Smyrna times., 1892-12-28
LIFELONG FRIENDS.
THE STRANGE FRIENDSHIP OF em.
ERSoN AND CARLYLE.

| ERSoN AND CARLYLE.
/ Aheir views Were Almost Diametr;.,1,,.
| OPPosed-Dissimilar in Temperament
ana Tastes-DisliI1ed Each Otber -.
: Thinkers, but Loved as Mon
Inc friendship of Goethe and Schiller
OF Beaumont and Fletcher. of T,,,;n,,
! ana Paulding, of Socrates and plo+a
nave often been noticed as amon,, +l,o
friendships of literary or pbiIosoTbi~aI [iaI
minds. P'i'00o l'iilcal
but perhaps one of the strangest lit.
erary friendships was the lifelong inti-
macy between Emerson and CARLYLE
4hls intimacy was not fostered bv nor
sonal contact, for Emerson and CarI,.Io
met each other only upon two On, tbrao
occasions. All their lives wide oca,,
OF space divided them, and a wide o..oa,'
OF tastes and temperament. If worII
oe nttro 10 hnd two men who were 1nor.
Totally unlike. Carlyle was fierce IN
inuIVuous, the most terrific scold in all
history. Emerson was mild and bo,,i,,
manu- as an afternoon in September C,r.
lyle trowned like thunder clond ,,,d
Elnerson glowed like a sunburst
Carlyle seemed to despair of ,bn e.,
ture Oh the race and believe that tba
crazy old world was rattling ON tI'o
uoWh grade to destruction. Emer,o,
was one OF the most persistent oDtinisrs |
III all history. The past looked a,e,t tn /
nlnl' The present looked grand and tn.
IuCure looked grander Carlvle's stvIa
was Jerky, explosive and smashed tn.
gether like railroad wreck. Emerson.
SIyIe was compact, smooth and cpiora,,-
lIaIlc. Carlyle wrote long histories like
frederlck the Great" and the "Frer,l
revolution which read like In,.,
drawn out series Of spasns. as if tb,ir
%1!t %utiIoI pen was afflicted with the St.
'lVuS dance. Emerson wrote short. com
pact essays, Ill which every thought wa,
packed III the smallest possible commas.
Inc views Of these two men were 81.
inost Numerically opposed. CARLYLE. q.
peclally in his later days, seemed -
OeIIeVe III an absolute monarchy. He ad-
lillred the car Of Russia. His great his
IoTlcal heroes We're men who had 1uled
men with hand of iron. Emerson, W..
frm champion Of republican institu-
tions. |
Both Emerson and Carlyle were semi :
lnvallds all their lives But EInerso,,s =
Invalldism only served to draw out ~, :
latent sunshine Of his nature The more
ne was chastened by disease the sweet4r a
grew his disposition. Carlyle's invalid |
Ism made him rage like a Gagged tiger Il
All ais life long he thundered lurid d. 0
hunCatlons at his own stomach. Emer- |
son wished to be known as a lover of o
men; Carlyle called the public "mostl,.
FOOLS" ri
Yet these two men, so dissimiIar il, pi
5helr tastes and temperaments main. O'
AIMED lifelong friendship, and in fact I' ,I
emerson and Edward Irving were about "
he only men Of this generation tbst 81
(arlyle ever spoke of with respect " "
''Sartor Resartus," CarlyIes fret =,
engthy work and probably his master s.
lece' was first brought out. in book m
orm, III America by Emerson. The So
rst words OF warm appreciation that ca
ne book received came from this side
Che Atlantic. In England it was re- A
elved with gibes and sneers and CON sh
eInpt. 1t was, and still remains. one of WI
ne strangest books that was ever writ
an, but 1t is full charged with Carlvle's bu
Olcamc and dynamic genius. Emerson my
as one OF the first to appreciate this cas-
enlus and help to find it public. me
All OF Carlyle's successive hooks 90 an
ley appeared found warm admirer in ab'
merson, though he must have violent ttc'
disagreed with many of their senti. .oG'
ents. toll
A perpetual correspondence was kent -
between the two men. In this CORE 49,
ondence Emerson was at his best and RHTI
srlyle never was more characteristic. 49,,
an In his letters to Emerson. He 1nust for
we, IN his inmOst heart, despised tbe rels
cores and thoughts expressed in EN- -
sons books, for his whole life was y cha
tile against these theories and smi
oughts. But in spite of this radical I S.
ference OF ideas there was sometime bet
ouF the man he liked Emerson must for
We Abomlnated many of the expressed enc
nlons of Carlyle, and vet he was now seer
ully impressed by Carlyle's person
ty.
Lhey both hated each other as think.
, but loved each other as men. b
ms friendship ought to demonstrate the
It the strongest '''o war
netimes between mon af 49,, s." up long
gent tendencies of thought. Mon ~''I
K their opposites for friends as tbev '..;' .uo
v for ono 80 - ~! -, wives IL Is unel
tbor ,,,nv, - -. W iiAe ana respect jour
T. = - "l'n0A. agreeing with with
-, - POsSiOle' however, that if for s.
erson and Carlyle had been thrown to 7,
closer intimacy they would not The,
Q continued their friendship SO long the ,
ailyIe was not an easy man to live hom,
d as nlS own wife discovered to her utes
oW' he became a chronic scold and
found fault with his food. He scold- glant
| draft of air blew too rudelv unon enem
oheek. lie was mad if dog barked good
u mewed or hen cackled. He hated and
lis neighbors inverselv as Lo Io,.oS Then
self. And genius as he was, his %Ith
seems to indicate that he loved uun m
self very intensely. Emerson. ON taIN
other hand, may be written as one SSeau sI,5 m
loved his fellow man. Humanity
SO large place in his universe that 80. ,o"e
was no room for self. L,;n
)t pleasant man to live with for a ,r;a5
Oh years was Thomas CARLYLE. It q cba
uDIul II the sunny temperament of ,,x,
rson could have maintained its sun IL
IS II brought in constant contact -" i''a.
such a human Bears. Watterson I;d
in Yankee Blade.
One Thing That Goes ,c W.. suppO
Inc secret of the Chicago packers 'o~ w!
fortunes is simple, said n resident az ~
lat C1tV Ssnbatr -