, 1879-06-09

constrained to wcavo into his veraD oil the ele-
mcnts OF ls own faith. That the !inat uurta-
owing Of the personal belief OF this greatest Of
aI Gcrinana tlIrru ean be little doubt, tor there
"a no art that wilt curry such freedom Of mind
to construct climax ngafrst tue real bcnm-
the @ cs,uyersatlon W % anI loiter. of tiostfs Whom
pears IN a wonderful dlstinctncs.. Willis he
IVES atnuutfng, the. death OF Wfcland he sa!d
nat rr!Hnds "soal y now Sls :,t tnotg msan
greatness 81 hte life, nor are si'ch powers OF
soul annthlatod. Nature il not wastefu Of her
capftel,- el,-Wtolan1's soul WIS to her q treasure"
In 4 letter to n tricn'i, this aamr Goe,ho says,
activities Analogous to those attempted In this
lifc." Not the tnclue1ts or tl,c implements Of
rhetoric, therefore, nro TIC chn1th n,d gortas Ut
enc Fnust, but they aro thn deeper sentiments
Of ONO Of llc areatest II all ttuIl,nn ln:rllocts.
When those angels bear upward tho so!1l Of him
Who had llEed magic, hut whn nspired toward
the good, md whun they sling
Tho nohlo spirit nov. is ftcc,
And anvca from evil schcmin9,
Nh0'er nfr!fcs NHWca!latlly
1A not beyond eedacmn1;
And u ho feels the grace or royo
That frn1 on High Ia given.
TIN blcsseti tlnndh that watt abovs
Shall welcome him to Heaven,
It 10 not the idea1 Faust only who spoaks, but
thu actual Goethe:
we nccd NOE nelAy longer eiqer Ine pTool lhht
literary men hasn been quito uniformly re-
,lgious IN belfot. Let Us pass nov to Tic propo~
sltion that ihcy nre not evangelical, nor con.
sptcuous as the nillurss of church. 1t Is claimed
that ol1r American l!tcratnro comes md has
lonE come from the unitar'an iottn O. Christi
Of The most educated a.itl Etftcd; that when q
SOIL Is horn Will sense enough to 1Eaka 1t poot,
or 4 statesman, or q historian, 1t IA born With
too much sense to permit It to esponse Tic del'-
S,IfA Ihfft nr t1tNtf I'm
mora oducntea the community, tlie more fa-
t!ona and tue less miraculous tn'Ist bo itscrcad:
Such ia tho current p''llnsonhy over the tact
that our llteratnFo comes largely from
That part pf ille Atlsht1G coast winch r., is
tue central home u. of ucttartanisn. .,. The
position tHaY ho truo that rntlonn!lzed
Christianity is moro In hnrmonY with TIC form
OF MIND t!1at can utter great tho1fehts but II 10
not true thnt unltas'ansetn y a9 cssentMl ssape
Of this rationallsed reugton, tor IN EuEtaa'd
muny ot tho nosl powcrful writer's nre ncnbors
OF tho Established Church. nt'l hold tile do:trn
Of tho Trinity ln iot.tnstnrinr sonse: am
Inclined to the Dottc! tiiat tue noston !atltudo
would have prodaGcu literary man 81 Al Forms.
fellow, md orators ilkc Sumner md Webster,
even !lad 1t continued US friendly to the doctrtnc
ol INC trinity u lf 'he Chtlrcl' o5 EnGl1nu over
lhc aca' Mhch i3'fstnn wf1 FufItniilc it was
Plsmontl. tho other at jamestown, '.r,e re receiy.
llE human contributions from tue D'd World, all
those migrating oelngs whose lleatls wero full Of
poetry, or romance, nf pHtlosophy, or slleology,
nlMl VINO deslrcu 70 write verse, q speech, or
4 A. book. em1nrEed II . shp lpr tllc region ol
fly'nouth ROCK Eh'lo tllose Wioae ueaua were
full or tho hht una u tue fAce.cntFse, h!!d were
iohl ol RooI cneor ior lhe oody' .lt,u Wh,sh
hent's were otherW1ae cinpty took SUI, for ttio
;ames Riyor' arl thas natural M !, selection ~ !"
began long before Enorton, "'lsa rnrker, antl
Sumner appoared upon the Rcene. Willie as yct
to bs IN tic least teretlra! was to be exposed to
iogal toFincnss on eaFtlls n',si to ~ ort1ndok
ony poured forth books as fast ~ they could he
shipped to Engtnlid, nnd, tnstend Of waiting Tor
unitarianhni TO come. those Curly GAYS extract.
60 poetry. ai'1 pti'0snp1Y, md ROMANCE OUT ot
tho re.t*l,ot Day Of Judgment nnu me awful
thodoxy Into M art, tNo rns'tans made Il into
poetry, These books %ere MI poor books In
decd, but st,c number o. them shows that when
ono !; seeking nn rxpl1na,toh or tl'c literary
10 tho influence Of ING Unitarian religion, but ne
muat add to taat Influence mighty cntlsos that
caa'o IN tue arst shapst md in az tio succeeding
ships. apart from tue quality OF tho imported
1t often happcns In our, world that altar VIC
have found cause nl a fact, aud hA7e i0 our
pride set 1t forth, theEo will remain other catlscs
lnknown, anu perhaps moro potcnt than tho
one dragged into light. Who cnn tell why tho
ltttlo peninsula culIed 1reeca should hare grown
such raeo OF uott4Is ua l1lat raee Which Tor GU
years poured forth such !nugsiagc, una elo:
qutnce, ald poetry. nnd utsFlnVcd auell art
Who can tell tls why Germany IL 80 srlctl tIi
logic. and also 10 imagination and m music
Whp can toll us WHY SwrdcHt wlloso clfnate IA
bleak, Whose winters nlInust exclude .sprtng,
should send to tho world such ehtrancing voices
to s!nE for us our songsl Who can, in such II
world, therefore, tell It's the wlIolo explanation
OF the fact TINT most Of American literature taa
come, and Is still coming, from one small inlnt
on tho great At!antfe eoastf The phrase " Uni
tprlanism IN religtonh would seem m inale
4ua.e cause- And got that literary 1en "a
tloDaiIy profcr broad form ot Christian fifth
| must tn admitted: but this would teayo iii.
touched tho question whether The UnttarIanlsn,
Of Charming wore ans BROADER than tho Trim
itnrauism Of hian!py or Farrar, Let us .urt
nway from such reflections as bning unm
portant, Or at least full at 1ncottatntv.
Let ua nov rcsllnla thu inquiry why 80 man,
at the great names III lettcrs hayc not herr
| great III tho scctasIah religious. Segat!vctr
such ro6ult rannot hare eolnn from, thu friend
ly relations between ltcFatltra md SIN; for t1trt
aro 10 nuctl relations Men OF 1sttcrs lave nol
| stood hc.ow tho ordinary cl,llrctt-thenlbcr ir
| morality. 1t Ia probable that, could mcasurc
;ue,t hG taade In such moral qualities, Il ,yoult
| be found that the men who hare written III.
| worlds books have in morality ranked nboyo thu
whole multitude in anil out OF tho church. Ths
| Isolation of study mid OF composition, tn,
cvnccntrattpn al The mind uud tic affection
upan Thoughts rather than unan thug&
tllo t,ernetunl dqalng with tho h.hcat ldea
would tanl to lend away from Vice. and fro,I
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