New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-11

ont fathers and mothers no educated that they could
o qYis rs the book to read This book has done 40
much me II mas given nat me this Bposs that
.n have Mr. Emerson In conversational way tell them
more 1oSn Aivord President Of the Freedmans Bank
NJ, nreseDt. very happily said that they all
! who va ns,rur,v1 by looking at Mr. Emcrsons face
very ipslnq MIN think they needed to look at linn to
! anu now 10 think The remark secured verdict OF
| Learn smiles, and Mr. Emerson resumed
| L,npoN -noswEIL's JonNsoN-IBE ELIzABETIAN ERA.
,rust that every man has his own ways as say and
hans no method or matter would become another;
I'd always the instruction, the hint is given to the
upc mind from its desires. It is urged in single
ERECTION and that is the direction it is to take. 1t
fisht An things aTe pf 6prd IN one direc
ton; NIL things are uEGrSe I'M tne QUIZ "I
Irronld charm lis a-charm every good mind. should
e every Young maj "Gbbon's History OF the
give r 10 ycad as an education ia itself No one
cod II without seeing that Gibbon WAS the best read
@ Of Englanl In his tmc and that, therefore, few
mI i ~ , i "ccomrishcd SO much He was q perfect
49, Tr, bmsclf man of brilliant mind not man OF
vi ,nordlc-at least skep'cal man, and man OF the
n,5 oIso mt his moral sentiment was always erect
w. stjce and truth: vet not man OF quite pure mind
ne T canal 70 his intellectual STILL Gibbons History
of Rome +" cannot he omitted b{ any ,hltlllSeht young
man who wishes to have, in English the best history OF
II he wants. however mSralist; II he wants noble
sol cvcrv way Instructive, he SHOULD read the Life OF
TI on EosyyClVs Life Of Johnson is excellent
I 20 read: one Of the most entertaining, of the
History of tho brightest men III England at time of
brill IL,
@ and G"dsinith we're on the stage together. aud
c con meeting in conversation; should think
ont Of the line OF difficult study; for it should
an entertainment TO him, and n9lhnG more: No wise
cv are little bible OF earthly wisdom. They fun
of sense and truth. If he Is lea to me Lie OF Lord
P,,r Lo thereby becomes acquainted with the most
imnortaut period in English history; the time when
the two greatest lights Of EuEGna at mat period and
Gshafcspearc-vorc surrounded o. able men; the time
OF Elizabeth and Of James ne tne OF the treat con-
! ftyt,I 1qpfri
Was Snh ~ The creek ago when PeIiccs was sur
S' I ne great artists the great poets the great
historians and phi osopheIH Of Greece These arc The two
rcmariahe periods OF intellectual hGht-the time Of
! Eilabt IN and the time OF Pcriclcs.
| suAkEsPEARE THE ONE BOOK OF THE WORLD
No one can speak of books however, without saying
70 you what you already know. that of all books de-
pending purely upon their intrinsic excellence Shakes
pearc the book Of the world leave ont of course
the religious books, which depend directly upon the
of mankind addressed according 10 the opln
ion and sentiment of EACH according to his education in
Heaven has provided each nation with rs own religious
instruction. We have had, in Ia. the grandcst revcla-
II very curious that these Asatc minds seem,
than any other portion OF me world TO have hda me re-
leious inspirations not only III cur gospels ana III our
Jewish histories, but the Hndoos have also the
with certain happiness TO those OF our own,
winch We also owe TO Asia SO the Chinese
happy trace almost identical inspirations with those
which we have received from Judea. For instance tho
have others do TO thyscn," Is 600 years before
the coming of Christ. as given us by the Confuci2ls
for moral revelation; and IL is given III these command
ing forms TO the different nations there. ours, when
We owe directly to the Jewish nation, we esteem the
1tfp1 - n bolirvT in The nniversali;y of rli-
gous TRUTH find that is framed in similar and almost
| IN the same language IN distant nations, o,-
But out of the circle of egious books set Shakespeare
| as the unparalleled mind No nation has produced
anything like his equal There IA no quality III the ,
mind is class of topics, there Is no REGION
OF thou ght IN which he has not scared or descended
| and none in which he has not said the commando &
thcr own advancement in thought, by the genius OF
Shakespeare The greatest mind valnes re
| esteem hun We dnd with wonder that he wa,
not SpPIeSi'e S1 a m ecompSrry To cd BIN
nv instice stil, his f0me and the influence OF l'
e." rp1ItJlnity 10 compare Lin with other poets
and writer's his superiority has been felt, ana never 50
h h' Sde ~ urea for divinity, ana fo
| EpnuxD nUnKE-GoETHE.
