New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-26

80 d conicc,,,res The narrow sectarian cannot read
astronomy with iupunity The creeds OF ms ehurcA
srivel like dried leaves at the door oil the oOseN"o!
and now and healful arregeuerates the human mind
and iinparts a sympathetic enlargement 10 ts own III
vontons and method That cosmical west wind which,
eeorologsrs tell MS constitutes, by the revolution oi
the globe the upper current, IS alone DfOaa enough ~
carry to every city and suDurO-to the ldIihei
house the miners shauy aud the fishers Doat-tDe III
spirations Of this new hope Of mankind Now, II any
one saw we have had enough Of these boastim
roci;als then / say, Happy Is the land wherein
benefits Ike these have grown tritc ana commonplace
But he is not led by any enthusiasm Tor INC present W
fan in with the vulgar preiudces rs to the heHol! u
the mast "Iu modern Europe tile Middle Ages were
chilled the Dark Aees WhOdare to call them SO now! Ibey
are seen TO DO the which we walk the eyes WIN
which we see IT'S one Of triumphs 10 have rein
stated Them Their Dante and Alfred and Wlcklhe ana
Abelard and Bacon their Magma Charta, decimal mum
bers mariners compass, gmpowder glass, paper auu
clocks; chemistry algebra, astronomy thef "Otpc 'V
totr tbeirpaiutng-are the delight aud tuition Of ours
Six hundred years ago. Roger Bacon explained the preces
sion OF the equoxe and the necessity Of reform III the
caepdr looking over how many horizons as far as into
Iiverpool and New York. announced that machines can
be constructed drive ships more rapidly than whole
galley Of rowers could do, would they need anything
but pilot to steer; carriages 10 move with incredible
speed without sid OF animals; and machines 10 Nv INTO
the air Ike birds Even the that We sll can cav
mmemOdal traditions viudicate their faculty by the
SKILL with which they make their yam-cloths, pipes
bows boats. and carved war-clubs. The warproa OF
the Malays in the Japanese waters struck Commodore
Perry by its close resemblance 70 the yacht America
Mr. Emerson thus sets forth his favore doctrine OF the
power Of the cultivated individual over the unframed
masscs
find the single mind equipolcnt 10 multitude OF
mluds say a nation ~ minds, as orop or WaIrr bai
ances the and under this view tue propeh %! II
ture assumes wonderful Interest CntuLo IS ~, .nss
which gives the mind possession OF Jus own poWt'ei As
languages the critic, telescope to the astronomer
Culture alters the political status oi an Individual
n raises rival royalty IN monarchy y rs king against
EuC 10 is ever the romance OF history III an w % r.
m coprcsence 81 the revolutionary force lu intellect II
createS q personal independence Wilch INC Muh-
arch cannot look down, aid to WHEN ho mao,
often eucClMb. II a man know me laws Oh nature
Reu.r e' ~ bo TS t1e mower Of numbers the secret
az ecometcrv. OF algebra, on which the compWou7 on
SsTe bettr than any other he rules the minds Of
men wherever lie goes. II Dee has lmaRnauo' he ihtoA
Gates men how often has poetry necn mesl inaple as
oreiy protest against atheism IN bad age II 4ehl VIZ
he tcmpers deslulism 10y cWerams song, satire sen
fence, has played It's part an great events EQluehcc
Will Tbe history Of Greece IS at time reduced 10 two
persons Philip o. tie successor 81 Philip on one sar'
and Dtmostheres private citizen on Tie other II ne
has a military genius, like Belsarus or administrative
faculty like Chatham or Bismarck, lac h iue hlilS Ing
Understanding carries HIS country with him. Ike Luther
the state becomes Lutheran, IN spite Oh tle I'm
peror, az Thomas Beckett Overpowered me LngLs5
Henry Wit has great charter. Iopc-, ana kes' ana
Councils of Ton very sharp with their censorship ana
uouisitinns INIT 1t is DUH people some Dante
or Angelo, Rohelais Hate CeFyantcs' shasgspeare,
Goethe, HcraDgor Ieiune Won Arnim, OIL Wn1s'',i
SaTs allowed KING, feel that This Is that which them
selves represents THIS is DO Tedhefchetea ieasLIlcd
rebel, but loyalty kiugsAh inns Is Ie.- h" ~ "t"
their own only utular Even manners are distinction,
which, we sometimes see arc 10, t' ~ ,i,t ,Iert!
since they 100 proceed IRON cefandeep innate p'rcep-
/ ton Of ht and fair.
