New-York tribune., 1872-07-13
COMMENCEMENT SEASON.
EMERSON AT AMHERST.

g.. o,oers we're chosen for the ensuing year President
Rev DR. H. NJ storrs, Class OF 49, Brooklyn; Vice-Presi-
dents Judge O. T. Lord, &c. of Salem, Judge Williams,
a. Pittshurgh Penn Rev. Mr. Edwards Al, andnRev ],
o. Peck, ca, Springfield, Mass
class Of ifty-slx has applied for admission, but
account Of the high standard, only admitted
without condition There will probably about sew
entynve at the second examination and large class
will enter Another indication the common sense OF
Amherst management s the altered dress of the Ten-
NAL Catalogue. Heretofore 1t has been decked out In
stately Latin, but this issue cones in a plain Englsn
dress.
very select audience assembled in College Hail tnis
afternoon to listen TO Mr. Emerson This gentleman mas
very large circle of admirers this little town. and no
one was absent that could possibly be present In MS
manners he was Emerson, and tlat is all that can De
said His address quite brief owing to the darkness
of a coming shower. Mr. Emerson had large mass Oh
papers before him. and he seemed 10 take up page aer
page quite random, turning tie leaves backward OF
forward as the fancy seized him. Inasmuch as II was
delivered to the Social Union-a student organization
he developed the ambition OF everY student-Greatness
Mr.. Emerson spoke substantially az follows:
MR.. EMERsoN's ADDRESS.
GENTLEMEN OF THE SOCIAL UNION There is prize
which we are all aiming for The more power ara goou
ness we we have, much the more energy b'ery hu-
man being has a right to it, and in ia pursuit 40 man
stands In anothers way There area many degrees OF
skill as there are individuals and every one by success IN
his pursuits hinders not but helps hs fellow success
is yariously termed might call 1t character; might
call it completeness prefer TO cal it greatness the
fulnllment of natural tendency in each master I'll a
fruitful study that Of the humanite Gifts OF the In
tellect and sentiments Of the moral nature nave the
preference This Is the wothest hisory OF the Woru
Not the soldier not the governor not the strong hand
represents the highest force OF MANKIND but WIS
dom, ciyility, laws. letters, and The arts we
call these the humanites. No man stands unrelated
We admire eminent not for themselves but for their
relations mankind. The intellect and the moral sent
ments the ultimate analysis are MOTTO be separated
There many that say thought rules the world
Who can doubt the potency Of an individual DindI tls
this that fires the ambition OF every man. IL gives NOR
al character. We count the worlds great masters
Aaric, Mahomet Mirabeau, Napoleon and even Henry
VIII. From these examples, am bound to say that 10
way has been found TO make herosm easy. The key
note Of the true greatness and greatness comes
from energy. This belongs TO us all, TO which we are
sometimes fahess but of which we never quite despair
We hope TO make IL monitor through the eternies
only the best anecdotes OF mind that we wish 10
hear know that men of character think they must
need go to Africa Rome, China We hayeearned that
the college, the parlor, and the eountmgr0om demand
as much true courage as the the camp. IL is very
certain that I'VE not nor should be contented by
any glory have reached Every mind comes one uay
TO be superfuous We outgrow the minds that once
regarded as cur teachers How we become sick Of
the paythngs of the nursery May not the time come
when the poetry of Homer and Milton VIII seem IKE the
sound of panl The praise give 10 the true hero
we shall unsay. The very word greatness provokes
feeling Of hostility Is there not %
the old way and the new way OF the road TO the stars
self-respect Is one To homely illustration We are
at once drawn to that man in a tavern that main
ains his opinions In the face OF all the Dyanders
We honor his selfrespec The common aDorer refuses
money for saving your life, and makes himseI your
equal by the act and asserts his selfrespeet what
blttersweet sensation have after pouring out our
praises to one 10 nd him quite Indifferent TO our good
Opinion. One sometimes meets a gentleman wbo II
good manners had not existed, would have invented
them, showing what man originally owes to man Sell,
respect then the following OF an inward leader and
is one OF the main elements OF greatness. There are
functions OF supplementary to the bent OF lndl
yiduals Thus for geology there will be born for
eye viewing mountains aud marking the dineIences
OF strata. Such will have desire for chemistry,
for natural fishes and tor plants Men OF the
present lind stimulus through the wonders laid open by
i'm the sun aud distant planets in the earth Again,
boy longs for the sea- another for foreign lands an
but his genius turns in that line to his pursuit.
