New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-30


formed the plan OF which have spoken he would have
found the American continent still in great part will
dclnc.s, with few tracts OF cultivation along It's
Atlantic border nclosed in vast forest, where
the savage warrior. armed with the bow aud tom
atawk, still lowered the skirts of the setfle-
cnprc 70 ropatiou almost rs large as that Of al the
REGION IN the Old World inhabited by those who speak the
are snny a, Where his own ailads are rvced and his
tragedies read in thousands Of families which have M
grated FROM his fatlcrand and where M my SIC
drama of Faust" has found translator WORTHY VI the
original interpreter OF lis meaning to those Who sneak
distant laud his image, that II may he placed ~hcro
thousands in day wha throng to cur Central lars !" e
refreshed nv is sweet air and pcss'nt shadcs fha w"
familiar With s features and learn ~ see ~ 'hg
tie tokens a mighty intellect and calm sliiic we
OF schiller with whom in his hfe:ae he MAN, aincd
cordial frieidshp ana Kept up Correspondence a'c'''eu
For Goethe, friends not Of that class who re;
gra rse Desowee upon ,r eo ~ s n % Wat
Pope said of ADDISON wen after speaking Of his talents
"sloull such nan, too fond to r'ale alone,
ESs S T ra 1S o Tss % na ,as s ;Ssane
| And hate for arts thai caused himself to iise."
There has been literary cud in Germany between the
eians for its favorite the palm Of superior greatness
but there was no hostility between nose eminent i'c
toe Sersn temperament to allow Himself
unhappy ny competition IN any walk OF ertuT II No
be remembered to his praise that lie was superior to The
epl.ishnegs U:encSs OF rtlll al tne
OF another lie looked with generous tol, rance upon
rivalry deeInng the field Ul letters common inheritance
Were crcry one vas csed 10 INC narEe' "i me no
ciosnces Of his great powers he felt that I've had no
mcat and certain sense of justnes- and greatness Of
soul which dislunrd TO claim q monopoly OF praise.
not fo me TO- ssy tint he was mistaken The large
jorty OF critical pia cd him at the head q
| German literature. An Imagination n, afilucnt ana
creative such wealth Of knowledge such acute observa
ton OF nature, such insgh! into mems characters and
yiLt lipr.
iy which guiding never fcttricd Tie stliies OF
H. ss b@a ra ,sa t for biz and the
COMMUNICATION Just He master, not only OF many
rs Wen as Mitori-tlot high and sacrcd nnmes an,cx
ample show how knowledge may become the Esnd
bv Tia. fire Of Ills ina gnaticn, The stores Of cruon ~
AIs command into bearing the stamp and seal OF
that ne NAV please to give it, and how his invention
stimulated rather than incuIbered by the Large abrnd
il is far from my intention to at this time,
an aIayys OF tie literary character Of Goethe would
weary tosc mo have tie patience To hear me II were
to re peat others have better said and certainly
able entertainments the evening. hundred years
and 1t is than hundred since his nrst
great roe;s Of the world II il tre that on account OF
Tie difficulties which attend the task OF traiSiatlng
wl maj .ona rather than universal, and his genius mrsi
I've most perfectly apprchended in the conntry WHERE III;
| language is spoken. Notwithstanding this. we hnd
Goethe, by genera! consent placed among .hosc whose
genius the coiuqn o. me noi, ami wS
''nr Is q rfIn;rk Of tue rnc Hlccl that when
of verse begins 10 DC quoted from th"t nonet H.
