New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-09

for but has been ., ~ va znscsn
Church gOSeIS Rssns . on sn cf Casee
SSnS sa s tes Of truth e.
fundamentally the Semitic race nae so,eht refuge In
1:issS q na M only the
embodiment Of pagan The aspect Of the world ana
SsSt t be oss Who faith IN the Thsy
nature Of at th senia S OF an active ProydepSe
what "a sty led ~ N tnf Though IL may be
who believe ma amabe involves the seeds OF anarchy 'e
prospect ls run az in the mind OF nations has been oc
sdned nv two by the powenr,S
on the divinity Of the semitic dscoScres Of science which
sno, atily supposed be inconsistent with our ions
Seecyed convictions as to the relations between '"'
One Of the consequences OF the Divine Government
% ,ps world which has ordained that the sacred pur-
noses Should he effected by the fundamentally o.
human races must be occasionally 1ealous Isnt
with the revelation intrusted to particular family hms
there is no reason to believe that the entonic rebeSn
Of century against the Divine Truths ,haD the
semites will ultimately meet with more success ina ano
Celtic insurrection OF the recedng ages ot nave pec
sustained by the highest intellectual gllts tl h
nature has ever display but when the tumut sunsaes
the Diyne truths are found to not less prevalent ha
before and simply because they are DIVINE MAI pIlks
10 the study of the oraces more learning and more c
csn than OF yore and it is well that should ne So
The documents will yet bear greater amount nnaS
erudton and examination than they nave recelVeS
but the word OF God is eternal, and viii survive the
spheres .,o ,iscovo,,es ~ science and
the uneasy feeling that they cannot cOexist with our Ola
religions convictions have their origin IN the eicnn
stance that the general body who have suddenly peSoc
conscious " these physical truths are not So wen ac
quainted is desirable with the past history Oh man
Asonished by their unprepared emergenee from lgno
rance 10 certain degree Of information their amazed III
tegence takes refuge in the theory OF what cOnve
nently allied progress, and every step in scientific DIS
covery seems further them from the path OF
primeval Inspiration But there Is no faaey 80 fagrant
ms TO suppose that the modern have the peculiar
privilege OF scientific discovery that they are dstin
uised the epochs of the most instrious INV
simultaneously with the revelation Of spiritual truths;
and more the greatest discoveries are not those OF mod
ern ages No one for moment pretend that
printing is 40 great discovery writing algebra as
language. What are the most brilliant OF our
chemical discoveries compared with the invention
of fire and the metalsi Ii is a vulgar belief that
our Astronomical knowledge dates only from the re
imprisoned Galileo; but Hpparchus, who lived before
the Divine Teacher OF Gaee and who among other SUD
lime achievements discovered the procession of the
equinoxes ranks with the Newtons and the Keplers
and COpernicus, the modern father OF our ceestiai
science avows himself in his famous work. only the
champion OF Pythagoras whose system he enforces ana
illustrates. Even the most modsh schemes OF he uay on
the origin of things, which captyate as much by Their
novelty as their TRUTH may ind their precursors in
ancient sages and, after careful anay sis OF te pcueu
elements Of imagination and Induction which character
ze the new theories they will be found 10 rest mainly on
the atom Of EpcuTus and the nonad OF lhaes Scenihc
like spiritual truth has ever from the beginning been
descending from Heaven 10 man. He is a being who
organcay demands direct relations with his Creator,
and he would not have been organized II his require
meDts could be satisfied We may analyze the sun and
penetrate the stars but man Is that he - MADE
in Gods own image and IN ms perpeMy he VIII e'er
>" had been in Parliament seven years when this
Trogy was published and during that period had not
written anything; but IN 1884, the year entered the
House OF Commons, had published two works, Henri,
eta Temple aud 'Nenetia. These are not pohucai
works but they would commemorate feelings more en-
during than public passions and hey were written with
care, aud some delight They were inscribed 10 TWO
friends the best had, and not the least gifted
One the nimable D'Orsay the most accomplished
and the most engaging character that has Inquired III ths
century who with the form aud universal genius of an
Alcbiades, combined brilliant wit and heart OF quick
affection and who, placed IN pubic positon wonu
have displayed courage, judgment, ana coininahu
ing intelligence which would have ranked him with the
leaders of mankind The other who had enjoyed
that public opportunity which had been denied 10 COme
the versatile ability aud the masculine eloquence OF
Lord Iyndhurst but his intimats were only acquainted
with the tenderness of his disposition, the sweetness OF
his temper his ripe scholarship ana the payfuineSs Oh
his bright aud airy spirit.
1887 l accompanied Lord Lyndhurst TO kensington
Palace, when. the accession OF the Queen NE peers
and pryy councillors and chief personages OF the realm
pledged their fe;lty 10 their new sovereign He was
greatly affected by the unusual scene--a youthful
mem , ad atmri dint~ He gave me- as we drove
home animated picture of what had occurred in the
Presence Chamber, marked by all that penetrating OBJ
sinsaisHed bun Eight Years afterward With my mem
DRY stili under the Influence Of his effective narrative
TesTrsd 70 for s its sstos sce%qacy
life, literature concerned between the pub
LEGATION Of 'Henrieta Temple aud ,Veneta, and my
earlier works. In 1882 had published Contarini Fiem
! ing and Alroy' mad then returned from two years
Of travel in the Mediterranean regions and published
revolution. Ii almost stborD, and having written
il with deep thought and feeling, was naturally dis
couIaged from further effort Yet the youthful writer
who may, like inclined to despair may learn also
my example not 10 he recpitate in his resolves
Gradually 'COntarini Fleming found sympathizing
readers Goethe and BeckOrd were imeied 10 conlnun
cate their unsolicited opinions OF this work to its anony
nous author. and l have seen criticism on II 10y
Henc, of which any writer may be justly proud. Yet all
this does not prevent me from being conscious that II
would have been better il subject essentially
psychological had been treated at more mature period
OF life.
81 had commenced ArOy the year after my first pub
catOn and had thrown the manuscript aside. Being al
Jerusalem the year 1881, and visiting the Evolutionary
the kings thoughts required 10 the ell
which had attracted my boyhood and shortly
after finished work which began the year alter
wrote Vivian Grey.
What my opinion OF that my first work written
in 1926, shown by my publishing my second anony
n0usy Books written by boys which pretend TO give
picture OF and TO deal in knowledge Of human
nature must he affected They be, at the best, but
the results OF Imagination acting knowledge not ac
duired by experience OF such circumstances exaggera
ton a necessary consequence, and false taste
panes exlggeraOn Nor is necessary 20 remark that
a total want must be observed i'll such pages, for
that is a failing incident 10 all first riOrts Vivian
Grey is essentially puerile work, but 1t has bafied
efforts of its creator To suppress it. Its fate has
been strange and not the least remarkable thing is
that "A years after its first publication / must ASK the
indulgence OF its reader Tor It's continued and inevitable
temperance" ID.
| Ifnlbeudeu Manor October, 1870.