New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-13

,nasr nressure. and from force Of habit
w, n a,,.. bss best in these circumstances
Cor the purpose ne has in hand. Who
DIS "a sxrect 70 see his methods adopted in these
bsn s,,ld no sorry to say thought they entirely
.'.o5 for these amazing analogies and esti-
w. What is there in common between ThacR-
VS." md Arnold and why is "pnngent social
H's % 10 selected as the distinguishing note Oh
So WHY raise the question whether Ten
ei no a greater" poet than Arnold? That
~. least critical of all attitudes. Lord Cole
70 ,.neats the adjective with Mr.. John Morley.
nD ~ srSs a much worse one when he describes
s-.r0an's as splendid style. He could not
-. found word less less descriptive Of Newman.
ads is not splendid style; If 1t were, there
aid never he much question Of his relations
-,b rosterity. Much more to the point than
- facie and shallow analogies is the remark
= writer on the despised daily press Arnold
deep and honest thinker, whose scorn OF
'aouovuess and vulgarity was under the control
- lofty purpose and employed to dissipate errors
.,i,ious 10 the whole human race You may
r.,nb Lord Coleridges sounding sentences IN
"a, for one which does so much Justice as that
y I,nold 1t is not complete nor meant TO be
nlste hut il is an arrow aimed at the target
"a DOT launched vaguely into universal space.
,,old has been dead less than four years.
n.~,.r;tv has not yet said her say about him;
-. time is too short and posterity has not had
Asrce 70 appear on the scene. But this may be
la. The three or four years which follow a
.,.n,s death are often most trying TO his fame.
y. ;s too near and not near enough. Personal
,,Au.nees on one side or the other still count
q, something The abiding effect of his work
..,ro, vet be measured In Arnold's case this
~, is neeuliarly true. What he did TO mould
18th The thought and the expression of England
-..,. nrove 70 be the most considerable and the
,,ost permanent influence of his time lie
,rronrb, on lines which no other has followed.
II. rant deliberately outside the beaten paths.
ia nsyected many Of the traditions. lie sought
,,so;ration and guidance where few or none had
.o'rbt IL before him. He bowed his mind. at
ors nerod and for many purposes all through
bis life 10 the teaching of France. He chose
80 host ont of literature and out OF haDlts OF
,bouqht totally alien 10 those which have mace
v,oEsb literature and English thought what 1t
:. he found great qualities not TO be found
ol..wber. These he transplanted. His books are
tul Of the qualities commonly conspicuous III the
hast French books, and seldom conspicuous IN the
hest English IL is By help Of these as well Us
:, his fine natural genius and his vide knowledge
Z, other directions that he turned the current
a, English thinking. These are the influences
:, his work which are most VITAL and likely 10
h. most enduring. The English hardly suspect
the existence Of them. He taught them the
rudfnents of the science OF criticism, but they
have hardly as yet applied this criticism to their
master. generation hence they may begin 10
understand him batter. and to do him more exact
80 c. W. 5.