New-York tribune., 1867-06-20

, n, classical literature all civilized countries are at
this moment full Of distinguished men anu mol n,irad
tbe learned languages II is easy 10 say tat such
sons would have been distinguishes u lhey @ ndd
ino,vn tle classics. It H. easy 70 say tat Ladce MOu
have Ieerl better mathematician, ana taraday ettI
chemist If by chance they had been duly % ~ ~
Crcek Fut this is gratutOus assumption Inc coluly
r.ult r. more probable, n'l,much as the pursuit OF tl
,I would have abstracted Just much time
MS dat nobody believes that Watt would have Hade
better stenracHgine Stephenson better locomotive
II thev had been taught philosophy by Plato himself
Thc ancient languages, if applied 10 use, are no. noV
adequate to supply the wants ot modern id
Truths and things have gtOwu faster than |olGS MI W
ern customs. arts and sciences can no eNpi'@sc" @ ~
French German but not IN Greek ana ltu. =
Robinson Cuisoe into Latin. Tie translation Us suC'vS
ut the language OF the Romans is at fault i ne lsS
OF the Pacific ana new words must DC '", ,i lin thc
language employed. The Word-renowncd man fL.uHS ,S
j. introduced 10 MS under Jho NICaio M i,5e his
drcdi' ana NAtu iIiu't hO' - ,jcrr Crecre
"scopctum with "puiNs Uitrals II Wodtth Nt',,o
shOuld ever become trsClass power among the atp,
il will have 10 complete, II is now Try iS 10 & uo,
vocabulary OF new terms to express the arts ana com
ncrce lie facts and fancics the business ana be's c
80 ~ Tho eviiur time In other words. n must ieeh
forcr its language with a half not found ID the All
The admiration Of the old Romans for the Greek Ian
cuage and literature had It's O"gniu theiac tha III Hd
age OF limited civilization they found not much tSo % VI
the kind 10 admire They looked 10 Grtcce az thc lu"u
tain 0f what had been achieved IN art phosoph! lOe
and elOQuence or consequence II Was choeh ~ o'e
eat ce OF resort for educational objects, and thes
became the emporium OF literary and phlloSoi'2S LII In
N.
sent to Athens, had there been, as now railroad 10
take them TO Paris, OF steamship to brig uGm @ 60 60
groves Of Acadenus. if they could have Suhcu duilt
tance the EcOe Poytechnque, OF TO The h"J InSuu
AZ the present day we relish the Greek language from
the mingled impression, not only OF its own suTlloy,
but OF the pleasure IT gives MS and the pans II 's V'
We relish il as the musician enjoys ~ ] n,v bjs
mathematician his geometry, and the ahtlquaIl'l is ~
dggngs We are pleased th, 1t nHos Hs Pnrcssycncss
ana IN noble literature. We know that the spirit ot
Homer cannot be translated into English any more 'lu
the soul OF Shakespeare can De uoIe nv @ ~ ,t,Lt
gunges have their idiOmauc expressions ol thOutil'i
aud in an Of them translation has hlS 'ntgt Oh uo
strouo uoiuts OF literature. In the opera OF Macbeo
the term hchruth III the NltcltCclt' IN IV"u'' "a
Italian as polio inferno" And, on the opposite Pige Oh
tbe ibretto n is served mp afiesh in English ~ internal
soup" IL highly probable that te aii saVasS HCSo
pshments OF Honers heroes and gods cannot ne naHe
duly apprccable in the English tongue ,, Wv
modern world can get on without them; ana we may
be excused for believing, that, II the study ol Hlt'A
should be abandoned as Clulslle IN o.i ,
although il WOuld s he cultivated Ike othcf exception
able studies W. On and delight by many DIVORCES
yet practical bustlhg' ana oNeIcioNutu w
would never again postpone more useful occupations 10
adopt il as an indispensable aCadcmlcal study,
In regard To success h me Ntild ~ ue l'9A' U"g
Is not an acadt mic education however desirable m any
shane it may be, that gives aman access 10 thc Conte
ana general favor OF ms fellow mon, or to i,'
posts Of society Il is native talent relalihiy p'i&5o ~
Vcrancc ana indomtabe VIII, that conduct MN 70 uN
high places OF the world In All countries, anu l M ~ m
IN our country contest continually goes on nrlW'
academic education and scteducat0l-ihe education
that cones from without ana Ine ,uuclmuh ION Z t' t,r
from within. The mitch cultivated boy, VINO, under laNor
fulhls the requirements 81 his teachers VINO iS 9c,
toned 20 subordinate his own JuOGh'l l." TIC u''"'u
OF others although he may hold high RANK III iAs t'aIe
prof and the amount Of acq-uon n Idulc on
arriving at manhood TO continue tO lean Iathci tai 10
lead, and thence to occupy secondary pace ~ li'
struggle for worldly distinction. ON the other manu- lhe
neglected blt ndcpeudent youth, Who Us brought up m
the suggestive school OF Necessity, VINO becomes osinn
and inventive because his c is continued contest Win
difficulties, who balances character against Opportunity
and individual vgOr and patience against cA'clAAl
QGauce-such a one. nom the habit OF directing MN
self becomes more competent 10 direct Others ana 10
wear more easily offices Of trust and responsibility u j.
remarkable how many Of our distinguished men nave
been selfeducated nj least without academic edue"
tion Franklin was a philosopher, Washington states
man. Patrick Henry m oratur but not bA h' EIi'c
classical education. Henry Clay knew HuthIig ol lhc
Greek language, nor did probably Thomas Bchtoh An
drew Jackson and Andrew johnson had roneAer nursing
than that OF an alma mater. RumfOld, BoWdtch, ana
Fulton did not develop their inteccts under the shades
examples should lind that Napoleon was no classical
scholar and that Peter the Great whom ne issued RON
at Moscow O study the CIVILIZATION OF western
EurOpe did not repair TO the Universities Of Cambndge
and oxford. but entered a working mechanic IA ID.
shipyards OF Saardam and Drp;ford.
Among other papers Of peculiar interest IN tins
volume we may specify the essays on 'Sclf-Limtcd
Diseases On the Treatment Of Disease Brief
Exposltions of Rational Medicine in which those
topics are handled with degree OF common sense
lucdity of statement and illusuatioa, and ygor Of
logic which account for the stir they made among
medical men on their original publication and recon-
mend them to the attention Of the nOn-proiessonal
/ reader at the present day.