New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-23


justed himself to them. His presence and CONVEX
IIeroism, Poetry. Love- Circles aud Great Men; so
that W hen you arrive at his door you enter the
same house yOu left behind in his books.
EMERSON on COLLEGE TRAINING
After had read in Emerson for some time had
the bodness to write to hun and the good fortune
to be answered In my note had solicited his
opinion in regard TO college education. will quote
much of his reply is not personal: 10
brave soul IT really seems indifferent whether IT'S
tuition is in or ont Of college. Aud yet confess 20
a strong bias in favor of college think we can
not give ourselves too many ADVANTAGES; and ne
that goes TO Cambridge has free the best o. mat
kind. When he has seen their little all he VIII
rate it very moderately beside that wh'ch he
brought thither. There are many things much bet
ter than college; an exploring eXpedlton' II one
conld join it, or the living with any great master III
ones proper art but in the common run OF opp0r-
tunitIes and with no more than the common proper
ton of energy IN ourselves. college is safest from
its literary tone and from the access to books IL
gives mainly that it introduces yon to The best OF
your contemporaries. But if you can easily come
TO Concord and spend an afternoon with me we
could talk over the whole case by the rlVtr Dank'
had not then TIE courage or the 0ppor iuihl} W
accept hi friendly invitation. But the next year
envy Of AndOycr, thought the time had come. for
life there had become insuppOrtable; was lea'f 10
abandon col eye educa ion, unless encouraged ny
some other arguments than those could draw rom
the character of the pr paratIOn. My ohly, inll4-
mate mt Andoyer. William I. lIaTrl', the pIi.ioSo-
pher, had been able d escape be INES am irIb n'
without y companion. Necessity Comnelled me "
remain if | wished to 90 to college " me l!aIt ~
was there we contrved, amid a crowd OF You'll III
all stages OF preparation for The ministry from co!l
viction OF sin to tull-bOWm Calvnlsn, to MAINTAIN
lg.o ~ m
telescope much poetry and she heglnnlugs on Un'tt
phil. sopny which he has since 80 Splenl,diy inI-
filled We nOurlshcd our aspirations ahu al O"o III
dctuabIe emotions of youth.
had now precise object and need OF seeing
Emerson. ! thought he could advise me now 10
become educated and whore. For the school
seemed to offer nothing much wanted. It's mcth-
DDS were brutal and monkish ITS regimen, tha' IS
it's dorntories and commensurate, has al ways hrP
some thousands of dy~prPtic alumni In I'm, worn
ard know not how many IN the DINER, ana mani
tanned thereby the chief bulwark Of a bad creed. a
bad digestion. For of its disciples confessed 10
mc thai he GOT up IN the morning Unitarian mn
toward might the gnawng i'll his stomach brought
HIM round to Orthodoxy.
DAY WITH EMERsON AND THOREAU.
Therefore set out one damp day IN May, lSo2,
in search of the oracle that was to my ques-
tons and who was the voice Of a destiny. MAJ
trepidation5 and misgiv,ugs, For, unfortunately,
one thinks what sort Of figure he will himself
cut; he remembers his youth and its insignihcance
to any but himself; and the gre stneSs OF the great
j. vastly exaggerated by the comparison II Scenic"
10 me vas going to speak with n man who' HNe
the person IN Plutarch's Org, only conyerSed Win
men one day in the year; the remainder ne spent
with the nymph, and demons. And that day. for
the current year, had been allotted to me- lhe
fact that I went clandestiucy. that EmerSon's
name and books were never mentioned OF heard OF
by anyone in my circle, and that l vas almost
49, tl.trtf of
called sometimes the 1Ianscendentalists, or Their
works and influence, probably added a certain ze7t
TO the adventure. At the gate OF tho well-kno"n
walk 1t would have been easier to retreat than to
enter Such is tho experience Of those about to
erasp what they have long awaited and desired.
went on however. rs one ID the cad always does
entered and Giving ny name was W"iccucu III a
manner that at once biuished elaparIas5inent.
Thoroau Was already there. think thtt ne liau
.ndnd ,lOut chat time his experiments al Walden
Pond TnOrpau was dressed, remember, III q
al.in neat suit of dark clothes. not Quite black.
tIn nd n he thy. -of-dO0r appearance lie was
rat her silent but wnen he spoke 10 was IN etheI
critical orwIt'y vein. dld no; kno" VINO ~ " hht
me was: and ind IL my Ole diary OF tle uty tuh'
suelf his rare name pp0nc|call}i alu hcaid di'',
,vor o.ly that he man who au Ottll nheIlh l.
