, 1879-05-24


the itofnnt ressius. An able American writer has
Justly obacrycd that cEnrges of plagiarism most
fteq'icntly come from young men OF small read.
is m: a y littls e3Esrlonee; snd We may add tbnt
such is Just such plagiarism al the plants exct.
CLIO upon The earth and air, or the boo upon
The, flowers md honeyatckles,-ta orGat-
Ean!zo :l'c stolen material Into niger forms,
nnl make II suituhlv fur tfIc fUOI Uf n,an.
We hare lttlusrmpathy, therefore. with those
literarytlcteCt7ns who nrc always I'M The alert Ia
detect petty parallcllsns and condolences OF
thought mud expression, and rry mt "stop
literary assimilation OF appropriat!nn Of thought
in work which Is original In tho only sense In
which oriCtuallty IL possible. A definition Of
Fa9lari istn which n,akca all authors plaQInsists
of assltnilatlg his acquisitions, Is oyorrnastered
by them, md lots them astnitate him; wt.an.
instcad of rltllng tho f1uwers Of literature OF
their eweats, like the bcc, TO mike now COM
pound. dstinct from the Substances OF which IL
!. c9npoac,l, llo transplauts the flowers bodily,
stalk ntMi root, IntD Ills own pnKes; when lie not
t,nly s1cals the children Of other mems brains,
hut, like the Uypscs, dfs1Glires them To pro-
vent discovery, when: not rontcnt with borrow
Ing single ideas and illustrations, hc cuptcs
ngatn utid ngain Whole paragraphs anil pages
frotn another writer'a wnrk, without acknOwj.
cdrrncnt-fle Is plainly plagiarlst, aud as such
observes to bc exposed To public rcprobauon
niiti scor1.
We have been led 10 mako these remarks by
an examination Of work by Nir. ". ii. Dayen.
port Adams, onlitlud "1'Ilc Secret OF Success;
Or, How To Get nj In tic Wortd,n recently ro.
printed from the Enrl,sh edition BY Il. T. Put.
nan,'s Sons, New York; The very title, it viii
te seen, Is borrowed. Win slight change, from
TINT oI Prof. William hintlewaf work, s'OettInE
on tn the World; or, 1lnts on Success IN I.iic.''
find TINT Mt. Adams has i,e,ped himself, by
wholesale, not only to single Thoughts and IT,
iuttrattons, but to whole raEes, sometimes to
wholc pagcs In Succession, 10 Prof. MallIews'
work. Four-slsths Of Mr.. Adams .Notrs.u
ttie larger and best part OF the mottoes Uf iitis
chapters, and scores OF hls most striking nuota-
t!ons from other authors, have been taken from
1ne same source.
ln the rrclace he speaks Of bis predecessors,
SMILES md Cratkt but Is careful to mako no al
l,is!on whatercr TO the book from which be hns
tilched the greatest amount OF his material,
Duly twice OF three times In tho body Of the
work docs dcign to refer tu Prof. 81, as on page
"lcttinE on ia the World,,n he Eraco,lsIy saws:
"'fhc prccett!ng paragraph We have atlaptetl
from clover iittle book by Prof. alolllews
which las obtained m so'ne popn'arlty Ia tile United
the "clevcr little book " he studiously conccals,
else his rcadurs might detect Ills lsrccnjcs,
When lie chooses to inclose passage from
"Gettlng. on In the World " in qio,ation
longth, ho Invariably credits It 10 u writer"
"an American writer" IN sensible mornl-
ist,'' ian acute writer" otc., etc, rcyer 10
the work from which H. Is borrowed. To 70
through Mr.. Adams book and point out IN detail
t,e scores q passages Which be has plaeiarizeti,
with Or without slight changes Of language,
from, Prof. Mathews work, would de1nnnd
moro space shan We can ntlord; but few sal1l-
ples q The pIlferings will show thrtr character.
students, once aald: :" As to preaching, IL youf
situation requires sermon every Sunday make
Quo md ststtt apt." Wo doubt Il Air. Adams has
not exceeded evcn this lsbgrM allowance Il, pro.
portionfng hia pllfcred pages to those Of Ills own
production:
..rnoassass ansasss saro atoa -" ii ApA1; S:oncao,
Of sroken heart; H. these set that thousands aye
ptoscssiohe, -tnouaanas;dted Of broken hearts Ii,
who might havo becnithcao professions viii,
happy at the plow OF op- might haye pfvsuefed Al
nlent bcnlnd The countcF;!thu ploN or behind lhe
thousands; dsptrlc.l and conntcr: TINT thousantis
!'opcesa, look ugon faciuteprlted end hupslcss,
hoathlul on:i independ. wstfally gazo on tho far-
WIN Keen chdGFin; aud pendent calling, OF pluck
worse fato still, nre ro fortune ii tic Colonics
aacod to neScasie[cs1or tho United Status In
which deernde them In the very tradc they ro-
theis own cstimationt carried Is mot respecta.
rendering the most ert!l-lbla' when euterluE upon
liant SUCCESS but l!fe; whtlo no inconsd
&c c9Mpcnsatlon for theierabla numlcrs Aro 70.
1t Ia. accompanied. and|which humiltato then, in
compelling them to grtndhheir own estimation.
cut OF the 1nlsaries oE[rcntcting tho most apien.
thult 1GltoWs AlcA ' II 0iA1Q WOflujt kQCEE6Y d
llYe!lEoou which y do']mlaerablu compensation
MUD to their lesitmatsl{ot tho OF dorrada.
exoftions. T1o resl!t n?ftion which accompanies
Is ful! OF Mcn who Ita- to dafive from the uljecr
tIons, getting shcir vfng}the livelihood denied 10
by thelr weakness iuseud their Legitimate oIcr.
o. by taeir strength are tions. Hence, in tocctY,
loonca 10 hopcloss 1nlctIW we a!e constantly mcot.
i'osfty. II you chcoaeitnR With men WHO, con-
10 represent t,e diac5cntsoious of their undtneas
paris U Hlo; Aays s5u FOR thelt vocation, aud
ny s% es sss' We.Rs;, ass ,ag y
w their strength, arc
dus1;o doomed to hopelesa IN
lie. say.syaneyy yaa stnIts, IL,
no lepresent the various
parts Il lsiu by holes IN .
liable, :" ctc., eic.
It Is common trick of Mr. Adams to etyo
credit to An author for ono or two sentences In
page OF paragraph. and thun give the rest rs
tcnce from Prof. Mathcws' work, AM! giving
credit for the ucxt, he proceeds to crib thG rest
Of the paragraph:
MATHEWS. ADhNs,
Nuut such habits a. "0nly let tho render
we hayc commended are remember that business
not 70 te formed tn day. habits, that a'l goad hab-
nor BY few faint reso!n.ts. nre not to bo formed
nut BY ats and starts, -|vasus resolutions. MT
being ono nlumcnt In ably accident. not BY lts
paruxysm u attention. and gtarts, not by sud-
and ths next falling into[ den altcrnatton. from
tho Htep ul Indifference, RHroxysMs Ut activity 10
--aEo they 10 bc attaln' sleepy intervals or apa.
so ae G III as's by e eons.aa nf It,
they should 10 acqu'relfAna rpecially ilccdfaj il
tH YOUTH: for then dol!t that they be formed
they cost the least onott. I'm youth, for then theT
Lik6 ltttoes cut In the]nakt Tho least demand
I'D Sldsa ss il ,ie @ ea!e III .ess tass
Once attained, thoY arc jthcy expand with nge.
fortune OF ,hcmdo!yus |Once attained, they con.
lot thcie poseeBspr sAsfrtltuts Aecu7tIy against