARISTOTLE Julius Cesar and Plato
were great men; Each European naton runs 10
about The same hight. as shown by It's literature,
aud especially by Its songs. What shall wo say %
Homer there any still cherished In proper-
ton 10 their WISDOM like zoroaser and Pytha goruaf IN
modern Europe the "niddle ages tao dark
ages tss saturles frem the ffth to the aesAh. Wno