il famous 1t il u still surcr s,S perhaps oi tc extent
of his fame WHEN lie begins 10 he made the subject oil
cmmcnt.rv saw ststed tie day. in literary
ueri"Ginal mat The writer Rad found IN catalogue Of
the ciciberg University ll2 volumes OF commentaries
o.: the poem Of Faust" and al OF them in TIE German
toncnc may venture to Say that these but arart
OF hat has become special branch OF German ii;el,
ture aud, rubbish as soIac Of them mast ~ lisy
the the Of that Ss% 0yST G t as 10 oats s
| restraint. Few are the w'rke mod1ccd, sinec
| Sill TO such a brood of cxpos,tions. 4 strange
attraction has kept men hab%lhs over lts p's,,,
%at po!;n Of Dante occurs 10 Ipe vieg with il in the
number aud volu,nnosess u its commentaries But
tic uocm Of Faust" cannot make them rliladial or
he merits ether wriiingsEls noble Tragedies iull
character; his works Of fiction possessing in no small
the hi, pOwSr S Si on scnc s snd lis xq
ballads composed with erIect;cn OF grace ana sil
nas,rc the noble German il
fowed ro,u his pen took its farest and NEST perfect
So n;nor Of tie pnrest age Of Creek wiced
his own copous language with more power and grace.
i bgf stse is 80. distortion of the Thought.
In this country OF iIfG sS 10 mr We c ans, him.
with TOO innc OF that, possessing power
over public opinion which aonid have gwen eject u MS
slcntNs, remembrance against absolute government he
vel aca,,iesced i'll lis wrongs and consented 10 become
one OF those who pT0ited ~ !hon Ihvsc VINO 'ieS an
ufrcpdly view O his character complain that he dli ot
care to maze happier 90 onG a. lbs own CONDITION
moral condition. whatever i! might be- minstercd to MS
convenience. He did not admit tn tinih OF ihs acc
in overcoming pernciods preidioes and narrow views
amcng his eonnryge ~, IN eeyns .s ts hs rel rel
.fepee ts1t he would have n9thinS 10 GO WIN ptiy
se Question u" whether This was satisfactory answer
| apa Willingly draw vail over ne circumstances "Licn
might lead to unfavoraoe csnc'usicn let may we
not SAY Tor Goethe that there is one amia'e quality OF
his character which he E.ght not nave retained :d nc
taken apan h,uself the troublesome Office OF poinc.i
refnr
mixes Tie best surrounding conditions, and converts
them may be- INFO me means OF happiness But
| if Goethe not reforiner In politics lie Was
rcior,ner In literature In tnat province he did not
shrink from Innovation IN MS very nrs' Pui si.
Works written before his taste was matrgi-,n G0tz
of the Hand and i'll the Sorrows OF Werther he
mocls and from the cold ciassicsm which its result.
and took Lis way 10 fame THIS Originality TINS
cnnraccous serelancc marked all Subsequent writ
| inss throughout HIS long literary career a..
Nv freas We aboit 10 withdraw the vail from the
sculptured Inquire OF this great man, and leave ii othe
public gaze place for II Will yet DE foihd III our Ce-
ouy a. ships shall enter the man ocean between
the lair islands that incose our beautii hareor We
with that OF Shakespeare, the greatest tihe ~ an iI'e
ue win that Of seS VINO , oe +" we ~ the
traditions OF his own country INTO rcelaif Oh roso
Shn,n thc mechanism of the universe WAS as familiar as
the motions OF his watch aud with that OF or own
Morse who taught TO charge The electro spark win
messages for distant lands and to prepare for it
path across broad continents ana through deep
waters Other statues of those whose nves were
ijlus;yous and whose memory Is chez seu VI" ~ set
up in the came grounds That OF our country ni anhor
~ The jnr,ssGned lyric OF Marco Bozzars is even
new only Waiting to bronze in order TO JON The
hnd .ircoIy there but late very late, may the time al
rive when ile American poet whose tribute to the On
ory OF Goethe ioIas part o. the enersiIiens o. the
and whose translation of Faust has ilad that
noeIn familiar volume i'll libraries, shall be added,
after eatk 30 the number OF those "hose statutes sa
r,ace that beautiful pleasure grounds AS Inc hronS oi
lose who resort ther shall pass the scutGrc forms
of famous persoEases, nly the hope 10 cop thii e.
ample la tie good whic they have dcnc ANA 10 AVOID
toe errors MO which hcy have fallen, II Any tGch are
recorded against them, rise in their hearts to make ihvin
lttrr men AID women for Their VISIT 10 The tIOl hduc
r.d nv images of the chosen Who lived ana passed