New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-11

lint live forever and man knows whence they o"he
M ,be censorious spirit which has Justly been charged
upon CARLYLE which gives bitter pungeney 10 80
many passages in his writings, the reviewer remarks
that at nrst it comparatively latent because IL "S
directed mainly upon himself
Ills morllizings turned inwards and not outwards
Through al his earlier essays are scattered lhs, aN
unfairly uttered, respecting the limits whon ' 9Th
sets against the desires OF man. and the resignation Win
which It is tit that should acquiesce IN these ts
Doubtless ne had met with sorrow We. ne me bb mo
had been disappointed lie is neither cOiu-no9ueu III
alis nor is he Stole. lie has been called ana NOT
altogether unry, the typical antagonist OF Byron pu
he - 80 typical an antagonist pIeclscY pecIuso y
for happiness which Byron felt like Byron he lJ3ess
in the beauty and delight OF external tihs rSrf Nh
which often wasted and missed by US Bn5 Mr.
CARLYLE feels this longing, this delight only 20 fepH'oe
It 10 repudate II as principle OF NE ict &c
ne does the intensity and immeasuraDleuess Vi no
thing which ne repudates, he cannot nc cohtot WIZ.
ont something infinite ana mmeasuraDe on tnc otier
an infinite and sure peace 10 against the nhnte
but uncertain happiness which Is what Nature gives US
AS long as he was consciously IN search OF TINS nIst
prucipe OF emotion and action so long We're MS ut.e
ances guarded and moderate But at last ne Deenea
himself to have found what ne sought Tue passaEO III
which he ilnpars this discovery Is contained III inc cn
ter in "saItOr Resarlus," entitled "Ihe EVefiasuns
There is in higher than Love or Haphness e ng
do without Happiness and instead 6 tas1eo1 ri a.
Bessedness! Love not Pleasure; l9Ne ooI a. iod
tho Everlasting YEA wherein all contradiction Is soiXgu
wherein whose walks aud works, 1t Is wen WIN I mn ~
Most true 1t is, as wise man leaches uS ,c On
any sort cannot be removed except 10y AcllOh. -, "
which ground, too, let him who eropes palhlny IN daa
or uncertain hght ana lFgs @ nlI 70
dawn may rpen into day, lay this other pIettP ~
heart which TO me was of nyaqaoe sefScc 10 70 he
Duty which lies nearest thee WIliC1 tiou ~ ~
"A Dutvi Thy second Duty VIII have already pc
come clearer NAY we nC1 sI is even this:
love OF Spiritual Enliahchi ~, Is 49, ,.,r'
when yOur Ideal World, wherein the Wnoie man
has dimly struggling ana XressOly Idnsusnl"b
to work becomes revealed. aud thrown open.
The Situation that has not It's Duty, s IDEAL was never
vet occupied By man. Yes, here in this poor, nlsene,
hammered despicable Actual, wherein thou even now
standest here nowhere, is thy Ideal; Work II OUT
therefrOIn and working, believe, liVe ne rec -,
But il Il with mans Soul as il was with Nature; the
beginning OF Creation IS Light"
This the central passage IN MI CaIyies WLllh6s,
as indeed sartor Resartus" j. the central work to It
everything which prccedes cOnNerges; from every
thing which succeeds divorces AIlc WtIhS lAIsi nc
felt himself enabled TO crticsc men and events Freely
with regard to Caryles doctrine of hero-worship the
writer argues, that although it is set forth as the
worthy outcome aud perfect 1owerof the meditations OF
a lifetime, it cannot be accepted without many Imi-
tations 1t resembles torso, wrought indeed by the
hand Of genius, and bearing the mark Of esel that
struck fire from the stone in It's working, bat rode, mis-
shapen, manned, deforned.