The force Of moral sentiment TO which pivotal thought
Mr. Emerson always returns never more noby c1-
/ hibited than in the following passage.
The foundation Of culture q character is az last The
moral sentiment rms I' ING tol.'i . ga Po 3 -
serves its eternal nt"hess, uId"" Ie WI Iytl o "a
every novelty ln science Science COecs the OLD cccd
sweeps away, with every new reception, our iia ,
CGeohisus; and necesstates iain WIN
NE gauder orbits and universal Jaws which Il di-cose
let ~ 3oss "a CfsIit ts@ lreer sts THE afrc.
lions the wngsby which the Intellect Launches on lhe
and expauder the frozen powers ire feathers frozen
to cur sides 10 The conviction OF Plato OF Van Hcl
mont, Of Pascal Of swedenhoig That ty is essential
coDd ton 81 science that great thoughts come from thr
heart IL happens sometimes that poets go not believe
are tney @v 49, i,tis r5ic he world So I6pe 80
bright but Is the beginning Of Us own iulImCnt.
| EVERY generalization shows the way TO lar
r Moi y Al ii man could npari his talent ill.,
would not be- paid" Yes. but ia the measure Of his abso
I1te Tefacify BE does whom ne does not play part
does not wish 20 shine, when lie talks % men with the
unrestraned fraukness which children use win cac
other, ne communicates himself, ana moi ms Fauy. an
veor is contagious, and when VIC see CFtauOh we "-o
begin 10 create. Depth Of character night ~ genus:
only find uonrirhment IA thh SOIL tue MacI's oI
genius always rest profound convictions which refuse
10 be aualyzed. Enthusiasm IS the lcaping lightning,
not 90 be measured by the power m the uhter
standing HOPE never spreads her golden wings but
feilec as for the viii when The viii e. absolutely sur
rendered % the moral sentiment that Is F ue; when Tie
wit is surrendered 10 intellectual truth tai "a genius
Talent for talents sake isa bawbe and show. Talent
working with JOY n the cause u universal tluth missy
what assembly of educated rejecting successful. ana
powerful persons speak Yours ~ the part Of those
OF Gu "IJ Hy1 t irgcr e,yer,.ity Nov conc,tr
tl4t IN this economical world, where every drop and
every crumb husbaudcd the ransceudent powers of
mind were not meant 10 be misuscd The Divine Nature
carries on It's administration by good men. Here you
amidst insanity 10 calm and guide it amidst fools aud
blind tic night done among violent prOprictors,
TO check seutoIcst soncbnd and stone deaf by con
siderations OF humanity 10 the workman and 10 his child
! amongst angry politicians swelling with scbestetm,
pledged 10 parties pledged TO clients yon are 10 make
valid the large considerations OF equity ahd good sense
under bad Governments. 10 force Oh the 10y your per
sstepce, good laws Around that hnnoyabe per.sency
OF yours, statesmen, legislatures must re'ove denying
/ YOU but not less forced to obey.
The atlantic certainly, has even surpassed Itself 10 ito
| brave beginning Oh the Now Year
! Scribner &, Co. send us a new edition of
The Fables OF Hsop, with Illustrations by Henry h.
stephens autographed by julius Bien, OF which took
notice at the time Of its original publication u is hand
some quarto With fifty six fun page drawings, very well
Autographed IN mixed style resembling etching
ground OF aquatut On the whole, Mr. stephens &C.
signs are worthy Of praise, although he is too evidently
indebted 10 Grandyne and Kauibach for his inspirations
and looks az nature much through their spcctaccs
that should give them any very hearty admiration
Our own impression that the thing these two artists
| have attempted, the putting OF animals into human
dress and investing their forms and faces with human
expression has been done perfectly by them that to
repeat the experiment in any form is work Of
pererogaon DorG has tried II lately IN his Illustrations
to Ia Fontane and has made complete failure, and
though Mr. stephens has not done that no has