New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-15

horn, IN France. But Il was not by his lucidity
that he did harm he did ii by his want OF serious
ness his want of reverence, his want Oh scueo ivr
much that is deepest in human nature. but ny MS
lucidity he did good. All admired Luther Coh-
duct was thrce-iourths OF life. and q man , HnO
worked for conduct therefore worked for more than
a man who worked for intelligence. But having
promised this it mig INT be said that the Luther oI
the eighteenth century and of the cult yatcd
classes of Voltnire As Luther had AN antipdthy 10
what was immoral, so NotalIe hhd an anu phrhy
&c what was absurd. aud both OF theIn maze war
upon the object of their antipathy with snch mas
terly power, with much conviction, SO mucn
energy, so much genius, that they carried tlGII
world with them: Luthe MS Froieslaht , Mo.id
aud VOltaIre his French world and the cultivated
classes throughout the Continent ot EuIope Ren-
orally Volarc had moro than negative lucldiW
he had tine large and true conception tlal huihp'I
and eoui brium OF ietvties were requisite Tor man.
II fdut dOnHG Il nOtre dme t0htes tcs JoTmSs POS
sibies maxim which NoHhre reauy hnu
truly applied practice advancing WIN MAJ
veous vigor and with that conqnrrlng ampltloh
which VcU called mems hT0icd Neverlheless ' o.
taircs signal characteristic was his luc'uity, us
negative lucIdity. There great ahd Tree III
tellectual movement in ENGLAND in the eishteehlI
century indeed il was from England that ~ pisson
into France But the EnGl had not that strOhg
natural bent for lucdity which the french uau 'S
bent was towards other things III preference. our
leading thinkers had not the genius ana passion IoI
lucidty which distinguished Noltalre III 'ueI il.o
inuuiry they soon found Themselves COMING ihto
collision with number OF established IactS' oeIclai
and convictions. Thereupon all sorts o. prdotira i
considerations began to sway them Inc nahR'i
signal went up; they often stopped snort, tuIne;u
their eyes another way. or drew uown cullhln
between themselves and the lght. III seSns
highly probable" said VOltalre. that nature mas
made thinking function OF the BRAIN az veg "a "a
ton is function OF trees; that we MINK oS t'io
BRAIN Just walk by the rect 80 our IeasoL'
AT least would lead us TO conclude. II the th'V-
lugans did not assure MS of the contrary oucn
too. the opinion of Locke but ne du liot VIZ
ture to announce it. The French Revolution came;
England grew to abhor France. ana "as cur %
from the Continent did great thlngs, gained hucI'
but not In lucidity. The Continent was Icopehet,
ia lis
their lessons lovers Of free and clear tnoue1' sucn
ns thr late Join Stuart MIli-lappauseI arose
among u.s. But one could not say tntu lhcS hau
by any means fOunded among us tue reish Vi
lucidity. $500 ; -, bib VIA
were hearing so much Just now leI tnth ioon n az
the Salvation Army iau2hteTl-ahd us oPela-
lions. They would see numbers lhhus, ehtIe5i
devotedness, excitement, conversions anu toia'
absence of lucldity. Laughter niue Iuc m.
wond make the whole movement Impossible lhat
movement took for granted ~ IT'S basis what was 40
longer possible or receivable; its adherents pro.
ceeded in all they did on the assumption that tlat
basis perfectly solid. aud neither saw va. ~
was moi solid nor even thought of asking them,
selves whether it was solid or not. Laughter
Take very different movement. ana one oi iir
higher dignity and import. They had all haI oe-
tore their minds lately the long-deyoted labor2us'
influential pure, pathetic life oil Dr. Idsey-lap,
plause winch had just ended. Many OF thein haa
also been reading III the lively volumes OF that
acute Dut not always gOod-natured rattle, MT.
Motley, an account OF That great movement WuIch
took from Dr. Pussy its earlier name. Or It's later
stage of Rituali>m they had had In this country
1ow celebrated experience This movement was
full of interest. Il had produced men TO be &c
spectcd, men to be admired men To be loved men
OF learning goodness, genius and charm Bnt
cOnld they resist the truth that lucdlty would
have been fatal TO it1 lLaughier.l The movers OF
all those questions about apOstOllcal succession,
church patrstic authority. primitive usage, posII
ares, vestments questions so passonately debated
and on which he would not seek To cast rldIculc-
did not they all begin by taking for granted some
thing longer possible or receivable, bulld on TINS
basis as If il were Individually solid. and fail To see
that their basis being solid, all they omit unon
il was fantastic? He would MT saw that negative
lucdiy was III itself satisfactory possession, nut
he Sid that IL was inevitable and Indispensable,
and that It was the condition Of all serious con-
structun for the future Without 1t ut present
man nation was intellectually and spiritually
all abroad If they saw IL accompanied III rance
by much that they shIauk from, they should reflect
that in England it would have Influences joined
with 10 which it had not in France-the natural
SERIOUSNESS of the people Their sense OF reverence
and respect. their love ioi the past. Come IL must
aud here. where 1t had been so late in coming. 1T
would probably he for the hrs' time seen 70 come
without danger.
Capitals we've natural centres of mental move
ment, and 1t was natural for the casses with most
leisure, most freedom, most means of cultivation,
and most conversance with the wide world to nave
lucidlty. though often they had II not. To gen
crate split of lucdity IN provincial towns and
among the middle classes, bOnnd 10 lille OF nucn
routine and plunged IN business was moe dlflcult.
Schools aud universities, with serious and dlsln-
terrsted studies. and connecting those studies the
with the other ami continuing them mo years
OF manhood, were in this the best agency they
cOuld Use. 1t might be slow, but 1t was sure.
Such an agency they were now going TO employ.
Might it fulfil all then expectations. applause
Might those students in the words quoted JUST now,
advance in every direction with marvellous
vigor and with that conquerIng ambition which
Vicv called mems herOicd" And among the
many good results of this, might one result be
the apparitOn in midst of that Indispensable
splilt-the spirit OF lucldlty.