, 1875-11-13

GENIUS AND LABOR.
oe"'"s n"a uesa us"uea u3ao' ' s.a.n 10 'Auus ,
t15' Ut catac''Y iof ua1o ann psetsactea 1aoof:
The correctness of thls de.in't'n" is sustained
bv tho e1autle Of a largo numbcr Of eminent
.nthora wLoo, t1,s vo,d in. ,,x comm,,, ,opst,t
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tesaiosa ~ tpea u spoioe' nv .ne "eaa " ~
'lst asanua flato' "hoeo aoF'ng 'iuoa' shat Rlde
product Of slow nnd ted;ous elaboration. There
is m anec,loto that ,hs opeuou sentoDce o1
..1.,,o nan,,,o y ,raa taura ~ ~ .,,a a,,,I,,..,
t,ta 1'.puoo "as ,u..a ~ .a Nv aa'aose
aious. When finally summoned by Death
to cease from, Lis lalors, tue pniIoso-
pber waa sitting at hin desk. an Dioursua
as,.. ...ss,,>:.. g., .,s,,. s.s, ,.aa,,iss. .,sa
nn"oaTlnE hla VIKINGS. after a variety OF
faahions." flatp sas II yeafa Of aye when
cullea "to 1oiu tue great majority beyond"
Ada;son, wl,oso rracefu1. uu.ffcc.cif strle t,oa
a,a;.od .,,a an,. ,a ..,,,;rstia,, ~ ,,,l,,,,..3
e1c''ea LUG envy aoa haEn1tAtlo" u cu1''a'eu
readers. composed Will painful oelibeInslon.
Tue pseas was frequently stopped after nearly
whole edition IT tie Spectator l1al been struck
IN IN order TINT bc m,r,,t c1,,ppe a trccosit,on
49, - ~. ~. wiz a.; -, w.. ~
IL one o. n's beassnees' "A'te NO He'o 6ae po-
stiou Of Understanding, It fell to him tn conf
tuunicate to Princo George Of Hanover iDtelli-
penca Of tbe death of Queen Anne nud tho w.
o.nar ~ III rhrono rio f..,l,,jo,. .,,th,r IN
80 pazz|ed 10 hlaGo q cholee Of eSpsoSslens III
which to convoy the nova that fiual'y tho task
of wrltluE the Prince WAS given to clerk,
who boaaseu OF hariog ione what Addison found
tna{ o6s1blc.
Lamb expended tgasnensa labor upon Ills l.u-
mnrous cssays,-thn de1Icate, dainty fa11cca oe-
Ing fashioned with tho mcst critical nicely. 1t
IL said that playful latter to FREUD ottau coat
him the work Of a meok. 1t Is reAteA OF Ton.
Tyson that hc wroto tho Song. "Cone Into
tho GARDEN. Maud" fifty times over he
1orc It suited him; ami that no Bpent
eight hours day, fo1 nearly ssx weeks
together, aitcring and polishing ''i.ocksiey
Hall" The Asst d,ntt VI thu poem waA 1,ru-
uueed fo two DAYS but tho exquisite perfection
Of tho flushed work was tho result OF this
! onor,nous arut.gery. Moore accomplished but
his mood for writing was most fsl1rituuH. King
lake wrote "Eutlleii" ttyo or elx times over b.-
fora It waA giyuu into tho hads Of tho publ,t!a-
er. BuTou WAS tlty years completing h,h
eighteen tin.os ero It was tlaally dispatched to
thu printer. "is conipoaed III 3 singular 'na.,-
| pnr,-wrtl,pg On iaTga-xxea paper, III w!a.ch. III
III ledger, i've distinct columns were ruled. In
| tho li1st column Ac wrote down tho fist
thoughts; lu tin sccont 10 CORRECTED. gu; Gu;
| reached tle iltth column. Withlu which to nnay
I w1u:e lilo Result Of hls labor. But, c.9n after
this. ho would rcco,urose u sentence t"enty
/ tiues anu opce devoted fourteen hourd 10 tfuu-
| SENTENCE"
| La lluc,cfocnuld spent fifteen ysars IN pre-
/ pasiny his litts bu'l Ut ). Ma1'nld. A!totlns
soiue of thou Maarly .irIy tin'eh, Juhn Fuster
uften t,oudcseu hours over tlla construction OF
single sentuucn and hose.s worked fortnight
over L uute to hi3 ltAty." tint tt!uraced very
| few llues. WLun lla;xa, had cnnlHetrl1 thu plan
Of os.o af Lia noyen, and hy laLatlous tcseascls,
ua1uod ujl The u,alursals lo ~iHeI tu put Into il,
l. was h,s custulu to shut hslusslf up III sl.s