, 1880-08-17
CONCORD.
The Schoo! Of Philosophy at The
Home Of Tranccendent.
alisn.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, and His idea
Of Abstruse Speoulations,
Tho Emersons Mt 1Iome-se Woman's
Day "--A Talk About Hawthorne.

Tho Emersons Mt 1Iomc-stWoman's |
Day "--A Talk About Hawthorne.
Special Correspondence of The Chteapo Tribune.
CoSCol,p, Mass., Aug. 9.,-An old man |
with largo eyes, prominent nose, and awk-
ward carriage, may often be seen sllyly !
stealing Into the School OF Philosophy, lust
after the beginning Of tile lecture. Passing |
through The aisle OIL tiptoe. he seats himself
In hugo ear-lap chair ut tha left Ut tho
platform. On n bracket over. him Stands
Frencll's bust Of
EMERSON.
BY comparing the fnce Of clny with It's living
prototype beneath, you can SEQ how faith.
fully the artist has done his work. And, II
you continue tho comparison, you will notice
tllat the ll,l,I,nn face Is as Impnsslye md it,
flexible IN OUTLINE as the sculptor's copy. The
lips OF tho Sphinx arc sealed, ard their pence-
fu1 expression, aud tho faraway look In tho
eyes would seem to indicate that the dis
cuss1ol golllX on has not sufficient interest
t0 draw lin from the calm Joy Of reverlc.
Dnt the way in which ho lea1s forward
1iOw and then to catch the tones OF on inlis-
tinct speaker, and tlle pronptttude with
which certan lttlo rod spots appear on hts
checks whenever personal allusion or quo
tut1on Is made, SLOW tint, nfter all, lie Is
listening with respectful attention.
Emerson llas noble propensity to
pVEs.isArE THE wu1sKs OF Hts coNrE3fro-
1tAnIEs.
ue has such sublime faith that the coming
mal will eventually arrive, that lle Is always
OIL tho lookout for Him, alltl finds his John
the DAptlsts ln eccentric ThoreAn md I'LL
coutli Whitman. I'll whom so many see only
Insanity. And especially does Ills unaffect-
cd humility place I'LL exaggerated estimate
upon the works md words OF his personal
friends, TAoreau was an original genius,
und his mother used to sny, "Why, how
much Mr.. Emerson talks like uenryi" Some
people nro unIsind enough to say that tho
boot wns squnrely OH tho other foot, and TINT
Tlorca1 WIS only n parody Of his great
friend. While such Statements nre grossly
unjust, 1t remains true TINT the fame Of tho
poct-naturalst owes much to the, friendship
of Emerson, who not only gave him warm
encouragement and unstinted praise, but
| made himself pecnnfarily responsible in
order that "Wnldenn aid ',Flle Week"
! might bo given to tho world by hes,tating
| publisher.
As Fon AIcorr's FAME,
| 1t Is still more n nAttor Of reflected lnstrc.
The bestof lis talk Is Diluted Elnersonlsu,.
While not a conscious imitator, l,o has in
| ev1tably absorbed tho rays Of Ills friends
| genius, and his work as largely been to diff
f.se by w9rd ~ Of Mouth what Emerson has
1t Ii this perennial hospitality to now en-
tcrprIses that moyes Emerson to grant tho
ils0 of Ills llA1ne u1Ml the henedictiui OF his
presence tD tie G9acor! y scool Of p!iioso
taka part rs atl actlvp organizer, oven were
lle blessed with fnll ylgor OF lnEil9 md body.
This School OF AlcOtt and Harris fs not III
trinsleally revival Of Emcrsonian Trans-
it IT, rather mn attempt to supplement- tito
spiritual Ideas Of New. Englaud's cultured
secrs by tho doctrines Of
| GERMAN ANsoLUTIsM.
In view ct tjie fact that the woril "Trans;
las Il distinct philosophical Significance, tho
Undertaking nay seem llko return to first
principles; but 1t must also bo borne III Mind
thHt s tera as asoa y ls e9ntry has
llu,ne. Both the German nnd the New Ell.
gland schools begin by p0stulatlng that thu
mind transeciitls experience; but the ono tls
velOps logically and tho other p0etfcally.
Emerson Is 4 poet, and has no uso for lia,
icctic. lio hls giyen
Ills IDEA OF ADsTHusE srEcuLATIoSs
Tic common sense which does not med,
S aSSS W ManSnn S A6SSts Is et aY tskfS aupaavE 'nEs
lloycs In tho existence Of matter, not becallst
We cail touch 1t or conceive OF 1t, but becuusf
it ngrecs with ourselves; and tlle Universe
does not Jest with lis, but Is in earnesh-l!
tho house OF tenltl. and lEfe."
Emors0n ~ hot speculative PHILOSOPHER
assd u equally without theologfc htas, Tht
.. epithot rantheistn l,as beell often hurled
a. nm oat Jnaopn taoK aa aIla Aie9tI traea u
snSs,M,, Mss Mia,' MMiin.e.' uah no Mam neeomo
f.H s,,o,, liz .uMss y, al! ~,
ynat hnd useless, @ ,, nna regnta tn tholr % %snEoa as
% ~ H. GMt Mu pure t ~ " cmssIacu asn;' VI, IT.
'aDs'eM py ,a 9,i1aty ~ mGtn"as .s IT, reaMpS u t1
; colIo from M Concord poet William Eller:
, Channlhg: VINO s'lys:
IN othor linda tn1y ,niHht hav9 wotshipt him
Nnuona ss,ina mta stooa anu oioekcd thelr charloF
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