New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-13
MATTHEW ARNOLD.
THE MEMORIAL TO HIM IN wESTun1.
ABBEY: THE EULoGfEs on HIM: ru,
PRESENT ENGLISH ESTIMATE ~
HIM

be fortunate consists In the merit Of the men,.
raised TO him. ] know not who Is resoorwihL :.
choosing Mr. Bruce JOY as the sculptor OF N. -
now placed la the Baptistcry Of westnins., -
hey. The responsibility for RELOCATING "a 49,,
scure corner of the Abbey the image Of ono =, y.
\ most original and admirable figures OF The 49,,
must rest with the Dean Of Westminster u
| ,oIe autocrat OF the fabric over which =, -
scrutab.e destiny, in the shape OF Mr. Glads,.s.
called him to preside. He spoke al the ne.s.,
ON Saturday in the Jerusalem Chamber vile, -
ceremony OF unwilling this monument was :.
complishcd lie had the singular taste 10 anil
gize for allowing Mr. Matthew Arnold 20 s,,.
the Abbey of all, in this postbumous and houor,.
way He spoke Of the exercise Of his disere,,.
az often perilous and anxious. In this "a. |,
have accepted IT, with the help OF Others =.
! himself Dean Bradley felt that his frienAsh,a q.
Arnold might bias him, but with the bel, =
| these unnamed Others lie decided cheerfuly a.
unhcsitatngy."
| The Dean decided also that this would he ma
occasion to patronize his TREND. lie tells w n
would not for moment compare himself WIZ
Arnold: yet" year by year he learsed TO sr,
an increasingly higher idea Of his gifts An
his genius n poet. He feels eonit,,
so far as we may speak at present." that AMI
will not he forgotten by future generations n,
! describes the gloomy hole which h, thinks eps
| enough for his friends bust, as that sequesiend
vet mos: interesting corner OF this great fabrits
II matters little TO Arnold. lie sleeps peaceful,
| enough i'm Laleham churchyard. amid the count,
scenes he loved with trees about him. and 4.
music Of birds. and fow,rs that bloom each va,
and the blue sky over all. 1t matters somctki,
ia his friends and disciples TO the great bon
Of readers who look t. Arnold a master. ltl
makes one wish that the group OF busybodies VIA
no doubt honestly. think they are doing horw
to Arnod's memory, had left him and his memoir
alone Arnold was one of the most simple sni
genuine of men, and it is his fate 10 he superntends
in dealt, by Mr. George Russell. ard put hh
marble by Mr.. Bruce Joy.
II is his fat also to undergo successive eulcgs
at the hands of Lord Colcridge The Lord Chit
Justice of England is very considerable ena
and somewhat distant relation Of the poet Coz
ridge. lie his Other th1n iidic.al N legd
titles 10 fame. and there are those OF his ogr
profession who say he n eds them. They will M
allow him to be a great lawyer. Some 20 80 h
as IN say ne is not a lawyer at all; using IA.
word, doubtless. in some esOterlc sense known
the profession ard not to the public. As TO that
one might quote Dr.. Johnson, who is quOabs
on many subjects:
"Why. sir supposng Lord Marshall not q
have the splendid talent which he possesses, he
must be a great English lawyer for having been
so long at the bar. and having passed thrOuh
SO many Of the great offices OF the law. Sir, ysg
NAY as we'll maintain that carrier who his
driven packhorse between Edinburgh ard Bsr
wick for thirty years does not know the road. a
that Lord Mansfield does net know tie law Of
England
When this lev certificate was bestowed on
Lord Mansfield, hr was siXty-c ght years Old. Led
Co!eridgc Is seventy. lie is. Therefore better
lawyer ty Two years than his great prcde:esr
and the cavils Of his contemporaries may be mssi
by He has considerable know ledge of patruH
theology, and no one who reads his discourse %
Arnold will doubt that lie has Literature Of,
certain kind.
But | suppose Lord Colerdees most tran
scendent quality is. after ALL his humility: his
ovcrpowerng humility. lie begins his d'scoursc
with the hOEe that one Will think he supp,e'e
himself equal to approaching thc genius and
properly dclineating the character oi Aatthew
Arnold. lie expresses an earnest desire not 10 cav
one word that shall be hasty or unbecomng
lie reminds us that he has already tired TO say 10
print what he felt about his " honored frlend'
but he cannot suppose that anybody has read IL
"or, if you have. that you remember It, iei
he does not wish 20 say it over again; that would
he TO one man at least very dull ana ufeAp
work" He doubts, nevertheless, whether he eau
say anything new, but hopes if il be not new
may he true, although it cannot be worthy o.
Arnolds genius Like Dean Bradley Lou
Coeridgc is of opinion that every one even mOleI'
atcly well acquainted with Arnold VIII conn
IDENTIFY deny that he will soon be forgotten. Conf
dent though he be- he is also well aware 'tA'
my own opinion is worth nothing Who ever az
tanned to such depth of humbe-mlndeaneS'
this Lord Chief Justice of England?
Ills meelness of mind. notwithstanding WIZ"
Lord Coleridge has said about Arnold, is mol
liked by Arnold's friends, nor by those who ma"
TO make comments on II in the public press
Perhaps the truth is that Lord Colerldge was i"
in u position TO deal freely with Arnolds WORK
or with the whole of his work. There were may
sides TO that work. and the whole of it has never
yet been well summed up. But there Was QUO
side of which, during his lifetime, We used
hear a great deal his warfare against Phili'o~
ism. How could a Lord Chief Justice dol VIZ,
that? lie would not be Lord Chief justice
he were not Philistine any more than an hO@
bishop of Canterbury could he Archbishop "
Canterbury. SO he leaves PhiliStinism and mu''
else, and rides of into comparison De'"e''
Arnold and Horace.
Ii might he difficult to find one less hspp!'
Horace was an Epicurean. whose literary woK -
saturated with delight in good living Of all sin"'
lover Of the table, and of women. and Of anue
ment; in continual celebration of all which !.
has written some of the most delightful Vee
| the world. what is TO be found in Arnold W"
resembles this ever so remotely? lion@,
doubt had philosophy Of lfe various ana .. a.
cellent wisdom touching the things OF this wn.'
extraordinary sense, also. and even ccmmonSN
n rare endowment for one of his race: ana m..
more. But the question is, if an analogy
be drawn between two men 1000 years 49,
What was the dominant note in each|' w
| Coleridge tries TO find il in melancholy; VINO"