Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-06-23
HERO WORSHIP.

Carlyle wrote some beautiful DOCKS
books that will live long; books from
which all may learn something of the
human heart and its wondrous workings.
No one ever read one of his books but
when he left it he was filled with more
thought and reflection than when he took
it up. Accused OF cynicism, Carlyle be-
lieved in the innate goodness of human
nature. Human nature 10 him was the
great thing in this world, and to contem-
plate and study it the object of life. In
love was the highest type oflife; to him it
was the "ideal made real" Who can
read OF Herr Teufelsdrockh and Blumine
without being touched by the story of
their love? 1t is far more touching than
the story of Abelard's treachery and
Heloise's undying love. In this case the
most famous professor in Europe took adj
vantage Of the most beautiful and innocent
girl in Europe, and the sentiment of an
after age laid them side by side.
Who ever carried on a long journey
saddle-bags filled with such things as
were the bags in Sartor Resartus? No
one. But we wander from our subject.
In none OF his works has Carlyle written
more delightfully."- than in his Hero
Worship" q" Who can say which is
most instructive and entertaining,
The Hero as Poet" ''The Hero
as Man OF Letters" or "The Hero as
God?" Not the hero as a maudlin senti-
mentalist did Carlyle worship, but the
hero as man, the greatest and best man.
The worship of the hero with him was
the worship of humanity's greatest vir-
tues. For man, save as the exponent of
a divine idea, he had no worship. He
recognized The truth that men and their
ideas make and lead movements, and that
the great men of nation shape its des-
tiny. Americans can admire this in Car
lyle because he was British subject and
was not accustomed to breathing free
dom's air; but Americans, "true Ameri-
cans can never become such worship
pers. 1t is inconsistent with freeman's
soul. Intellect may be honored, but that
is the extent to which Americans can 90
in the matter of ''hero Worship" to 90
beyond this is to become disloyal.
Very recently distinguished Roman |
Catholic was in this city and lectured. |
All listened to him with interest; some
with adulation. This gentleman, Mon
signor Capel, is now in San Francisco.
and the Argonam of that place of June
20, in speaking of him and his appear
ance, exhausted its vocabulary, and was
compelled to turn to this city for further
language in which to describe him and
his mental qualities. Here is what the
ArgOnGW says:
After exhausting all that was outwardlv
visible about this distinguished orator and
gentleman of the Church of Rome, we picked
up the Salt Lake Weekly Tribune, and as
certained from a most fuisome and absurd
we are ashamed that SO SEN
slble an American as Charley Goodwin
should write-that Monsignor Capel had
visited Salt Lade City, and had been inter
viewed by the Tribune editor, and had deliy-
cred lecture-theme, is religion opposed
to science If Monsignor Capel is the
man of sense that We take him to be,
nothing can be more offensive and nauseat
ing than that Protestant, heather editor
like Goodwin should SLAYER him all over with
such rot as this: Compact, well-built
figure, splendid physique, graceful in car :
r1age,' air of polished eourtliness,' 'oyer a
heavy body a divine head is poised
and there is in voice, in aspect, and
"a movement perpetual presence
of sovereign strength and then goes on
TO represent him as man of severe LOGIC
profound learning great magnetism II
makes us unwell to read this never-ceasing
,inction who comes to this country
The Salt Lake Tribune presents a
BADLY drawn, highly colored carioature of a
gentleman and priest who has attained hiph 8
lonors in the Church of Rome So
fhese comments are suggested because I
We hate to have such men
s Monsignor oapel leave America ]