New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-20

,rh and ma, excels himself This Thought grow ~ .n
ho 81 salvation ripened into definite shape. LIE
the idea of the TRANSPORTATION ho nsnIrcd with
op s Do enthusiasm which Jesus and some OF ms
disciples felt Peter ~ nc sc northern MOUNTAINS
% idea occurred to Peter, who was matteroi het i
that the best lSr as he knew always Mess
mic manner among the Hebrew people Will su poit ter
status was %0st s wond rouse the patriots cap
20 tie attention and confidence OF the masses Jesus
.tcd loudly and emphacay against this appeal 10
m nIe Bnt the word spoken, the spark had
heen THROWN en- combustbles and against his VIII Win
osf certain death before his eyes the son OF man was
tined The Messiah among his disciples and follow
err The scheme was ingenious but eminehty lnprac-
ticable D.. ,,,o :, t,,.,o.or,, ,,o,,
would move swiftly toward jerusalem appear suddenly
and accomplish coup dttdt that would change tle lace
mighty signal to iname the enthusiasm OF the masses 10
support the master, surpsSe and conound the priests
and the Roman Officers take possession OF tne pre-
vice close IL altogether and regenerate e whoe gov
surprse. The scheme splendidy carried out; inc
master proclaimed the Messiah and riding on an ass
az Jewish superstition wanted the Messiah 10 come ne
was led I'm triumph the city and TO the temple the dis
cples shouted h0sannah, waved their PAIN branches,
and poured forth an the enthusiasm OF their souls But
the thing wouldn't work. The masses were indifferent,
ccpted the situation and did to stay in the
city over night He knew that his lofty project had
failed, and that he must die lie had as IL we payeu
few days. Giving him scarcely time enough to eNpound
his scheme OH sayation. the Rmans captgred and crl
Gifted him thousands Oi jews were cruclh'd III loSe
days BY the same Plate.
wOMAN's CULTURE.
The Rev. w. T. Clarke delivered lecture
on the Cultivation OF Woman" last evening, at Unity
Chapel on Observation-Disclosures strong,
hearty body said he is the basis Of al high atanLcEt
usefulness and influence in man and woman. Next in
importance is that practical knowledge and skin that tit
MS to adapt means TO ends aud to live successfully in
4. a. ~
has been sadly neglected Of late years rs something well
suited for servants and people but utterly I'M
ladylike and unredncd On this account we have fallen
into impractical way OF living; our young hces arc
single NE where the choice is % small y often prefer
able. The practical points should undoubtedly Dc cnu
waited before the hnrr Rraccs are Attended o. ana nov
oo ~ rons'der The Oh Testament which covers
HE actions II hundreds Of year.. mentions but eighteen
women. and Jczebel, kahab and the Wltch 81 Endof
mentions about twenty women; but neither refers
to a single woman who was celebrated Tor wisdom or
cutyation Oriental history is the in this respect
and Greece furnishes but thrc0 typical CLaracieS-As-
pasta the couTesan Sappho the poet, ana NntllI" he
scod Roman annals mention a few noble matiOr-, ana
two or threc of remarkable purity and pcl; Dut
Cleopatra and Zenobia are the only women Temat Aanc
songht more TO develop spirit Of devotion and charity
than to cultivate the mind, and her wonanhood dos
in the nun ahd sister OF chtfIS. ~ ~ 10 NOn,'
that the better half Of mankind mas produced 10 %UthS
culture has been denied her. One hundred ana my
wears ago Massachusetts school committee refused To
later teacher in Plymouth County discharged for
heads were Too weak to the strain Of ,hemacs
Can wonder that woman has been buch a cyphcr, |
when men were such vulgar fractions 49,
The notion OF woman's mental inicrority 20 man stu
haunts the Imagination Of many, and u Is triumpAanty
spcare OF Raphael - But what man has equaled lio-
mer Where is the second Hamlet OF Macbeth Mas,
woman has produced none where man has produced 80
few the excuse can be found IN the Oh ner
lot without mpugning her intelligence men nave mo |
nopoized all the means avenues and ahto colleges
pTessiops and public Offices are at their commando IL
only In poetry that Por;la sits the bench Womaus
history Is her cXOueratOu yet WITHIN ne ltW year hCe
the hard grip OF circumstances has began 70 loosen
how many beautiful and noble works has she per- |
fonnd uhrosopber who read Lectures 10 tie schools
II Was krs. Carter the friend ana mspHcr OF
Johnson who made the hest translation OF iCtitus
il Was Miss Austin who lifted English fiction Of the
us ~ modern notions is that NJ finishing educa
ton TIE speaker here commented very severely upon
boarding hOOls aud Soulnarles, saying tlat Lc Woc
idea a. EDUCATION vas TO varns and that They gradu
Ted every wear a class OF couCeed smattercrs, the sum
whose culture consisted IN knowing now 70 nlSfo-
nounce few French and Italian words, ana To gable
aiont sore ~ filings they could not comprehend.
What woman wants, he said Is thorough intellectual
discipline In school aud OF IT, and advantage OF
having men and women educated together IS that =
gives tho thOrOughness and TO the oher the nc
ness which con titute the beauty and power Of culture
But woman can ret high and fine culture out Of school II
she will he earnest and set herself about IN tho rehc
way Tbe culture OF the schools Is al prepare
ton for 4 larger culture Of the life life itself Is but
an academic course and discipline for eternity.
II does not follow tata woman should write books and
make speeches because she cultyatci that she
should culture for these etn-ic ends III Is an emu
In and OF itself 10 be a truly cultivated woman IS
thousand times better than 70 one, 70 Ill news
papers with mping rhymes and halls with the echoes or
meannrleSs gable There ase hooks enough, unless
they are better but the New World wants, never be
fore noble type Of woman, with faculties disciplined,
with mind enriched with knowledge with trained juds
Ineut with taste fancy and Imagination to act the part
Of cultivated womaBhood, and 10 eKbale tho fragrance
Of her spirit throughout all the world