New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-29
GOETHE AND KING DAY
CRITICALLY CONSIDERED BY PROFESSOR JONI
STUART BLACkIE.
Reported by The Manchester Examiner.

Reported by The Manchester Examiner.
Ny subject s grand Ss .o sy od ss' Of SS All
fcve is the poetry OF God, therefore man who does
not love little child is not religious APpaqts Sss
wonderful mystery called LIE. And there they are;
II you don't love them then the sooner you aIe tao
this world 4 You don't admire what is grand asar
hear But my lecture Is Goethe S s nudge does
not allow witness to enter the box unless he knows
smoothing about the caso and don't address you bo o
him Rsas & as one o hasnFh ns y
for A guinea or two a column Laugher.l nag
the happiness to have good and wise father, ana
knowing that Scotland was small and narrow county,
in Germany, and love the language Of that country
SO much that German words as apt to Jump OUT OK
S b 'oT' published translation Of Goehes Faust
applause. Oh don't want applause .p ws eSn,.
thing great and powerful in Goethes mind to influence
men (Appause) was never influenced a., Dy aS~
%s0 Or Rs %OMsS Hesa When
everybody speaking against Goethe ana ovon bsn
Ss aSGat bs German 1r mind and Goethe %
mndT T bsaT Is and rr there eU Is in
humsn nature tendency to Judge yourselves msgTh
Gently and your ne,ghbors severely; tAppdiaus s
blind to the good Ie studied Gosths life , iSS
H sRa ssis s 1 Ss,s
ss.n sin"e sbs time Of lord Bacon He was large
weilroundcd man, thoroughly ripe, like mellow trIs
IN a no man pesct All but he's grand
there being nothing base about him there was ono
Hsar, pH Sear1 II were to commence and give an
opinion Of King aDauvlt" Qaughterl what picture
n SU He betrayed his country fought with
tho PhstDes, and pretended to DO the feaq 81 sa
And who was bewitched by fair face as Dauvs,
ILaughter) He the husband Of the wife out n.2
-. cafa thoth ar CHI md
s sIT the vile OF the man he had murdered
4 the people to speak OF aS the or@es
sims could Judge ss, Scotland Soa WOULD 20
eyclairi, "Oh, what a countryI' Qaughterl
The study % ea aid eo belong SaS
period which produced tho biggest men THESE Werd
born about twenty years before the French se.
great men-Wellngon, Coerdge and SIR Walter Scott.
Tho subject Of our lecture bad his character d iy
dramatisng everything But should tell you before
this that he went to study law and that causes mo 70
sSs Se him n you sady tho law auer some
times they turn out welust like Backs augnto,
But about his weaknesses. lie fell sometimes In love-
and oh that was light daughter N, man a., th a.
love with himself and that IS the worst thing In me
world CApplause) But Goethes first lovsmakng
a three months delicious letter-wrng. oh, he was
not so fooshly in love Robert Burns with Clalnaa;
ladies in Edinburgh have had their trousseaus ana
bedroom suites bought and though the young gente-
men were introduced their afianced husbands they
were disappointed Qaughter.l 1t Is pity, but ~
f. quite common. (Hear) Even our divinity students
have flrtatIons with servants In the'r Lodgings
0augher and when they get calls to tho Free klrk,
or the Aud Kirk these servants assert they have oeen
tilted 0aughter) WELL Goethe could not marry
sarly for he was not started In life No man was
untitled to marry unless he had business. Applause
Then be fell in love with another mans vic, ana
knowing the passion growing, he fed away nom
the woman. but "Dauvlt'-Oh, he ran away Win ING
woman. Gaughter) Goethe was a man OF distincs
| honor (Applause) Then he married Chrstins Ioa
that's the Scotch for her name-but he lett her ior
| eghteen months, and that is bad thing 70 ~:
| (Iaughtor) when strong man has weak pom.
rest assured his frailty is woman lHear, hesrJ a,
he did not get married by the priest his sin was un
pardonable, peciay seeing he was about fory wnen
lyrical poet of the first order and that was adm,ea
by those who even undervslued some parts OF M
intellectual character However, he was no. 80 III IN
tensely lyrical as Burns. (AppauseD Inc SIsnIro
bard was not so wide Goethe, but the i@Ier va
more various in his range. De scared nIgncr auu
deeper, while Burns was kinder ana more P eIIee..'
Goethes character was noble and his ne cVhsStch.'
and one Of his gifts thts-he was man OF oushess'
and adapted himself TO the situation lie was nos,
as people said he selfish man. put ne We
a Tory. UaughteE) Though I'm Lbcrai m5 ,
say that the Radicals are narrow-lninae pcop.e;;
Isugherl God governs the word by Tories ,I sna
1anrhter,. bnt IL YOU don't believe him you must
SeIIesye Astoe and oh II you don't believe Aristotle
the sooner you thrown into the hidden the Deef