, 1879-03-02
That Profound Scholars Think Of aoody and
SankeY and ''Thcir flashy nistrionie
Colleague, Joseph Cook"
A New Kind OF Snob---Har-
wards Compromise.
Ths Institution Is Going to Wink at the
;a1Sweat Girl Graduates.

| JET no one unfamiliar With MIR. James deeElY
himself with the idea that this sociabfe aud IA
:. miliar word, society, has the common meat
ing Here is MIR. James' own explanation of:h
meaning: t,
"'The spiritual form OF nature or creation7
its form as determined BY Gods constituted b
what VIC call SOCIETY; meaning BIZ that wor
not merely empirical or tentative order Of hn
man life, such rs We are now groaning All
sitting. under, but the essential brotherhood
fellowship, equality Of each man with all me-
anu all men with each in God" Further on Ii
ears of this, "But obviously this social or re
generate tendency in our nature cannot be full
constituted, cannot be liyingly or spiritual,
realized by us, save In so far as VIC shall have
| PRACTICALLY RENouSCED-
save iu so far as VIC shall have cordially litet
doo1t, SO to speak-our selfish or grcgarious in
| stincts.
Mr.. James confesses with great enthusiasm
his indebtedness to Swedenborg. In one Of TIT
early chapters Of his book be says:
1.-THE truth then as find it in Swedcnbors
practically amounts to this.-nameiy: Ar
alleged redemption OF human naturc-from
| what!-from the spiritual limitations aud dis
| abilities imposed upon 1t By Heaven and He'll;
and the consequent unlimited publication oI
! that nature into harmony with the Divine per
| fectiou."
/ In another place he says that ssswedcnborg is
the only man In the intellectual history OF the
race that has ever intel|igently formulated the
axloms Of religion or philosophy in regard to
mans true life or being, aud scientific men not
| only, but even our soi~disant philosophers as
| weli,-who are, the bulk Of them, mere
uNAFFIL1ATRD nANrLlEGs OF SCIENCE
are in the habit OF practically ignoring Sweden
borg's labors for the cheap nill easy reason that
any man who claims an insight Of the spiritual
or living world is, ipso facto, se1f-pronounced
lunatic." 1t will be seen by this that Atr. James
does not i've in to science as much even as the
avowed religionist-what Mr.. James would call
the professional Reltgionfst." Very charac-
tcristically he says: professional Religion,
repeat, is the Devils masterpiece for cnsnaring
silir, selfish men. The ugly beast os TWO heads
one, called Ritualsm, intended to derour finer
aud fastidfou5 style OF men, men OF sentiment
and decorum, cherishing scrupulously moderate
views OF the difference between man and God
the other, called Reyivalism,
WITH GREAT RED MOUTH
intended to gobbte up 4 coarscr sort Of men, for
the most part Of fierce caynality, of uuGoYcrn-
abla appetite and passion, susceptible at best
only OF the most selfish hopes and the most
not greatly devastated here in Boston, though
occasionally vcxed-by either head OF the beast:
on the contrary, it Is amusing enough to OBJ
serve how afraid the great beast himself is Of
being picked to pieces on our streets By a little
indigenous bantam-cocl1 which calls itself Rad
icaltsm, ind which struts, aud crows, and
scratches gravel in a manDer SO bumptious and
-peremptoFs that dety any ordinary barnyard
cnanttcleer to initiate it." Mr.. james has as
little sympathy with radicalism as With ortho-
Nftfarar1a 10 f1toc k3e%- t.,
wholly distinct from the difference, for instance,
OF such conbatants Of science and sadicslism
as joseph Cook.
WHAT He THINKS OF THIS GENTLEMAN
is left not at all matter OF doubt. In the first
place, be quotes this, from the letter of the
srarr structure Of the book are addressed, as in
answer to previous philosophical correspond
ence.
You say I cannot bear to think With apy
purpose OF my private regeneration after hay
ing SO long committed all my God.war hopes ]
to the destiny OF my race. Least Of all should
be llkely to entertain that question lust now.
when the labors OF Messrs. Moody and Sapkey.
and the rhetoric Of the Rev. Joseph Cook, seem
providenIial1y intended to show us the vnlpor
egotism and the blatant unbelief in the Divine
name with which it is almost sure to be asso-
cialed-''
Quoting this from his friends letter, Mr.. |
James replies: Now have US little respect I
hashy histrionic colleague, US you can desire, |
anu think our daily papers might easily furnish
better food to their readers than thc puerile
stun they give US as reports Of these mems
sensational sermons aud lecturesn It would
be difficult to find in all the course of criticism
that was ever written q severcr touch than this,
given
so couRAGEousLY AND WITHOUT GLOVES,
What emotions must MIR. Cook have when he
sees himself dubbed, BY scholar and thinker
!lke James, tle iashy hstrionic colleague OF
Moody and Sankey!
Little as have given Of afr. Jamesbook, it will
Suffice to show something, at least, OF the spirit
md quality OF the most notable contribution to
philosophy during tile year. Most readers will
mo the same fault with the style in which the
'uthor Mastered by his own wealth OF
unguaee, Mr. James is difficult to follow, and
assertion and rcassertiou, with the elaboration
II affirmative and denial in close proximity, is
lerstanding of him. To those, however, who
re III accord with his thought this vii! be but a
Speaking Of Henry James the elder suggests
olnetninE5 rather curious that read just now |
bout Ills son' Daisy Miller. The paragraph occurs
a correspondents letter from New York. As
ewes a new fault to that much-talkcd-of |
ketch, l will quote it entire: .1Mr. Henry 7:
ame nal T. E1,tnde the os copy Gt An H.
*,''''":" va AEA' tbL1E D1lSt ;
llller and leaving that snob Winterbourne for l
lore OF useless lie, but for lending his grace
IL pen and well-won position with the English !
uh!1c to help foreign authors {who. seem quite ;
ompctcnt by themsclvcs} inisrcprcsent bis
farming young counttywomen. Poor little !
a'sy would have plenty OF champions here 10, q
reak lance for her." 'FI
Now, in all the talk that have heard aboutE =
rs 1nucA-ta1ked-ovcr sketch, | haye ncyer,| 9
e1oEe found that Winterbournc was held as al !
loo. But this new fault-fndlng only goes to Il
'ow now touchy Americans can be in CRITICS. |
+ persou who Is educated in social laws, and IL
I'm associations Of culture shows the effect In u
stfncttve obedience to them. Certainly, , Il
W1S1ERBoUASE IS TO BE CALLED syo6, :.
zen every well-educatcd, well~mannercd yoGng q
an VINO finds it little difficult to coln prabeul y
young woman who is constantly offending | -
cry 6ocial observance OF resergc aud what he ~
IS been taught to call dclieatv, mat be ranked 9
'der this offensive naFahA But Wintcrbourne u
no snob. II ,sye cye8ifI IGnrf "James-to whose IL J.!
:man, it is WnteEloufnc, and those of his sex $!
70 decry hirn s$6uld do we'll to be as gentle u
d .consideh!df when very extraordinary g
ceif7en Of Hmniuty falls into their LANDS q
was this "snob." This reminds mc OF the IT
e and cry that was raised against Howclls' Q!
afaGter OF Arbntun In "Chance Arouajut- u
co. Oddly enough, it vas the "tyrant II