Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-17
WASHINGTON IENING.

Fanny y. StItenY, Louisville. ky.-t4t-
praturr. it has been said. Is positive, tIe-
Inrlit ia civilized life, existing As passive
taste ur means OF rUlture and aS deNeldi-
mrnt of productive tendencies. Nrw col
uIicS. in their first productions, naturally
initiate tie sentiments and opinions nt-thelr
mother country. But the literature bt"
comes more original aS the country D
,rS.,r> older and more thickly settled. Be
fore the revolution the people were alAoSt
entirely absorbed in practical matters.
With increased leisure and means of e,iu-
cation the literary writings became more
aud more characteristic and. NATIONAL
Among the first to break loose from HIe
bonds of the influences of the mother
country was Washington irving, the Cold
smith Of America.
Born in the CITY of New York, in i7>i,
hr spent hIs bnNh""d in the mi'Isi Of a
mixed population, III which the ptrull"r
customs and language of the old Dutch sci
tiers were predominant. The literature ut
the day had but little influence IN forming
Iryiug'S StyIe. lie early commenced the
study of law. and while engaged in this
pursuit commenced his literary carerr.
In 1901. for the benefit Of his health, he
took 4 voyage Ia Europe, and while u
kAIlllt came NrlN 1ltdl btlhH INa9H.hA'i "
become a painter Having retured from
hi, VOYAGE. he WAS admitted to the bar AMI
began his Literary career by his cQntrlbu-
iiuns to .sSalamagundi." lie suddenly ta--
came famous after the issue of kRicker-
hacker, History of New York" and his
r,.putation WAS firmly established by his
sketch Book" His other principal Nri-
tings are ''Bracebridge Hal, y "hife OF TO
lulnbus' and Life Of Washington" ~
He i said to have been carefully just laIt
merrifui, ayerse to strife, and ~ modest that
h,. could never comprehend why it was that
he should I've an object Of curiosity and rev
errnce. Throughout all the intervening
wears his light has shOne IL brightly as be
fore. and his star bids fair Ia becOme per
mamently fixed ia the literary universe. o.
THE LIMITS OF NATURAL kNOWIEDGE.
Fred l.. Sigmund. Peabody. Kansas. -
The mind of man is intensely active. Not
content with simple contemplation Of him
self he gne~ beynnd this parrow sphere.
and seeks 10 satisfy his cravings tt tlu-
things about him. The field of nature lies
before him and offers All meXlaustlae N'"rt
for strIinus investigation. lie enters this;
and in her various forms behOldS Il world OF
real existence, the apprehension OF which
We call experience. Ia all his dealings
with the natural come the queries, how
whence? why3 which demamd an answer.
To-day, the problem coHIt's. how far ran ma
fUTt. tak,. us Ia the answer of these IHqulI-
les? Our knowledge Of the natural Is ron-
lined WIthfn the narrow limits Df the St'Il~cS.
Feeling the almost absolute nr,,.>Slty-tUr Il
substantial basis of or perceptions. man
ever seeks I" .OyerStep the b"Hnd>wln'h
nature has impuSrd upon him and know
mattet and force a. such. This he caunOt
KNOW. Another problem is before Us when
Consciousness is made the suhtG't 81 i'll
uuiry: The union uf the subjective and the
objective, j. lust ~ intNplicablc H. the sub
stance ef the material GHNerSe. The inst
manifestation Of intelligence can no more De-
understood uD natural grounds than the most
highly organized intellect. Mud which
knows ami feels and thinks can never bt
prrcriy d as such. Here then is another
limit tn our natural know Ietlge. While puI
natural kmowlpIigr il conlinrd bctAeen
these bounds all human knowledge does not
come from nature. The human nlimd
n.arheS to the bnumdlrSS regions OF the iu-
init. and r1npTchendS ia Him the csot'nce
nt all being. When we seek all rNpiana-
tiun from the natural world we 20 above the
universe about us and lind within the
SUPERNATURAL the only true and satisfactory
solution. He is the Creator VI the material
world. the origin of force Then Ia these
thinking. ferliug minds he gives that liberty
which raises them above he'hruie creation
and makes them men. .y