New-York tribune., 1882-03-12
LETTER or CARLYLES.
ScorsnRIG. ECCLrFECHAN. !

2lSt October. $3.50.
My DEAR - No Letter that can come from
me IN my present mood and position will be worth
the reading much less the paying ir; nevertheless;
| had long ago determined 70 write 10 you When
enould arrive here, and now something almost IKE
q call of business UhO', alas on my part only peg
lnng husirrSS impcS me to do 1t In ihr dulltSt ol
an hutpCrS soliciting from the Heavens ana the
Earth no higher blrsSedr'ss than to he let alone,
accordingly stir myself up. aS II were, IN spite OF te
Devil aGd the Flesh. The prObahIhiy or even me
certainty is, shall pr"t 10y 1t myself II yI4 y1 SUI SUI
fer pray bear 1t like Martyr, as you aud all men
arc or ought 10 be. =.
| have lied hther some three week ago out OF
Din and Confusion grown lnsupportabie; 10 rest me
a litte here; to look once again were II ohll Wl.h
the feeling Of rcrCpGH' a TOO ghoSt-like. verilyl
on the scenes one inhabited when "Ilye IN that
Brick Babel, where All goes Win Sich "ifaAh
sDprd. all from the Cdb-GcNTrY on lnt streets 10
the way of thuSing OF existing within doors ana
within hearts Won grow alter u certain length oi
time to feel as one whlrlcd with lnrOucrlNHnle We
locIty on an imneasurahle whIrlIglg Tor Vhal puf-
pose YOU cannot so well see: whereby y0u IN nj Oi
despcration raS some have known do, M length g"
and fling yourself into the River; or else, winch Is
the mideT and surely preferable lntlhOu ifilfe loi
five weeks into the country, as nave uVhc now
NV wife has Ter mother with her, ana Win more OF
less paticpcc waits my return. Did yOu notice ON
newspaper that houed " To see yon soon nc
truth is. did calculate ON gong ~ sea ana
Edinburgh 10 wait with YOU mainly. there one
night; hut smacks and steamboats, proved All IN
eligible, So | fled by Liverpool rather Literally
il Tetreating from the HoHische Jam "a properly Ii
was In another fortnight must I've back.
have been exceedingly huSlcd ana buHtltu, ~
that Babel: apparently To lIttlc end. task had
set myself of writing on the - French Revolution.
would not prosper much. met the sorrowiuleSt ms
chances and is yet far from done, A first volume
the fruit of five months hard toll, was lent to
friend and bv him too carelesSly, sent ar Ue chm
nry as Eindhng for fires! his is literally fr"c
rGe task Of rewriting il lasted six months; and
was the ugest ever had i'll life, or expect ever I"
have 1t Is done, however; aud II the heaNehS
keep mo alive six months longer, the rest OF tne
Book shall be done: after which my outlook lnto
tbe future as il were terminates Literature II
London is maddcr than Bcdlam: nevertheless true
il remains that God made this Universe and not
the Devil whercfoT, a man ought to possess ms
soul in peace If he peacetuily; ana hold MN
self ready for turning 10 the right hand II ms way
on the left hand prove all too t0ui. Pray only that
NAV be abe by and by To send you copy 81 the
Book! Who knows but ii may prove almost a
upigue in Edinburgh. 1t seems more and more as II
tLcT. were no one but yourself with whom | had
any sympathy there, any call for sympathy. One
should To- yc his brothers, bnt fnds II easier ~ some
seasons to do il in the crgptophtoUs way, elvlig or
receiving no siyn. In LOhOOn there Is much 10
Orerlook uf you wOuld keep Your temper, nut al>o
somewhat 10 i0ok at and dwejl on: IN regard TO
compromising and social position among my 1eIcN
men was never elsewhere so well situated. indeed
never elsewhere situuted at all. We mus take the
evil with the good.