I observcd that be seemed 10 feel much at nome
it,, T,nersou: and rs h remained through the a.
tornoou aud evening. and lett nm sui az the
fires h. seemed to me to belong IL SOME way u
tbe ho,s,hold observed also tiat Emerson con-
.,,ualiv deferred 10 In 70 ana NHtiLru 10 sil'iOiV''V
his view preparing himself obviously ioi pilot
iaurIt at Thorcaus invariably negative ana lung
criticisms: especially III regard 10 ti"uauei. tl'e
.ional ,hmcnts n" vas ell any Io1 ot
Thnreau: In. whclh r IN "a human way OF rs III
aruserenr could not Ell make out. III tile on
inc TLorcau devoted himself wholly 10 tna Cu'u
a'r1 tLo nnrchiug corn. | think he made hlHSell
very entertaining to them. Emerson was laihHg I"
mr. and was only CONSCIOUS IL Ih"feiu pf9schof
"a we are with those aD0ul Us ON hol eng X W."
MS Bat very pretty pc IIe Ioiiltl9 IA . ul
-, nj 1',ore1u leaning over the ere aud q lar
Girl ou III her .idc. WhlcG somehow ul, Hvt N"Il''
9Th the All sseou.nt story | beard 81 ms brlhG a
hermit believe p.rchet corn liu ioi MN =. li''i
,,..irn bev,nd The prospect al something 10 ear.
lie says somewhere that some ulSnes N' oiiin'i'
thepl-e yes 10 our negotiations as Nen ~ pdit''a'
In parchrd cora. iOT tua,ahce thete N i''tlrs'
las, l,rt ,y,su the bursting Ted ana the more
perfect Developments OF vegrtahIe 1ie' II ~ pen
icct power with its petals, Ike the :. u't i,,t W
ao,,, me o. my warm nelrf hrsc cere.ilan DOS
s,,,us ~ nanacd never saw ! horrhu again nh'h
heard him m Boston Muslc tlau lecture Oh JONI JON,
Brown. But meantime the W en- on CoIo t ,'' ,
N,rrirna, Klycrs" ngd become ono OF iS h''"ti'"
hanks: and 1 have aConcl iOi my yodihlul 'sau Il"
timely want OF recognition by DlhsiIs uoh, ny
an, be,ch Il ,moo. pebble 20 his cam ~ W a""h.
And | Gathered be sOhc IN tie ancient vii'Ii""''
trial manner With me spell of one OF lLore&Is
songs:
NV sole employment Ills aud scrupuions care
10 place INV gs.,hs hey Id tie re'rn oi tid'7'
Each -moo;Ltr tcDDlr, 5. 81 ach Hhth ui"i "'c'
Which ocean KINDLY to my hand coAh'es'
In tbe conversation of an afternoon AM evening
il IL ,I,uo.slpia 20 relate all tnat WIS said One
think. he shall never forget "ofd Ol Snch
nnmorable day; out a length IL gois 0V riaid Ia
t,,. chambers ol the memory, amt only iea?Pe"io
er,..iI- when llncalcd for i iud ~ DOWN IN Ih)
mr., Of .he day TWO or three things winch thoi-
sand ob.,rycrs have remarked: th4t LiuoiSoh spoke
IN a mii,i pocu iar manner, JUStilyns tue 'oAl o.
ri,@r'',t, rt4t ynu must be calm before y)u en-
mi %, ortclcs" hat Zee oitcn hesltatcd Ter word
I'm. tuaf II was the right enc he waited Tor; tiai ne
sometimes oppressed himself M +LcAlly' anu H~c
Ln,L mi, ucauI suppose, that tie style ana
,.i.cts we're novel 10 me-. being then only u,fd 80
... Lana, of school boys and the magl5terl manner
nj ,rdnaogues. lie sehuul iOoaci IN the eye the
er,u nt,lr. ,s,d ana Scldoln put diIcci cues IONS
/ fancy tnl, was a part Of his extreme dehcacy o.
MANNERS.
PHILOSOPHERS on EDUCATION.
Assam As could 1 introduced the problem
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