The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-01-27
Emerssa's Stories About Lowell and Carlyle.
 

kmerssn's Stories About Lowell ars Carlyle.
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 Emerson seemed to be on the iookeu; tor whatever indicated genius and ;hs best aspects of the inner hfe. In all this conversation his voice softened and played with lingering charm ove, trait, and promise that make youth lovely One tcl, the grace of his large. rioh. amlable, chlldlike nature. utterly free from dogms,isHa or oeneei,. He earned ihls sympathy with youth ;o his grave.
 By some natural association he referred 10 his lite in the Adtrondacks. where m company with Lowell. AgassiI, Holmes and othcrs. he had spent portion of the summer a few wears before. Each mem Der of the party followed the ben, ot his own lnClIna;lens as te the use of hls tune while Tn camp. and a good deal ot ad- mlfaSlc thinking. and some valuable contributions to science were rcsul, of this withdrawal into the wilder ness. suppose ,ha; II WAS because we had been speaking ot the brave and Ic>- oiute spirit oi youth. that Emerson told the following story about Lowell. winch 50 happsly lllusifate> Il
 As several ef us. sad Emerson, were returning to camp towards evenlng. after our varou> pursuits af the day. d cro~' $ ne>, was discovered on an upper limb of lofty pune. and the question was immediately breath he'd whether CT noi It could be reached and secured hy the most expert climber. Lowell dr- cl.ifcd that the feat could be ac, omplished. and. cn being challenged to attcmp, II. immediately made the tual. lie dId some wonderful ,ilInhing. and showed a sen,uresomeness that was Actually alarming. but. with his mos, s,renuous 5asgTTfs faTivgis .esH.n. course. he was made the butt of some lively lokes. and II MAS the conc fusion ei the res, oi the party that the nest wa> entirely safe from the grasp of human hands. After oat 2mu>cncn; al h,s dls- tomti,ure was over. Lowell Said Well. gentlemen. you've had your laugh. hu, perhaps htilc loo soon. shall gci that nest. Some aeu>ae smiles follow ct. and the >ublc,, was dropped, bat the next morning. A NC assembled for ,. ,s'.lst, ,t1c4e. n the HI !dle oi the table. stood the teFiisAfc tt1w net, whose loi,> pei. h Vt hAa supposed Vt, aHss,.silab. b.e.
 "lt seems that Lowell hal ri>cn carlt .,i8ic ~c weie a,seef. eiftate3 the uee U ,bc u>pu.,g.ea - h#s mafmas teot. lui secured ihe ifaf !.
 hose ~ho atc ,.ss5 5ItIutcd wrh the eHafa,lcT oi egf accomplished Minister ta ,hc uun q s,i. lame, wi not wonder 4; ihls lllastatlen ai his pluck Aui Icsez luton.
 !; aas easy for Mf. Emerson to speak oi Carlyle. whose character and genus h. eo well understood but Il ~as on the blunt and cynical features of the philoso- phcI tha; he dweit. as f he euIoyed their huge uaturaincSs Ills own intimacy with Carlyle was but fust touched upon. nodestly. as fl of httle interest. bu, he talily laughed aloud A. he related some of the grea, Sco,chmans obs;fcpetous idlosyncracies. He told me several s;ories of his brusqneness and III man ueTs. some ni winch have sincc found then way into prnt but the enc winch impressed me most ~as oi d promiucn; raisfoad o:tiCIai and 4pl,Ilist of Central i New York. who had taken erc.l. pa.r.s ,o gci m interview Wih him.
 lie Was fg.l II euinusiasm Tor th, seer whom he deeply .nd sincerely tc- vcTci. and on bong admitted ,o h., presence. sad ;o hiin Mir ulylc. i have come from a long distance, a'.,. am beyond cNpre,>on happy io mee, toU I Your writings lave heef sfoa' J"y ta me, and wish ,o tell you .ta, z, am unsicr inhnie ol,.l ,.atsa83, ta ye.4.
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