Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-16

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| 'An ,wer, sir; don't b. lazy.
| Who IS the girl of your chOice?'
| His black eyes flashed u;on her.
| "Why, what question from you.
| IN pen; pas de fOid; braucOup!
| All! the daisy says beducO'lp.
"What do you think have named lte'
He said In tenderest tone;
"Can't you guess the one OF all others
should care To call my OWN"
| Her eyes looked deep and dreamy,
And her cheek grew softly red:
al think you had better tell me-
She whispered with dropping head.
ssWell. II you will know" he answered
| Scattering the petals white.
| ats that black-eyed girl from Boston
| waltzed with twice last night"
| The Reconsideration OF New Eng
land.
| A large class of American readers never grow
weary threading the history OF that most re-
markabe manifestation of idealism that was
made i'm New England about forty Years ago
! and writer in the International ReUie'c discus
/ ses it interestingly enough to warrant repro
| duction of some of his best points. He saws:
| Transcendcntalism grew into q movement
/ principally through the writings Of three men,
! Coler;dge. Carlyle and Emerson. .Colerilge
! the earliest ill time, was rather a psychological
| curiosity. a remarkable poet, a profound or 4
muddy philosopher, passionate deyotee of
! high church orthodoxy, which he held on the
ground tina. it was the perfection of reason he
accomplished much; and yet considering his
genius and the works he was always projecting
he seems to have accomplished nothing. He
was always preparing to do somethin" great.
but the great thing was never done With la
borious perseverance, preparing the apparatus
that he might look out for the new star the
new star was never seen. And yet, with his
mystic utteranccs, his occasional flashing of
light into the heart OF deep questions. he was u
POWERFUL INFLUENCE
cation to us lies in the fact that importing into
| England the results of German metaphysics he
| taught that men possessed faculty tor pre-
hending truth superior to the intellect BY which
| they have direct cOgnizance OF supersensibie
| things This reason, as he names it. living be-
| hind all processes of reasoning, correspnnded
very much with the intuition OF the German
philosophers. and gives us knowledge of basal
| ndubitable truth. Thus COleridge made a de-
/ parture in the direction of profounder and
more spiritual philosophy, and by his varied ut
! terance of the one principle and his stimulating
/ conversations and writings, did much to pro-
| duce the belief that the views he taught con-
tanned In themselves great possibilities of recon-
| element and Illumination.
Carlyle was more powerful personality and
IN his earlier enthusiasm. q certain fasCinatiO ion
| he threw over life, and his wonderful ap-
| peals to the manlinesS in man became q teacher
and an Inspiration OF no small Importance. He
did for German literature generally what Cole
ridge did or attempted for German philosophy
and made its poets and thinkers-NOvals med
itatin% under the starlight, Richter with his ex-
uberant imagination. Iierder. Goethe the many
| slded-knOWn TO England and the English
| speaking nations. A preacher. too. on his own
/ account, he taught the nearness of God the
/ supremacy OF the divine laws, religion "a a pres
ent communion with the Infinite and Eternal
| He belongs to the company of the idealists; he
| emphasizes intuition; Oscillating between the
two great schools of mysticism. he taught now
/ that self development, and again that self re-
| nuncatiOn is the realization of the divine With
whitening scorn he branded the materasm of
! the aye, the selfish spirit of the old philosophers
and moralists and in living righteousness and
a brave assertion of the inimitable moral law
| recognized the meaning OF life
! THE NAME Observation-Disclosures
As to the name TranSceHdentalisin how II
came to be applied to the New England ldealism
no one knows. At any rate. i'm a certain sense
| it Is appropriate, though in some WAYS it is I'M
| fortunate. The word had a certain meanin" in
! the philosophy of the Middle Ages describing
| classes of things not comprehended in the cate
gOries OF Aristotle. yet it is not from the Middle
| Ages. but from the philosophy of Kant in which
| is described one department. that it obtained its
| slgnfcatl0n and use as Il recognized English
word. With Kant the transcendcntal deI,art-
ment concerned itself with those Fundamental
/ beliefs and ideas that are independent of obser-
Walton, and come to Us guaranteed by the very
! constitution of the human mind. And the min
| gled appropriateness. and yet unfortunataness.
OF the term lies in the fact that it carries with
/ 1t fine flavor of German metaphysics and sup-
/ gests travelling out into regions bounding at
least or the mystical and unintelligbe.
EMERSON.
| The special form which TranscendentaIism
| took Is largely due to Emerson. That epipram-
1 matte bT1liiancy. the presentation of truth in
compact parcels containing essences and eX-
| tracts. the serene equipOise In the regions of
| ideas, the retreat from the artifciality OF towns
| the contempt of argument, the association of
| things remote by the fmest of relations, and
the wOndrous elevation Of tone. all these are his.
mat God speaks inwardly to the soul, and in
/ that gives stimulus, strength and peace Is the
essential transcendental teaching; but In MANY
oil the messages delivered the optimism that
scarcely sees evil anywhere, the conception
that the meaning of any one thing contains the
meaning OF all creation, his circular philosophy,
| the union OF nigh vision with devotion to Drac-
tlcai realities, we have contributions from En-
| erson. Much of the substance and the form
| generally, came from him.
| REPRESENTATIVE Of the Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
| paid visit to one of the most prominent
butchers In that city. and probably the best
versed man in the business, and cOnversed with
| him on the subject: Are we to have Cheap as
| well as good meat this fall!' queried the news
| paper man. Most certainly" replied the
| butcher. I'VE are now receiving cattle In splen-
/ did condition from the west-the best / ever
saw from that country. Most of them are what
| are known as 'half-breeds,' being a mixture of
| Texan and native. The cOmmingling of the
blood gives a class much better adapted for
Dutchering purposes than the raw, lean Texan.
They come from Texas, Colorado, Iowa and the
Indian Territory, although they are purchased
by us at the great depot. st. Louis"
WHAT CONFUSED THE COURT: "How old
was the catf" asked the attorney. 81 don't
Know, was the answer. 'HOw old do YOU
think she was!" ut was tom cat" "I didn't
ask about the sex Of the cat; asked how old it
was You asked how old she was2" '.wel,
how old was that cat?" 81 told Won / didn't
know" well. how old do you Think" sOh. |
can't tel" "1on can tell how old You think
she was" IL tell you / don't know" Snow
said the attorney. II want plain answer to a
plain question. How old do YOU think that cat
was!" The witness looked straight at the attor-
ney, whose shining bald head was the most
prominent feature of his figure, and calmly said:
| "Oh, can't guess how old the cat was, but he
| was old enough to be bald-headed. "-Harfford