The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1868-11-27

NOVEMBER a27, $685.
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10 sHSsea aG8NIU5-lTA1HNT, ~ s91
sasThs word gsniusifs nnt faund in The
..lp.iibieao IansmkspeadA itappeafs seven
htiWes, and theailbIihsiseus gawd-
ian spirit7rSpmewlab hkHthe fairies alisl
gcniis OF the Arabian Nights. SHAY
l-speare employs tia word tIieat, fourteen
times. and always Fin reference % h
standard ofanonee valpe. 9Tanoa at
-Athens.i rlisfeuad aentiaies. Hi tSec scoa-
I.eeardancs, Of Shakespeare, by AIanyoc
den Clarke. =; .S,so so,,ias.nad, 81, "a
This was il the Elizabeth, age glitter
satme.i But Since that time, these Words
.llitvs acquired Observation-Disclosures They
IleaS occupy importans ,Pnsi'iotisia in tue
English ,languagd,nin sconnes,ies.l switl'
the human ipssllect,,ni s,lapo,d baal sid
The distinction between talent and
GENTS may MT Be )" pafpabie as to DC
reAdis eif5as ~ easi Il 7,fiescrib
-esllsI Nevcrahnlesss tlrere is u ilreadq dis
Junction bctweea them. IS Genius isn oi
- The n strpnsLlIlw sip4osx 79qqu oqaI .sW !.
1T is warm and, Inspiring, Talent il
Of reason and understanding. It Il
practical, and passionless. The office
of GENTS is. to c cate, thodga it does noi
necessarily Keep together what it @pro-
dueesa Talent accommodates and is CAP
ways readydosapfanpriate whaiais finsls.
It is gmius that giyesalbe impufseI aud
ain and 4 II l uni I'll tie pathway sTs!sni
furnis hes the means of practical applica-
tim. ? Invention and creation are works
of genius Talent applies and accoliil
plishes. 1t gathers, shapes, and aeriI-
pleys Whit genius sfprges aaienas is
emotional while talent. Is intelleetpal. 7T
'rherc is no Intuition without genils, =
Without talent, tRefe'is no execution.
tseaiusis never wholly wrong, aid Il
often scptirely right lIlaientamaeean
panied by gsHiqs, isselloip rigbss and
very frequently ,wrongwolsd as4asb eao
Genius and talented properly blended
and liarnionizcd make the really great
mind. Hence the greatness Of Bacon,
of Goethe, of~iimmboidt. They were
gifted Eitlf geifilts and At the same time
iequisitiso.Ra Iaseyr proftedn byd the
knowledge they acquired from eihersi
and gave to the world the combpft
products of their own creations and
their Vast Requirements. Shakespeare
was a man Of, tfapscendart genius and
81 prdaigiods9 talent. III his mind, the
| Two co9e&isted IL perfectly balanced pro,
portions; and therefore, ifiiss. iinapprqach-
able and Speculative greatness, within
hiiiss particular sphere; tooms'up and tow
5ts above. all other men in the intelleci
| tual world, oficitller ancient q. modern
| IN, ,gui l'na aX9L1lfoy slhl q bsiaH PEI
Byron s,isbss.ed moore Sresafi in "a ge s9iiss,
though he had talent. Consequent.
II, the author Of ''Clille lIaroid's Phi.
sriihagc" idazzlcs,, While tie anthaf o.
FsEalla Roaklp' and l'"Irisll Melodies, :
Ba5ll flazzles, and instracts. Burns had
much genius, but little talent. 4 He was
omitted FOR anything except to write
Songs for the unetIqcated masses Of hi
countrymen and as song writer fol
tic MILTON lie 'becamc prcscminent----
The same remark, With some. lnodifcai
ton, may be applied to- Befalger, q
France. Berahgcr was q f}drns on q
large scale. AS a lyric poet, lie stand,
unriyalleL lie died IN 1857, at tht
age of " years. 49, Eor9 more thai, half halt
Century preceding his death, he yielded
An inHuence III France" through hi,
songs atone, which ministers, generals,
kings and cmpef"rs dfeaded.a He l,eIi
controlling sway over tho hearts q
the masses which was more powerful
diam any fimperialeditt. He was a gen
itsI only. Isei lived aid died pobr,, :
His death threw a paIl Of sorrow ove'
tle whole of France" His funeral wa!
perhaps attended by more persons III
Of whom we're sincere nournersAtTiar
ever before accomplished slie rcfnaitis o.
any mortal 10 the tomb. 92afo.a q go
Dantchad both genihs and, Talent
and hence his fame will &c as enduring
as that Of Homer aud Shakespeare 8 s
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