New-York tribune., 1874-07-17


Ihearl m call
Run for your nie, Jake
Hun for your wile's sakel
Don, walt for me-
"And ths, all
Heard Of Tom Pynn.
Fyun Of Virginia
Or tho encpccr again. on the Mississippi VINO Wne"
the steamer caught ire, held "a he had sworn ne -
her bow against the bank till every soui save o N0
" Through the hot back breath Of the burniOs boat
Jim BuI-os was hcardi
AIa And ts Knew as he D'1 would nd keep his word
Aforc the smose.tacss fell.
And rhust weat up alone
la the smoke Of The Prsire Belle
He weren't no saint hut At Judgment
I2psss 2, 5oS of % ,@@s i. 'a .s isHIs si.%S'h S him
uGi ,een iis dny-a deai sure ihns-
And o' { there and ibeh
az, On 'unla man tia. ocl ior men,
~, nicb Gallant noon OF Colonel John Uly's-and he
has written many gallant and beautiful poems ndNe I've
Tut one demurrer; jim Bnis9 d1 not Iced
duty but more than IN duty IL qua y,v ar
TO which bound by no code or & NV Jgon
his Victoria Cross-as many cross Nc.oiit an 1tIeI
has been wou-ny volunteering for deeu 10 Wll'ci mPi
foo was bound by code contract military or nord
And il is OF tne essence OF fesacrhce ana 'nertolv
of heroism, that 1t should be voluntary; WoIh % ~, "
euDnreroraOn al least towards society ana hin an ~
TO which the hero or heroine IS not Douhd DJ uu''' o
which above though not aslln't auty ,,, ~ self
Nav on the strength of thdt same eleineht oi -,
rrHd friend Mr. DIrwn justly applies me poor
TMrVereu M eucV rC who once m mis- lie did which
above his duty who liyed IN c0nlnAal e,IOt " nm on
rcat baboon and yet when the brute ha sprung upon
ns friend the keeper and was arng GU ms lhoa.'
congnered lis by love. and at the risk OF ins%nt
| DEATH spraug III turn upon MS ure"ueH e"0n! " '
/ aud shrieke Till help arrived.
HeroisIn as the author regards it, does not consist
in courage, 1t is q misuse Of words 10 identfy the
! two qualities. probably due TO the anity of the
| French who jump at the cOncusiyl that because
every Frenchman is courageous every Frenchman
is a hero. The Canon allBdes to another misnOmer
which has crcpt in from the French press, and has
been adopted even by some writer's of good English.
We ele told, in speaking Of the events of war; that
the morale of the troops was excellent, or again,
that the morale of the troops had suffered or even
that they were somewhat demoralized. But the
facts expressed by these fine words had nothing to
30 with morals In the one case, the troops were
impelled simply by the animal passion of hope, in
the other simply by the animal passion of fear. This
abuse of the word the author alleges, is carried to
so great an extent in America, that of our hu-
rorsts described his emotions when some one had
been blazing away at him with a revolver by say
ing that he felt dreadfully demoralized.
An essential element of heroism, Mr. Kingsley
maintains, is simplicity. Whatever is affected,
boastful untrue destroys the heroic character of
deed On the other hand wherever you find per
fectly simple frank, unconscious character, you
have at least the germ Of heroic action Indeed the
author carries his passion for simplicity so far that
he denies the virtue Of herOsm TO deeds which are
| prompted by the hope of salvation III the future
world.
It's nober FAR to do the most commonplace duty in
to duty, simply because 1t must be done-nober far
say than to 10 out of your way to attempt a Drili"nt
| yourself not only" This win be brilliant
me- or set me OH into the bargain" Herosn knows
Unto the bargain" And therefore, again, must pro-
test against applying the word heroic 10 any deeds
however charitable, however tolsone however dangei
| GUS performed for the sake OF what certain ffehch
| soul in the world to come l do not mean TO judge.
other and quite unselish motives may be, and dodot-
pity and tenderness love for. and desire TO initiate,
lncarnatc ideal Of scisacrlhce who Is AT once
human and divine But that motive OF saving the soul
& &W1In Is 700 C The desire 70 escape pans and penal
ties hereafter by pains and penalties here tue balance
of pre,ent loss against future gan-what Is tins nut
selishness extended out of this world into eternity
| bitter truth, " but Other-woillliness
In the lecture on Science" delivered before the
Royal Institution Canon Kingsley strenuously COM
bats the objections that brought on theological
| grounds against the cultivation of physical re-
search 1t is an error 20 suppose that the scientific
| habit of mind tends to rreverence. On the con-
trary while science drives out blind fear OF the
unknown, its influence is to make men brave wise,
and independent and hence it is sure to incur the
| hostility Oh those VINO WISH 10 keep Hth cOMdluiS
ignorant and slavish. The charlatans of every age
who have set forth cruel fantastic interpretations
of nature inevitably hate those who search after a
true. exact, and hopeful one Science and supcrti-
tion will TO the worlds end remain uternecne foes
As an example of the effect of the scientific spirit
personal character the author refers to the justly
reyered Thomas Carlyle"
As far as know he has written any scientific
| subject. For auCht l am aware Of he may know
ynf
anatomy geology. For aught am aware OF. he may
know great deal about them all and. like wise mdu.
hold his aud give the world merely the results
IN the form OF general thought But this know: that
ms wrtng are instinct win the very spirit OF science
that he has taught men, than any yiug the
meaning and end OF science; that he has taught men
aud intellectual courage; to face facts boldly
while they confess the dVineness OF facts; not to be
AFRAID Nature and not to worship nature to believe
that man know truth; ana that oly III as far as
he knows truth can he live worthy on this
earth And thus lie has vindcated as no other man In
our DAYS has done, at the dignity OF Nature ana
the dignity OF spirit That he wOuld have made "a dis
tiuguished scientific man. We may be as certain from s
writings as We may De certaih When We sec Hhe Ou
horse of a certain stamp, that he would have made a
frst-clas. hunter, though he has been unfortunately all
nm, ue IN harness. Therefore, dd try TO train young
man OF science be true, deyOut aud earnest accurate
and daring should say-Read what You Will. but al
least read Carlyle. 1t Is a small matter 10 meLand
! doubt not TO hlm-whether you Will agree with his
are irrefragabIe; for they stand the "voluuatem
Del in rebus reveatam ON fact and common sense.
The contents of this volume, on the whole, though
genial and suggestive, will add little to the reputa-
tion of the author as literary aItst' lhey petIay
the influence Of wide and dscursive range Of read
Ing but are deficient in the fruits Of mature and
act scholarship. There is singular want of finish,
and often of tdignity in the style. that indicates
haste and carelessness III the composition. The
crudy of the statements in many cases, is no less
remarkable than the inelegance and infelcity of
tho expression We think that Canon Kingsley pre-
sumes too much on the ignorance or good nature of
his readers. He does not write like man who is