, 1880-08-01

~" IL oluei. .,,orr
THE piscouAsEs y Or ~ Ais. 1..s1.'. . hae+ ax-
nfp the nas M ese ode a1e tendency
or the school. and the conversational method
~ ;,,r+,.a+;o., ~ ,,h;c1, ,,e has teen for many
s.aars ~ s ~ r aarnesr S ~ at,vocate lie saws in
eals 50 earnest an ,fav not m credit New
England With giving the country these new
i..t,s,.san.a ~ nrogress viz. Greeley.
1.' 1o1 rs;en1, rraa p,otform :.
ne Me"spapea; .atien. uatiastn, : No. naoehar T Fres
Pulpit: Emerson, the Lecture. Tho Conrer-
.,tinn awaits being added to the list, Pos
tas4t1..,,;,, - ,,ndoui,tadlv III the hank with
H111y VIII un9ouo@5 tA 14o u..n "..a
ne nameol A%ot1 10 10 e9sent1A'ts eon.
ot-en REMINDS Us. ~ SAYS, - @ 90 not . ollngf
my subject with me; 1expectt to ma 1t here; 1
am to draw u ont 81 you. ana you are 70 draw
1t out OF me- me environment OF me new
dns Pe q s speec esa1 and he ak
well from the lecturers platform as he did
last year from MS easy CHAIR III Ills own par
lor- he reaiized TINS fully, anu SAID, Me
other day I;ea only wv, were @ IN Rarior, sur
phers that pleasant parioIs nave, then 1
could express myself more nlungAy.
MYSTICISM
being the general subject OF Mr. ,Alcott,s
talks, he begins each conversation by read
ing extracts from the great nlystGS Of the
Belinen, and others: :-pretacing his readings
by brief biographical sketches, ana following
them 81 expos1lons o. the beauty and truM
OF Mysticism, which has its 1ounda-
{a on deeRss In e rerx eoTs of an
beng. he makes Emerson q t}plcal mysllc.
whose spiritual, symbolic manner OF speech Is
the true source OF his power. III Ills view,
the whole Transcenqental movement IS .
MTEtirfEm
cisln Is modified and balanced by
constant lnsistance on Personality as
the necessary Starting-polnt IN ln0
ssnrch: for Truth As he phrases II,
self in the Divine THAT he calls Panthelsm),
but one who finds hiIuself there He reprt,-
sents the s3slckly dread of Anthroponier:.
phisln, y and seems to be returning ~ his otd
Of his early years the was bred nn Episco-
pal,an). He saws that no religion eyer sue
ceeded with the mass Of humanity that
hadn't Trinity in it.
Mr.. AIcott.s lectures are usually brief, and
are followed oy lntefcsllng conversations, tea IN
ine other lccturers are more 1oIlnai II tnelr
delivery, and some OF them take SO large
portion OF the Two hours ailotfea e each ses-
si9n sion 'na' mere Is ''le ''"s 'ei' l0f discus
PRoF. HARRIS: LECTURES
draw the largest audiences thus far, They
are very fascinating to the lover of abstract
specu1ations. but they are SO abtruse that it
IS exceedingly difficult to give anything like
condensed summary. The lecturer is a
man Of marvellous pllllosophic erudlti0n, and
at the same time he warns and coiors his
learning and his abStract thought by
the fire of enthusiasm. 70 a metaphysical
reader MS sSsleM might pe oellneo as con-
+fee w. ~ nn+ VI t1e ns.n'
~, - E;ai*ta e,,J t1 n;niat;e o 81 1is,u io
n, ;e eI onnaad n ~ ~ sna,,.a % and efii
LII = +.a ppa ppIi: +to, o,,,;nai;.,r; I !;
;,, aI - wv ~ iociat ~ % t,,a t;e4 ~ ~
ahs tle tue,Eiss t4se y ~, ue nss s Bn;i
ntI,nhns nnhe iec'uie' a1e on tn9 ni9'ois VI I'LL
osopns' m ,o<rs. rr,r,,nvs
are popular, even with those who admit they
cannot understand them. He appears to
nave completely Won tne hearts OF the 1alr
sex. Els suo3scI IS rla1o, ana ne seems 70
.te.t ~ te,;i e es " tHG gt;<a urfSR i
halieyes vii, Wr .sIrnttl in nrosv;sta.ce
and ho1ds there can he ,,n Intr1,frsnt hnne ri
immnrtaiitv # fl,is DIR: gjne NJ Platn i,e mn
trne: wI,af has haeinning - IN time @ ~ mist
have an end in fine The Doctnr;s Sevnote
is that the Sn,i nfone Is true S1,hstancs 1and
that the Material Universe Is merely enhem-
eraI and 1,hennmInai. ff1a Sn,,i is tha tr1,e
enfitv Mnttar - = nnn-antitv - @1~
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