be inculcated from that which Mr. Carlyle inculeltes
Men have to be taught 10 turn aside from pau5lDe
unity OF purpose which Is common enough anu 70
contemplate instead the compleXity and variety OF
interests which I'LL land like ours. ana OF which only
small part can be thoroughly known by the most com
prehensiye, earnest, and industrious inquirer HOW
easy is 1t be ignorant! How easy 10 be unjust from
pure ignorance without touch OF maevoence! Let US
study what exfss with all faculties Of our under
Standing and do what little We TO amend tins is
the most heroic thing that we can 40 Tor our
ming SF ff5 hero IA anu5nsf ii,g ineyit55-
ee ed he hat we should get hero of mere physical
force who would compel whether he had or had not
intelligence 10 judge that compulsion was benencl9l
such man is not great man. great mind must alb
STAN from action In matters which 1t has not scent,
cy proved and got hold OF from the root ana cn Oh
such abstinence required even OF the strongest intel
lects Wise government comes irst strong government
only second However lnuch u Is Ii9e iIat WIS., 5O
ernOr may sometimes have 20 compel ms people 70 o6ey
him. it yet indispensable that we should DC sasne9
that the governor wise before we can approve on sue
compulsOn This prodgous step, that We must ne SAT
isfed that We have a man at our mead Wh9m We can
trust on all points even against our OWu lL
Carlyle takes as mere nothing According 10 Homer
the god Neptune crossed the sean sea at three strides
but If poor mortas attempted TO DO the same, we
should assuredly get drowned
Nj Carlyle's somber views with regard to the actual
condition Of modern civilization made the subject Of
some impressive comments
What has surprised most people in Mr.. Caryc's later
career is not simply that he has advocated this doctrine
but that no has advocated IL with such 1anatical ana
almost terrifying Intensity He declares that We walk.
in nightmare wilderness, wreck OF dead mems
bones a false world" Why weask. Evils enough and
10 snare there are i'm the world around us but
better state of things when the Black Death swept
away half the population OF Englandf or Wien
William the COnquerOr lard with fire and sword
all England north OF the Humberf We shall not think
without very much reason than Mr. Carlyle, OF any
deep moral blindness in the age to which Mr. Carlyle
refers seek in vain through his writings forhat light
which alone can reveal, ana by revealing dspel, the
darkness. But persuasion our strong persuasion s
that this desDOndency lies in Mr.. Caryles nature
alone Far are We from accusing him OF personal van
lty; IL is not against such that such accusation
can be brought But he suffers, think from not hav-
a Utopia, before hls eyes, which has never been
brought into actuay To speak the plain truth he has
wished himself TO be the hero of this modern age not
we repeat vanity but because he has felt in himself
somewhat OF the power TO be sOsOmewha but not the
whole requisite power. The amOrphic vast gganesque
productions of his later years have resulted from the
strain bring out that which yet he unable TO bring
out The discOrdant elements have been too much for
power OF combination; he has let Slip one thread
another thread OF the intricate sken that needs
raveing; and in sheer despair he has turned his
ewes to the s0ord which, if 1t cannot sOve cut the
knot. In this despair do not join and, indeed, we
deem IL unworthy TO Join in it, for any who has not
been worn with delayed and frustrated hope In such
an one only lament It, and think II mistaken.
In the conclusion Of the article the writer briefly
up the leading traits in the character of Mr. Carlyle fully
recognizing his genius while he IS not blind to his de-
fects With all his antagonsm to his age, Carlyle is rep
resented as being arrogant self-complaeent
he admire and reverence Though he appears one
sided he is singularly manysded. But his desire for in
csveness leads him lose sight Of the aspects Of TRUTH
which he is not dealing with for the moment. He has
been regarded as the admrer Of mere physical force,
while he is the most spiritual Of historians While pene-
trated to bis nmost heart with sympathy for the poor,
he has been mistaken and without fault on his
part for an advocate Of their oppression No
resoutely to the reality Of things, through all its walls
and wrappngs though he fails in deducing from facts
practical synthesis for action