The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-05-06

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a. oefiaia N the dentliy ~ those alwui him
" ihe latter pan ~ The day NJ suffered mHfe
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The sunset hour affifed apird nlu uueun'
cicusness, ftom whloi h. da u1l awahe.
Tho cause " NJ. nmerains daalt was aule
pnculnstla, NJ stranger could have visited
contbfi daring the past werh AMI mci the
pponle there without lag hnpfeegd with tho
esieem In which Mr. Em-fsin wis held ny his
nnlfhltr Men women and even iilo ehll
nrun, spoke tcndetlY " him and expressed
EARNEST aillclm 10 q tn bis condition.
In iiia he, willlm Emcrian, inihcr "
Ralph waldo figured prominently IN thu lltvu.
mtlon WIS Chaplain of tho Continental Con-
gross, and WIS present NJ tho famous lghi al
| Concord.
Ralph WIS born In Ilu,ion May q, i'lh Al
eight years uf nVc b. entered the public sraln'
mar school aud soon after the Latin school,
He WIS noted ns zone who loved To triiie In
rhymea little now aud then" lie cntcred
Harvard In bis fourteenth ycar, but was evdn
thon aEuod classical scholar. Ills favTto
study was Greek, aud h. wos annpt translator,
and excelnd IN compnsItl N nm defamation.
In hu sophomore year he assisted his brother
William In toaching school which was held
IN his mothers hnuac. In March, lsel, no was
ordained minister Of the Second Church IN
Boston. Bronson Aloott who henrl him preach
thnt year. wits struck "with the youth OF the
preacher, the beauty OF his clncution, and the
direct mud sincere manncr IN which he adj
dressed hi, hearers" IN itl!hs rcdgne his
place AMI gradually with lrow from tho min
istry.
In 1888 Mr. Emerson mndo voyage 10 Eu.
rope for the benollt of bis haalth. In England
he formed the acquaintance Of such men n,
COlSrldge, Wordsworth Carlyle, Walter Saw
nge Landor and other famous ltcrat Ito
turning 10 Boston IN tho winter, he com.
monccd series Of lectures, and IN 1894
preached for time for the Unitarian Church
IN New Bedford. In lslj he delivered a srrie'
of biographical lectures In Bottom. In lsN, nj
the laying OF the cornerstone of u monument
commcnolatlng the Concord fight. nm od'
written by him was sung II contains III I'm
mortal lines:
"IIcrc, once the cmbnttlcd farmers stood,
And fired the shot hoarl round the world"
In 1870 his book. entitled "Natnrc," wa
published, which met with 40 slow sale tina
after twelve years only So copies wcrc sold
In 1873 Mr. Emerson collected aud pub.ished
In three volumes, "Carlylc's Essays" hayln
previously edited tho American edition Q
"Sartor hcsartus" In that year ho wit
Bronson Alcott, Margaret Fuller, Parker
stclsDn Clarke and others, formed tho Trans
ccndcntai Club, devoted 10 tho discussion Q
; idenlste religion. lic resigned position a
minister Of East Lexington IN 1879, on nccOuu
! OF his Increasing lIbcmllty Of opinion.
1850 he lccturcd In Boston. In tst0 n qua
tcrly mAgnxiEc. cnllod The Diri, Of which N
Emerson was oditor, being associated therci
, with Margaret Fuller, was commenced aud WI
published for four years, and for which !
wrote much both on prusc and poetry. In Ii
Brook Farm scheme OF 1871 ha took much Il
: teresl, but his keen sense Of the rldleulot
prevented his becoming resident OF "ti
: wsthotlc village" as be styled II.
. In 1877 he published n second series n ossa
al L.. A.. 81 81 A.
year he made second visit to England. The
he was engaged 10 deliver n course of lectnr
/, for the Mechanics Institute. which had son
4 time previously been organized by tho famo
A Lord BrOugham. These lectures were
a markably successful. lie published ano,h
4 volume Of essays In ls,p, and also published
I book form sons OF his contributions 10 Il
Dial. "Rsssys on Representative Men" q
pcarei In 1850 "Nem0irs ~ Margaret Full
0ssoil IN isSe, "Rngiish Traits" In lsja. n
D "Condnct of Life" IN 1870, "May Day an
!. Other Poems" in 1877. "socIcty and Solitude
IN lsIn 70 itiii .iil
In 1863 he was IN sympathy with tho Frs
/, Soil purity, and stumped for John Gorham n
frey, who vni candidate for GubcrnAtDri
Q honoz on that ticket. In 1863 ha lcoturud {
4 Anitslayery IN Boston and New York. He vi
1 tho friend during life ~ John Brown. of Ifa
/ pcrs Ferry, and his apoloxist to the end.
. is6i he iod hs iB,ston hymn % ceotfa
!, emancipation, and reai II at tha great mosur
In Boston Juno l Of that year. lie delivered
Frnphic nni beautiful address at the mestin
+ ln Concord which was held April 10. lsas,
4 rive expression to the public grief for u
4 death of Abraham Lincoln.
v For tho past fifteen or twoniy years he b
!, continued 10 write and lecture, sometimes
preach Those WIN onco criticised him -four
= nnw faith In him rs poet thinker and criti
: what once seemed faults were forgotten,
: an admitting rcessnition n his genius. fro
: far and near he has boon honored. Tyndf
a said Of him, "In him We have poet and
/. profoundly religious man. who Il really al
a entirely undaunted by the discoveries
science. past, present AMI prospective"
Mr.. Emerson was twice mauied-in isa
Ellen Louisa Tucker, who died OF conum
: tion IN isR, and In 1875 10 Lydia Jackson.
y Plymouth. who has been the beloved comps
!. Ion 10 tho last lie was always Interested
/. the public welfare, and tonk an active pft
(. tho lliemry organizations of Concord. Dy !
! neishbors. thosa who knew him longest n
|. mnst intimately, he was regarded with rcS'
= enco and devotion.