, 1880-02-29
PERVERTED QUOTATIONS,
Misapprehension and Misrepre-:
sentation Of Great Authors.
How They Are Made Responsible for What
They Did Not Write.
N4fr York T{n7M.

i Near York Ismes'
nan o.e for the irst time In long while.
uuo3p1ee, - ,aa,,ea a1thouph read but
As turned tne ieaFes' alSna n,'.t x,,,rn,a ~
here and there, as a qua1ns Ins.uo ora ~ -
I'a than aver imnressed by the great merit of the
tnan o,a. ~. +Ia ,,,a;oht of thought which is
poem. by the "eiglt ~ art aN o. concealed
! carried so easlly-a sol' % ~ 1smah-
enroenToa tml Hsht,vlmoyInr ,u yh verses. Written
ns' ,ora sati1a nnon the party, and, indeed,
as mere Salie upeu " tha uo p,ritan eentleman
upon the person, ol u!s @ -. 49, T 1;,,ino II h,s
in whose house tne au.nus w 1872 81 its sub
;ocf md tha familiarity Of its style, become
Jset sa.0 ~ so rnr,;et literature. It owes its
c'nss!c ~ fns.!a4 .'or a,d ito satire than
position less TO us nunlo, alu th"+ h,,,d ~
wisdom-a knowledge OF mans heart and OF
~ world which a1one insures a: permanent
u,o" 1,o =, ,;t"r.t,,r. and which will insure
place III atera1uie' ano ,maaor,, ~ oven ro a
bur1esoue. Although Butler occupies seven
nagas and = half in Mr. Bart1etts book, the
,,,o,,oora are very far from having
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS a. ~ its nraenant saw
VII, W.T. which lie vet unmineu along his
n.ons witness either that he has fallen into
ppaS9Ie.t or, nreferablo alternative, that the
hah nj ruDf:lf10n n
+hau toil eli af hnth
t1iss want m nn1ltnp mt plums, a sort Of q
| 1tternrv lick Torner. was reminded OF the
narrars;fv FIAT ;s s1 common in regard to
tions: M,st = thaf IS. sententious SEMI passages which
nnhn,1,- nr rather seem tn enlbody, general
+ruti, ~ = cnmnact farm. The use Of these
+, I rnnversatinn nr in writing is sign Of in
srai fondnrss for Them is that they save the
tro,hia ~ thinEfng- To the average man
| these seems to be no trouble quite so trouble
| some Us thatof thought, Asthe Turk liked
dancing dancing done i for him, so the average man
iiiIas tn have an uuthor WHO will do his think
inr far hin,Mba Tor him an intellectual
nrancer and poser, and strong man in the
| mental circus. lie likes to rest upon the con.
cIusion that another has drawn, especially if
+ is nut IN a brief. hold. sententious form,
and ahnve a1I' If It Is somewhat paradoxical,
and ea.,ns villa It. settles the question to In
vnIve v4n # in m air Of mystery, This is to be
| tlenlnrei in the one side it leads to the en-
| fpnhiement and tbe en,asculati0n Of the gen
ersI mini. which IS brought by it into d con-
| dition Of depeudence,-a dependence setting
| itself up for strength on the ground of per
ception of wisdom; on the other, 1t teppts
writer's to become phrase-mongers, sayers Of
| sayings, makers Of maxilns, uttererS OF
! oracIes. with the general result Of emptiness
! contained in large pretense, and OF t1e form
| Of wisdom without its substance. GenefatI sitt1
assertions are genolauy - VI 4a!eo " 49,: 49,
| fact. The World'S mouIn IS lu4l u SAYINGS
and aphorlsms, ana proverbs anu n1atlHs, - ~
and oracleS Walch are ohly WITNESSES ~ ~. 1iI
presumption Or tnoso py wnom & .,,er4, a1 an
the folly OF those oy Wnom tney fn.f Mele " ~
cepted, pronoulcen nr.,;one ~ n'..1,
clslons ana Iecelseu - SUN u5 AZ ne
OF men Mn!cn set woutu ~ - p.. .it;oie,,, 49,
utE9 ~ euS taeu % y. - - ao r+G ~ rar,ar1-
l"o H1p4's ~! Alnu a.o ,t4 W ~, nhor;st;o
sa,;ng rhe - eI1 rst is thst whch attends to
4s 2hs I3},;,,,,tinn ~ snah sarinoa tn The hest
Eno,vn savers of then and tie enricnine Of
e,,nh ,aan &c choEsnaora Afnffara Rnchn-
SUN sI1 !.oli mano1'rorff ~ and Sidnnv Smith
IoucaHlu, THU, atn oianSy .!.t,y, Hn :; 49,
WIN the llltle WeaIl " o.Aela, Ticn - - ;.n W.
the operation or t1a% grleyous lazy, 70 I'M
that hath shall be given, and from him that
that hath not shall De taken away that "hleh