Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-01

The success witch las attended the Con.
cord lectures ON Emerson has been 80 great
that they are TO be supplemented by series
of twelve additional lectures. Emerson
has already been discussed as n poet. a
tbeologian, a philosopher. and score OF
other things, but the supplementary lee
lures will present him IN still other lights.
The Concord people are TO CONSIDER
(" Emerson as a Plumber" Emerson ~ a
Sporting Man, emerson as an Arctic
EXPLORER "Emerson a Lightning Rod
AGENT and emerson ~ Buzz saw
In fact. by the time the twelve additional
lectures have been given, Emerson VIII
have 1een discussed In almost every char
act,r except that Of a cholera microbe or
Federal man-of-war.
We NAV be SURE that much that i in-
tercsting will be said when Professor iltr-
ris speaks Il Emerson as buzz saw. The
emlr ent lecturer will point out many
points OF resemblance between Emerson
and buzz Jaw. The scene ana seI-eon-
tainCd circuarity Of the buzz saw; Tue
vague hum OF its celestial wnlr; the aNful
cver.soul OF teeth, that though invisible 10
man are forever revolving Win ngntnlhg
swiftness; and the sure but terrible conse-
quonces that follow any attempt on the part
OF lash man TO monkey WIN inc DulH
Jaw are all wonderfully Illustrative OF she
essential buZZ-SawUess OF Emerson nv
ture. Mrs. julia Ward Howe. who Is 10
lecture on " Emerson Is a PLUMBER, WIZ
thrill her audience with the poetic beauty
Of her speech. She will emphHize the
slowness of Emerson. and quote statistics
to show that he ordinarily occupied ~
much time in walking from friends
-, 70
OF look 70 a plumber occupies in going
back TO the slop for his toofs. She VIII
claim that the iathOn less unint0lligl-
billy OF a plumbers bill shows is close
relation TO Emersonian philosophy, and
will uroye that what Emerson really meant
by the "oycr-soul" was precisely what the
plumber calls in his bill the Job and for
which he charges more than for the com.
b;ncd particulars which apparently con5u-
tute the lob. " Emerson Is Sporting
Man" Is The topic assigned to the dis
tingui,hcd western philosopher Professor
Jones. and brief synopsis OF the lecture,
which has been kindly furnished by
the Professor TO a reporter OF an O'h'
kosb Journal, makes it evident that
tLe lecture will tie one OF unusual Interest.
Professor Jones will Gull from The writings
OF Emerson all those philosophical terms
such as Jack pot,' straight tush,"
"fulI," raising the bind holding the
age" aud so forth. which give such =
cham and such unSl eakable depth 10 the
great philosophers writings. These terms,
hitherto -uppcsedto be strictly phIiosophi-
cal, Professor Jones will allcgc to be
terms frequently used by sporting men in
connection with game Of cards known Is
"tongS," and from tins fact the Professor
will Argue dat Emerson was an III al
sporting man, although he was ignorant
OF cards, and never engaged in any game
whatever.
Ii is to he hoped That the lectures already
delivered concerning Emerson, a, well ~
those CT the supplementary course, will be
published in book form. 50 That they can
become q permanent part Of orr literature.
Their value is incslImable, and they should
be found in every medical librlry in the
country, and in the possession OF every
medical man who is anxious to study brain
disease in I'LL it, forms.