The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-03-17
EmERsoN's: NEW Boox.

EmERsoN's NEW BOOK.
Ralph Waldo Emerson has lust is.
sued new volume.of essays, entitled
Society and Solitude. )" W. make
few brisf extracts .
"Beyond its primary ends of the
conJugai, parental, and amioable rela-
tons, the household should cherish tho
beautiful arts and the sentiment Of
veneration.
"Whatever brings the dweller into a
noer hie' what educates, his eye, OF ear,
Or hand, whatever puriaes aud enlarges
him, may we'll find place there. Aud
YET lot him not think that ! property
in beautiful objects il necessary to his
apprehension Of them, and seek to turn
nus house into museum. IF BY love
and noblene's We take up into ourselves
tho beauty We admire, No shall spend
It again on all around us. The man,
the woman, needs not the embellish.
ment Of canvas and marble, whose
every act'is . subject for the sculptor,
aud to whose ego the gods and nymphs
never appear ancient; for they know
By heart the whole instinct Of majesty.
l do not undervalue the fine instruction
which statues and pictures give. But I
think the public museum in each town
will ono day relieve the private house
Of this charge Of owning aud exhibit
ing them"
~ wishto fin d in my own town a
library and museum which Is the prop.
erty Of the town, where can deposit
this precious treasure, where, I and my
children can see it from time to time,
and whore it has its proper place among
hundreds Of such donations from other
citizens who. have brought thither
Whatever articles they have judged to
b In their natuve rather a public than
= prlvate property.
"A collection Of tLis kind, the pro-
perty Of each town, would dignity the
town, and We should love aud respect
our ne,8hbors more. Obviously, it
would be easy for every town to dis
charge this truly municipal duty.
Every ono Of Us would gladly contribute
his share and: the more gladly, the
more considerable the institution had
become. Certainly, not aloof from thi,
homage to beauty, but in strict conneo'
ton Herewith, tho house will come t.
be esteemed = sanctuary. The Ian
guage ofa ruder ago has given to COM
mon law the maxim that every mau'l
house u his castle: the progress .
truth will make every house : shrine
viii not man ono day open his eye
and zee how dear he is to tho soul q
Nature-how near it il to him? Wi
he not see, through Ill he miscalls az
oldent, that Law prevails for ever an
ever that his private being is = pa,
Of it that its home is in his own u,
. sounded heart that his economy, b
, labor, his good and bad fortune, h
health and manners, are al ! curio,
and exact demonstration in miniatu1
Of tho Genius Of Eternal Providence
< When he perceives the Law, he ceas'
+ to despond. Whilst he sees 1t, eve,
a thought aud act Is raised, and becom
an.act Of religion. Does tie consecr
ton Of Sunday. confess tho desecrsti'
Q Of the entire week Does the oonsecr
g ton Of the church confess the protau
It ton Of the house ! Let US read the
!. cantation backward. Lot the m,
stand on his feet Lot religion oea
y to DO occasional; and the pulses
70 thoug hit that 60 to the borders OF t
y universe, let them proceed from t
D. bosom Of tho Household.
- "Thcse arc the consolatioas-the
- are the ends to which tho household
instituted and the rooftree stands.
these are sought, and in any good I
u: gree attained, can the State, can 90
meroe, can climate, can the labor
~ many for one, yield anything better,
'. half ~ good? Beside these aims,
- oiety is weak and the Stats an int
= sion. I think that the heroism vh
n. At this day would make on us the
=, pression Of r. sminoadas and Phoc
, must be that Of = domestic conquer
., He who shall bravely and eracefa
10 sabdue this Gorgon Of Convention {
% Fashion, and show men how to lead
or clean, handsome, aud heroic life a.
a, the beggarly elements Of our cities I
villages; whose shall teach me ho "
= eat my meat and take my repose, I
IN deal with men, without any shame
lowing, will restore the life of man
- splendor, and make his own. home d
" to al history"