The New York herald., 1879-11-16

l6. lS79.-QUINTU
when it determined to transfer the seat of gov
ernment from Florence to Rome.
THE TEMPORAL POWER.
Regarding the temporal power aud the feeling
which prevails In Italy concerning the same. We
cannot do better than give what Mr. Trollope has to
say in his own words :-"No man expects that any
whirligg Of time will bring Austria back to Milan
or Venice. The Lorraine Dukes of Tuscany are az
effectually and finally banished from the Ptti the
evolved from the ucapacties of Italys Ireland-the
Ncspoitan States--the Bourbon will assuredly never
again reign in Naples or at Palermo But, as regards
that last step. the crowning of the edihce
which gave Italy its capital and snapped
the continuity of the oldest sovereignty in Europe.
the world is by no means justified in feeling and in
truth does not feel by any means. the same degree
or comfortable security that the work done may
be undone again. aud that the addition of the CON-
peting last story may not topplc the cdihce down.
IL Is to be noted. also. that whereas trapsalpine
Europe certainly deemed the more tangible and
material difficulties of lalys struggle with Austria
and tho crowned heads dependent on her
as the most arduous portion of the
always considered tho last final effort which placed
her sovereigns on the throne in Rome the most
par Of har aI% ns % 0ss
the struggle with Austria appeared Italy never felt
downhearted about it. She never doubted of u-
innate success. She was never cowed or awed by her
enemy. But those who know her we'll are alone
aware how far this is from being the
regards that last enemy. whom she has equally.
to all outward appearance subjected, and whom she
is, she well knows. far from having, in truth.
finally conquered. 1t is further noteworthy that
whereas Europe has pretty well laid aside any fear
she may have felt with regard to the danger that
might result from Italy's determination to venture
the step of dispossessng the Pope of his States
and temporal sovereignty. Italy herself is moro un
easy at the present day on this score than she
nine years ago."
From the whole tone of Mr. Trolope's article it is
evident that he regards the immediate future OF
Italy with some degree of inquietude. and that in
his opinion the advent of the third clerical party
in the of politics Is to exercise powerful in
Auence in determining that future for good for
evil.
PLAGIARISM IN THE PULPIT.
THE CASE OF DIR. LoRIMER, OF CHICAGO, Ex-
CITING NATIONAL 1MrEREsr-How LITTLE
ENOUGH TO PREACH?
Tomorrow the Baptist Ministers Conference of
this city and vicinity expect to discuss this impor
tart topic which, in the of of the foremost
preachers Of their denomination. has received
marked attention recently. The Row. DR.. Lorimer.
when he left fremont Temple, in Boston. few
months ago. accepted call to Chicago. His sermons
in tho West brilliant and attractive as those
he preached in the East. Unfortunately for him,
however, a Methodist Conference was in session in
the Lake City few Sundays ago. and a number
Of them went to hear Dr. Lorimer one
Of the "bg guns and new conner
withal They heard grand sermon. and next
day OF their number in his Conference took a
Chicago morning paper in which the Doctors ser
was published and q copy of serial called The
Fountain, which the sermons Of the Rev. DR..
Joseph Parker Of the 'lnner Temple" London, are
published, and by reading passage after passage
showed where the Chicago divine obtained not only
his inspiration but his finest paragraphs. OF course
the plagiarism having been proved so plainly and
publicly. explanations in order. This is in sub
stance the explanation that DR.. Lorimer gave the
press and public Of Chicago in card published by
him:-
81 confess" he says. ITO q great admiration for
the London preacher, and to having read him for q
few months with more or less regularity. until my
mind has become saturated with style and phrase
oogy just as 1t Is with Shakespeare Ruskin and Car
lyle. Occasionally nearly every writer does make
notes OF phrase and figures of speech in my COM
monplace book. and in composition work them
over to express my own thought. But, as rule,
am under no necessity OF making any such refer
ence. for my memory is such that pretty nearly
everything l read adhcres to ii, frequently in tho
words of the author. and unconsciousy becomes
part Of my mental furniture And consequently
the risk. when am treating OF kindred topics,
of employing similar and at times identical Ian
guage, without intending in the least to wrong any
one. Writers of marked individuality possess me
entirely, photograph themselves on my mind. be-
come part Of my own being. SO that have at
times and with utter innocence, found myself
clothing my thoughts in their language. Certainly,
had been conscious of wronging any one. would
and could not have been so stupid to purposely
infringe on the property of writer SO well and IA
miliarly known Joseph Parker, when conceal
ment would be next to impossible"
AN INSUFFICIENT EXPLANATION.
Tho Doctors friends East and West. account for
his remarkable faculty OF carrying long passages in
his mind for months by the fact that before he
tered the ministry he was an actor and had
Leader and m as
point. They say the paragraphs from the London Doc
tors sermons of such length and OF such special
tISutt aud fhAv
could be reproduced by an unconscious" memory;
and furthermore there are quotations within quo
tatons, brief passages from John Milton and the poet
Young. which duly credited-a strong presump-
tive proof that the original before the eye OF the
person who copied them. The explanation does
not satisfy the critics. 1t is hardly sufficient to
move reasonable suspicion. Those quotations
within quotations. cannot be accounted for on the
theory OF the explanation. The has bad look.
In any view DIR. Lorimer is most unfortunate, and
his reputation is seriously injured.
couple of weeks ago the Baptist Ministers Con-
ference OF New York touched lightly upon the SUBJ
ject Of plagiarism IL being then fresh in the public
mind. But they got far enough to be almost nnani-
number that the who used another mans
thought in the way that DR.. Lorimer used DIR. Par
kers s thief and nothing else 1t is to be said how
ever that there men, not few, who hold that
when q man prints his thoughts in book or paper
the purchaser OF the document has right to
use the thoughts contained therein without
credit. This WAS the view held by the
quaint and now venerable evangelist Elder
,sny other mens thoughts into
materials, such Stoves household furniture, agri
cultural implements and the like, without At once
thinking OF giving credit to the inventor or manu-
facurer. and they ask why thoughts put into books
and periodicals should be exceptions to this rule
A copyrighted book Is not like patent sewing
machine because the of the thought In the book
does not infringe its patent long as the book is
not republished. But the sewing machine cant be
reproduced by another besides the patentee. except
by his authority, without infringing his patent.
This is the vicw that many persons.
ministers, lecturers, writers and public men
take of this subject Public opinion. however. is
on the side of the bookmaker. and until 1t changes
there is in trying to an honest character
to ono whom IL looks upon as literary thief.
Hence Dr. Lorimer's friends are much grieved by
the accumuating charges or plagiarism against
him, and II is likely to bs subject OF public and
private discussion for some time. Whatever the
first verdict Of those interested thero Is certainly
In the disclosure serious caution in this reading
ago TO all who tempted to covet admired
neghbor's strangers mental goods.
ORIGINALITY VERSUS PLAGIARISM.
The lines which separate originality from pla-
giSrism, writes correspondents OF the Methodist
but dimly defined. He who wiltuly steals the prod