, 1874-12-13

that this world was one in vh;c,a
laws which obtained even .mona fsp,eus
'aoae Of the "atrussle Tor s.;:a ~ea wsso
and OF the "aurvival Of tia '..sssnee a. ee
Is OF those Who by any means, by boas sea'"-
cfook, rs the phrase Is, succeed in 49, BY
themselves OF the larger amount Of srts::stalng
BY mere brute force or cunning, s'eacs
The Pope and Carlyle are not fonna
on many points; but on this. that H. H. ssfeeins
world is all wrong, they are eptirs'- Modem
carlyle would say Of Humanity wh.. be- h,..; eae;
Of England, that Its genius no longe, .o,.s @ t'a
ward like an eagle, through the at,ra' san'
ne"1ng. her mighty youth; but .s il T.
like greedy ostrich, intent on nror.s .asae'
standing With its other extremity ,~laes. .1".
Men in this age he views in tho posito, aa"a5d -,
OF superior sensibility and logic. co,nn..S.s sSns
this whole universe, and finding it IN ohasoa oa
measurable s"ine-trough; On moral .Jl Il -. ~
moral good, and finding them to % resn.... ,a aod
an unattainabiity or nou-attainabilitr 'Iss5 ~ ~
wash; on their creation, aud discovers. lsa
maker neutrality-suspicious. the Port.he.s,3 I3a
We need not wonder that the comuon o,.-s.
the common world should appear uude, s..a .ea
ures to a genius like Carlyle to whom W.
is thing divine, Of which .'Atheisic s1.a'
as he dubs our Astronomy, Chem,strv -,
Geology,-knous nothing. aince it t,e.:, ~ ~
world as dead thing, IS it tn, ~, ~
OF the world could bo bottled up in 1eyda,; W.
and cold over counters. @'
Yet, strange to Bay. while his eceentr;, H.,
lect has no sympathy with the scienra o,t.. st:.
day, he has none either with the .e,ip;,n, =. :.
mankind. Under his touch, Chr1sti.nit, 49,.
crates Into the worship Of Sorrow. Tha H..
nation needs reforming Do true work, mi ~,
have true religion. Almost alone stand. ~.
prophet OF esil, now entering on bis s9tn,
laundering at the world, still telling it tb,, ~
shout - shooting Niagara r.; that ther, f. -
real life In Us men Of the nineteenth eent,r-.
that We are mechanical people, and our ~
not the Golden Age, but tho Machine H..
We order our life mechanically. sesoa.
and academies take the plaza ot H..
ing genius, which alone has the right 10 :.,,s
Philosophy We study no more, no, onl, pb7.;c.
and Chemistry, that We may invent uo,p n,- .
chimes! Science ia Mechanics Our sc;e,.a =,
life is to live mechanically. The Science RI
Politics is designed to teach how to orgsai1s IT,,
stste mechanically. Men are to BE- made h,,rv
and orderly, not BY the cultivation OF the sani
but by tho proper ordering Of external cirrnr,.
stances. The dyuauics Of the Soul, the forces
that are not seen or fe1t,-e1cept in their enrts
these arc the powers that mold ths mn.
verse and move it, but Of ths ~,
istence Of which the mechanical s.,tss,
man dreams not. This mechanical ara
strives not after the True, and the Beautiful
and the Good The Useful-of which tt1es-
legged stool is famous examples Whit il
prizes most Inconsistencies and mystery s1e
the tokens of all greatuesa; but never wa
there more seif-consclous sge than this, q.
one that felt the presence Of mystery in maa
and Nature less.
Yet Carlyle is not without hia posidrs creed:
Night is Right, aud Genius alone ia worthy to
be worshiped. Such, it appears, is the sum
Of his belief. True Misht is trus Right. Fozco
ia the arm Of Justice. To be ab!e to do, entails
With it the duty or obligation to do. Nothing
unjust can last in the world Might
will displace it.-that is, Right, acting
through Might. The latssez:faire doctrine,
Carlyle abhors. The masses do not VET
to govern, says he they want to be governed
Lead us-rule US is their prayer Tie highest
ind holiest Of human rights is to be gose1nedb1
he strongest. Hence, Ca1lyle's opposition to
he emancipation OF the negro The Lab1
question he would solve By making tho coutn:a
II the 1aboring class permanent, not ter
,orary one. To our democratic notions hs o.
,oses azistocratic ones. In the doctrine Of Ftes-
7rrde he sees only tendency to make whatu;a
ats and wears as cheap and bad a. possible.
Opposed as Carlyle is to the doctrines Of III
]tiltarians, 1t may we'll be- doubted whsthct
lis doctrine that Might ia Right, i,
0 say the least, much better. He BIZ
made himself prophet in this age, which be.
leres little in prophecy On the fuldlmens
+ his prophecies will depend the woEas
erdict concerning him One Of bis pre"
lotions, at least, has been fulfilled. viz.: thu
iermany must become Prussian or commit sui
ide. Will his other prophecies be vez1dsdf
here arc those who believe they will, among
hem men OF the most opposite modes Of
hought, and in no sense disciples Of Cazly't.
The scient16c and the religions world are bota
adly in need Of a theory about Adam and E'e-
Tow that science has exploded the aix-day sto1
t Creation, and nearly all clerical thinkers ha's
confessed in its denial OF the Hebrew parshs
I myth, the position Of our two common ances'
o.s has been extremely per'lous+ Tho chura
J 10th to let them co. and the school IS 10th
1t them Stay. The two opposing armies "oun