The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-11-01
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 TAa 1Rm 6fnen2lv thaf an enlnana lnm1sy man has Se lAce on messiae ps1afcn1 n1h axj1o eu0 she exmuvannns expecsn1tsns sAna sse sase to - 1bf0oo cf him. lf kh mnidan QuscA b noe eQual sp his mosk succasuf6l ueasise e Ais moss popalar sevsl. a is saneamouns te . tailnTs and essn fia is ia massxial uossAy q ali psaisa, iss impsrtscs dslivsry maY vsEy hhsly nake it kli Ia, fcr the ssadsat ssadom ponsssss thsss physical pewsrs tAst ase necsssssy tor assccsusfal ossaosical dispaay. Bsss6a all sAis, tAs meEe coascionsaen ef genim sempes . lisssasy man 0 uy and sake sAe kouse ey seoxm, wAes1nn taoee quaiisies by vAicA sAe debas~ a1noe caa succsut ss Quife time eoe exereisa. The wsissr. bow ssss, ed especially the jcasnalia, vAoss pea Aas oelea to run as taR as his sAougAts, has always oae advantase over any oth9 tyro h politieAl hss. He has faod of Word2 and has also acquired the method q sssangipg them. He has leasned so turn hts sensonces ssssly and roand Ais [. pesiods" and his lips havs in rsadiness tAs appropsiass eptsAss which the oldest dsbsasS may not be able to 6sd in hh hour of ased. But hs posssssss in an emins n degses the dslAuts de sss qaaliss. h is hafd tor him nos hs dic-
 tasosial And docuinaire. JoAa Stuart Min. who nay perhaps ssih hs remem- besed e literary politician by h,s 6ne spesch oa shs nasional dehe, wsa always . pedaeogue in the house of commons, and pespssually climbing oo . high stool @ a to be above hts audience ; and we
 have at the present tune an eK.jcumaliss N. P. who vili not bear in mind that he
 has tos some time abandoned the ueht
 and privilege so lecture the univssse from Printing House Square. A French ssvans s jass as bad as an Eng,ish savant when he takes to active polisics. and ministerial
 liie h the twilight of his days. A Thieu private sscsssasy, M. Basthslsmy S. Hilaire only obsyed the will of the tistle man wAo ruled France but when
 he wsnt to rive orders himself at the Qcai DOvsay. ali pasis and a good rAit oa fraacs rsgrssted that the great Padd-
 hisi scAolar had dssssted GAutama to en- gags with Bismarck.
 Al oee tune in this county ( positive prejudice existed in the minds oa prssniers
 and cabinss maken against literary poll. ticians- Edmund Burke vas purposely overlooked by the heads oi tho govssainx
 (amilies q his day, not oaly becauss hs vas not q them. but also hecauss hs vas considered too clever by half; asd Lord
 lohn Russell vas kept bach by Lords Guy and Melbourne very much bscause he had bad rsputaaioa fos dabbling in lesisrs. When the ceoiues of Losd Gssy
 vas formed. hs found no place reserved tos hiEA in tt, and n vas 60 paymassss os the foseSs--a subordinate position which, curiousiy enough, Burke had also fslied
 that he brought forward hts great measure of parliamentary reform. The fate iosd Bsseoaskeit, ,a resess.rs sc the
 ssudious neglect oi Lord John up to the time ot the formation of Lssd Mel
 bourpss second cabinet, quotes # As common opinion that . man cannot al the same time bs successful! be.A ia
 meditation and in action.n l. But,. he
 adds, "in life Il is wisess to judge men
 individually. and no, to decide apoa
 them by general rules. The common opsnion in this instance may be very ofsen correct but ~hese u fails to apply, its
 influence may involve us in fatal missak hes.
 A literary man who is man of action Is
 a two-edged weapon nor should n bs
 hSsgot,en that CAias Juiius and Frederick ;ae Great were both eminently literary characters, and yet were perhaps the two most dissinxu xuis shed men of acilon oi an. eient and modern umes."
 The success of Louis Adolphe Thiers, L.
 mentary arena. vas only aher Iebui1s which would have taken the heart out ol lsss sesoluie maa. His literary repu. tasion seems las in the case of othess we have mentioned)so have stood ia the gay of his political career rather thaa b have
 sdvanced n. Although, is concert wish
 hts friends Missss, Cousin, and Armasd Casrel. and more than any oi these, hs exercsseL . very quiet in6uencs on the cousse ot events that led up the monarchy oi July, no place was tosnd los him 10 the new arrangements by the cisissu king. He dsd not become deputy until
 iS3a. when hts debut vas diseoussging enough. He cams back from the debate it vas aa ualmpostans discusssoa oa the emigration law straight to h,s friend
 Migues, with whom he had lodged sance has arrival in in the metropolis, and sAid !" have been beaten but nsveS mind, am not cast do~n: am mAking my hrss essay in arms. Beaten to day, beaten to-mosrow a is the fate of the soldier and the orator. in the tribune, as under 6rs, . dslaaa ,s as ussful as a victory. We bsgis again. Lss us never think of the blows we have reessvsd, but oi those we shall ssrike" Lamassine, srssk.ss q more sues essfui attempts than this ai his debut. says of the pssss-
 dent thai was to bs: He tried the tribune. His hra esssys did sos iespiss hope. Nature had rot given him . voice, but . will which dispsasss with Aasure. it vas ssressary for him to be an orator. He became one." The pss- sent is the 6rH parliament h vhich joornalism has besn st all iasgsly sepse-