New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-18

did not propose to take up your time this evening with
reading extracts from Emersons poems Yon nave NJ ~
stedmsns thoughtful and scholarly essay But here
one passage which shows so the Two
out IFS descriptive expressions; then suddenly w,ngs
ashOg open and tho Of once 10 1ne
that you VIII stou carefully. IL is from inc p0'"
Feo the pul inventory of insgnincaDoes Of the
ororH being he describes with that strange
wit which is more LIKELY ely mssn,eeenf hyperbole
than smile, and then marx tue mssniuee"' 'f
OF the last two lines
AIasl that one Ia born in blight
w WSsn t n p1 ioc S on kis face:
INV heart saith Brother go thy waysl
None shall ASK thee vhst th0S SS aosss;
& rensnsSr Sa TSaSs thou ! lsst;
Or now thou -nroer Is So
10 make the sun forgotten"
THE CHARM OF EMEEsoS's POEMS.
There Ia a charm In Mr.. Emerson's poems wnon 0''
he defined any morsthan the Oh inc rose
tho hyacnth; any more than the OF voice tnat
should know from all others, IL all mankind snouiu
pass before and each call us by name. The per
sonai equation which dierentiaes Is not
confined to the tower Of tia astronomer Every human
eioaRnncs is mind !, safe which only certain letters
will unlock His ideas follow In an order OF tber o"
rhythms the total effect Of
which is TO stamp all that he or writes Win is
fascination that Emerson exercises over US he lives
Ia the highest OF thought; he is always IN
ns Of dna!' With IL "n the po
OF primitive nature. His words and phrases arrsnge
themselves by an elective anl OF tne The
reader who comes under his influence In al tna ss
says for recognize the same serious pure III only
gent and moral nature infinitely precious 10 us hot o
In itself promise OF what the air and SOL r a1a
breeding OF this western world may yet eduos r'n'
their potential virtues. IAppIsu'el TOO mr,, for
the traditional formula that Ss found around
him. In other days he would have lost his ne
as non conformst or in earlier days would have met
the fate OF savonarola His deep sweet humanity won
him Az threatening their CITADEL while they quar-
cling with those who assaied their outworks ~
and admiration but his manhood the noblest OF all
his high endowments, bigot here anu tnere MAY ns
avoided meeting him but ne TnS kn On S wna
ne old IN Palestine cannot help believing that oho "a
the thresholds which those blessed feet wGud nuS
have been that the lovely and quiet home oil Emcrson
REMARKS OF CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEw.
At the conclusion of the address. DR.. Holmes was
greeted with loud applause Mr. Palmer then calico
on several of those present to discuss the subject Oh
tbs lecture After brief remarks by Parke Goodwin
and John Bigeow. Chauncey NJ. Depew was called
upon. Among other things he said:
Twas born up along the Hudson where they nave
spring flowing ont OF the sac or hii ~ the maui
OF the little village and there ia tradition that ~ any
one tastes its waters whether he be native or wayaI
the latter years Of his Ire must peGeisary DC SSa
the last two weaks have hhi pr HOmea mere on
several memorable occasions, AMI the oitener ne CONF
the nterva there Is between the next time tnst ne
co5es think that he has tasted OF tho Metropolitan
spiIng flauchterl and that the lime fs not distant
when Boston 6efeaTed y, eve y Ysg' aaebter
DR.. Holmes responded TO this welcome, saying
that he had been overwhelmed with kindness in
New-York and he thanked those present from the
bottom OF his heart for the cordial reception which
had ri IN