Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-05-27
REMARKS AND SUGGESTIONS,

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REMARKS AND SUGGESTIONS,
BY JETHRO JETHRINGToN.
The boundless variety which char
acterizes the works of the Creator, is
a source of perpetual surprise, and
ever-increasing enjoyment to the stu
dent of natural science. No two pieces
of moss are alike, no two leaves are
precisely similar, and no two blades
of grass are equal in dimensions, color,
or strength. The flowers of the field
may be classified according to botani-
cal rules, but i'll tint, perfume, and
texture they are endlessly different.
So in the animal world. No two crea-
lures have the very same appearance.
The shepherd, who is we'll acquainted
with his flock, can tell one sheep from
another, though to a stranger every
face looks alike. The head of a pony
Is in shape and size not dissimilar
to that of an ass; yet how comical the
facial expression of the latter is, as
compared to that of the former. One
can not look at the placid eye of the
elephant and then think of the venge-
full glare of the rattlesnake without
being conscious of the immense con
trast there is between these two kinds
of eyes.
When we look in the faces of our
fellow-men, universal diversity is pre-
scented to US either to attract or repel.
The color and expression of one mans
eyes are totally different from those
of another. No two men are cast ex-
actly in the same mold, as to body
and mind. In the intellectual pecu-'
~liarities and productions of literary
men, we likewise find variations which
are rather enjoyable. The writings
of Macauley, i II the matter of style
or mode of expression, have scarcely
anything in common with those OF
Carlyle. Between the works OF Dis
raeli and Stuart Mill there is great dis
similarity. Mark Twain and Bret
Harte are something alike, and yet as
unlike as could well be imagined;
Byron and Whittier, Emerson and
Dickens, Tennyson and Joaquin Mill
or, Hugh Miller and Tyndall need
only be named as further contrasted
and varying examples. In the effec-
tive thrusts of the humorist; in The
scathing ironical utterances of the sa-
tirist, and in the droll exaggerations
by the c%aricaturist of family and indi-
vidual foibles, we see from time to
time great natural powers employed TO
good purpose in working moral re-
forms. A service of this sort can be
performed with the pencil without
writing. Thomas Nast's cartoons OF
Boss Tweed and of young Gordon
Bennett are inimitable i'll that re-
spect.
Some very good people in their way
seem to think that salirical criticism,
burlesque, representations of personal
~conceits and drollery and innocent
laughter generally are inconsistent
with a profession OF Christianity. To
exemplify what they believe TO be APP
propriate department, they try to
look solemn, sad and stupid. Iflaugh-
ter bubbles up in their hearts, it
freezes solid before it escapes. All
their lives they seem to wander around
| clad in sackcloth, and n IA almost
imagine that they sleep by night on
| the cold floor of a cloisterei cell.
| This sort of demeanor is entirely
wrong, and has done much to repcl
young persons from embracing Christ
ianity. No man has such good rea-
sons Tor living a happy and an inno-
| cent life as the follower of Christ.
Because he is earnestly DESTROYS, in
| obedience to the dictates OF his higher
nature, to maintain purity OF thought,
word and action, is that any eason
| why he should make himself a slave
to the self-inhicted penances and cor
rugating swaddling bands of mis-
guided and narrow-minded men,
who are only too ready to con-
denim any one who dares to
| think for himself or act contrary to
their sectarian ideas? As a good rea-
| son, however, for condemning much
| that is passed off as jocose or harmless
| raillery, it cannot be denied that there
are persons who, whenever they take a
| step in that direction, launtingly dis
| play their innate depravity by the
covert or open introduction of a thread
Of impurity through their sayings.
They sven appear to think that deflle-
ment of soul is evidence Of native abil-
ity, and that true genius is justified in
clutching at vile ideas and vulgar, de-
grading sentiments, and thrusting
them in the shrinking and disguised
faces of persons who are near. But
despite the mistakes that are made in
regard to the nature of humor and
satire and the power they ought to ex-
ercise in ridiculing the failings and alb
surd actions of mankind, it must be
admitted that ii these faculties can be
made useful in educating and ele-
waiting the race, they ought, by all
means, be employed. That they are,
at times, made serviceable in that way,
will be indicated by the following
notes:
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