The GENERA OF GENIUS
There s the poet orator the schoomaster the col
lege man. the physician, and the jurst 1t is singular
10 see tine adaptations OF men TO the world and every
part Of it, / remember that Sir Humphry Davy said:
"My best discovery Michael Farraday' In lsis 1
had the pleasure of listening to Farraday lecture da
magnetism cross-ma gnetsm. He showed the force,
by experiment with several gases, that when ordinary
from to west Further experiments led hn to say
that chemical substance had its own polarity Is
not there a similar attribute in the soul Tie mind
OF man differs from any other mind
as it opens. There is teaching from Nature leading
him in a path which signalzes bm, and mates him
more important to society We call this his bbs. No
one will ever accomplish anything commanding unless
he listens this sOcaed bias III his mind. Eyey ind
yidual has prOprium. SwedenbOrg calls II IssslOn
The individual must obey this as 1t becomes devdOped
only he develops this does he gain true power In
the world. IL is his magnetic needle that lead him
through the world In morals, this is called conscience
called talent rememSer a critic at a cole e com
mencement care mOre Tor how much of the boz was
manifested in each speaker than for any other qIay
lie looked for the proprium Of each This self is Dften
overlooked. Let ten men be set to keeping
jUurnaR and nine men forget their EXPERIENCES
III describing the experiences OF others. Others fd TO
mark the self in Others. Young people especially soud
not leave out the one thug discourse would ss; !
nave observed that III all the public speakers ther is
desire 10 please rather than speak their self eonydl0n
greatness III the Intellectual powers, that malkind
10 speak through his lips he accomplshes hs true
mission There is certain transformation to
thus speaking. When tie true speaker appears they,
the orators, and who wish to be, simulate him shall
-. 49,. wbat is this sefrespecti This would inyllve a
ts5,cI ipt5 Tie highest problems needs IL the
arIuory % in0;..@a. 6~a ;anst wait sedulousy every
morning the thonght the spirit Will gYs hlp; Anu
tue ought never TO be az loss in respect To bis
dtep religious CONVICTIONS This is the practical peicep-
Oll OF tie delty We do not pretend TO any I'VE
ia N SAYS the Quaker, but If at any time wish 10 per
form and something interposes, let lie IL
it, dOn'J pa aay | Yield To this deep feeling II my
nature III you ask the nature OF this / cannot
describe IL. IL simple TO be described. II is Ike
grain of mustard Seed yet the opposition VI all malklnd
could not sever me from its leall nor the colse Oh
all mankind confirm 1t. Respect Is the bias OF the nd
scholar and the atoms OF which his world Is make oar
opportunities. Let the scholar his selfresped to
what more clear aud incompatible than the mdniht
stars. There are men with catholic genius who dnw
the extremes of society that the very dogs believe In
them. 1t i, another element of greatness We have lad
such examples this country. In politics. Clay, Mb
ster and In the pulpit Father Taylor. Voltare vas
such a man, reaching every extreme OF sOcey.
In England, Fox; III Scotland, Robert Burns. An(
have some conviction that this be justified wbn
there is great mperfection OF character Perhaps he
Old 1rOuyere poet was n git-
II II. have heari, and deemed the witness true
What delights in, God delights in too"
ENERsoNIAN SENTENCES.
Abraham Lincoln was remarkable example of a
who reached both extremes OF society. His heart vas
rs great as the world, but there in to
harlor the memory OF wrorg. Every sensible
drops out Of his variations every allusbn 10
himself. He is content with putting his theme