Burke is auth"r mat no young man. certainly In the
law live without For tho nobility of his sentiment
for the truth, honor, and iu5.ce of the man; fcI
| his great powers, for his fine perceptions !
should think IT would be the pride OF
ali the Young men studying law, that they
had a master commanding ana so DcaunI as BUR-
always before them. His character was as pure as his
mind. There is period IN the education OF every young
man literally educated when BHrkc Is Ms master. li-
py is that young man. l have found such yonng men
time when Burke seemed their only guide il
is commonly ab9ut the time n, OF eavinE college
a
writer They read all his speeches They read his
letters You will find him again in BoswelPs Lie of
johnson, The Regcide Peace, all the Letters on the
French Revolution, his speeches on the American ques-
ton all his writings his letters u the noble lords, every
OF his papers deserving of your reading IN teach
ing you to form sour style. The Essay On the sublime
aud the Beautiful Lad once certain at laction which 1t
las not now. 1t Is not superior aud would not com
If any Of you have taste in letters you must take the
German Goethe, whose books almost all trans
lated into English Since Shakespeare there has been
no mind equal compass 10 his. There is the
He has the largest range OF thought The most catholic
mind; person who has spoken III every science ana dS
added 70 the scientific lore Of other students ana WI" rem
TcScnts better tan any other Individual the progressive
mind OF the present age lie Is le oracle OF an tc 'd
iDg Students IN every nation at this me-Goehe, who
died in 1852 You want pleasant int oduciGL t. him,
tsGe the book or ms Conversations WIN EekInilh.
Pfof Eckcrmann lived H. MS house for time aid just as
Bowel ont J,hnsOn's conversation. Eckernann
eVe out the c0nvcr"n OF Goethe Inat DOCK Is very
Srtaining tLd lust"uc i've one Opinions upon every
SooI question AZ there II You want his more Serious
GoetSl should Faust" Faust Is the book by winch
lie h Is best RLOwn. IL il one OF the most dsagrecd-
sl,o''" that l read. While consider Shake
is To cs nanict grta ANA noble work, Goethe Faust
| win - very painful work. And yet that stands
the generally mis- leading work 1t represents
Zoe, not fcppr' ahd ina T. what he AIMED a. put 1t
every ACE ~ tht The Eternal Mind, alone Of value III
Poetry and Tc - very painful book The History Of
The lenoirs Of IN Is tle htIno by which Goethe calls
III general and n' o"r life. Then there his poems
sht IL Was stpis 80 writings on art on society, on
progro3 aad tie FOX upon optics contains history Of
VIAL !" that science ar nr lhage Newton; and ms
book WHEEL !: not EEaa,iosGp,y in ihat direction. A
Is his sentences-SfIceo ia W Ensish, | believe
Gr1on PSS4ipe Tor They are nmrncu1tey Ft
Iny .dlted together The Hours iiens 9hlers work
wrote whole essays, but also 81 Goethe
naxims and ruiz These now Sai Gedqudsnce OF
thai ttlnk Is one o. the most important ife in book
beheVc that mere of his are in ' R we POSSESS
yr 20 Ut y0n can always find access t to sh every
I'ahan travels" Is another important book vten The
| The time for closing had now arrived "a ,
teachers and students had engagementst to attend 'ne
and Mr. Emerson brought his remarks abrn,,., ioh'