The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-27

can be IN state o. mind to perceive tru.n
| Argument Of this kind Alcott did n9 . ,ogntism
he -sSsS u s tsss sslm
that many a sturdy debater faneied . nim,e !
the brilliant victor besa a,n me 10 answer
the question having assumed P5emass utterly re.
insdcduate. On ths point MT HATE inr nro oo
generally do not know what prooi mans sn nh II
hence do not recognize real PROOF s mne that
shqws to thsr rea nhGg III" active
sssn not sns eSnsEsnlns iSTs: f ssa
ordinary analytic proof will be perceived to R |.
R SG SSn s If ns @ST' sees or f Sa
"a mere placing Of the inevitable d2gmaatism
step or two further Laek.that is al, on tmf He
once said to a dogmatist who, after iistenithe
to his lecture, demanded proof OF MS ssa,ei
into saying anything that requires proof i.1
1t was with Alcott. His aim was to draw gen ra
St IN ehe she aeS 81 IDEAS
and OF pure reason by means Of conversation
His proofs were to be found IL the Eesponsityhe
Mr. Harris thinks that, By sugsesting 4 TIA a. :
etSiss or des ike Emerson
Emerson always insisted that AlsS'ts s stye
% sa opnion was sesH w BY lowell Mr. Har
ris. on the other hand. is puzzled at this re-.
b Ssf to q the
in 1868 For his. own, part. Mr.. Harris h nss
s9sns ss 81 snd
nism. He has found there the wonderful idea
OF correspondence between man anG hs y e9 }Sa.
ss P BY the orpsc poe
".Jablets' y contains also the swedenbSrgia ian
sides rsFs the .Rs snd
was given by Alcott. and expanded by Emerson
81 his essay on Poetry and Imagination ,hoorn int
les and HegeTs aIl-incuding lEsthetik;"
by his most competent critic and fervent cd.
mirer that his style is not literary. because it
ha[ps on onS strhg S n
tiated. with the doctrine Of Lapse in the back
grounds; constant spectacle needed by the
trivial Of Alcotts utterances. He is theoloRlo
ideaIist intoxicated with the One, as ever. every
renee to the doctrine Of Lapse disables him
from literary style which m9 for
the artist seeks to incarnate an idea in forms OF
beauty. while the philosopher aims to strip OIL
from the idea all wrappings OF Imagination, Il
Alcotts style from having any go" In it. as
AZ the same time: while denying to Alsott
seded to him. It Is true that ali his atterapces
bes 81 Ss e S ares
days Of his earlier congregation and before
no had printed his works. Alcott used to read,
cred book that he carried: certain poems
which had this character Of phiosophemes.
They puzzled one. 1t seems, at f1rst, resem-
bling. In this respect. the most OF Emerson's
familiar with them. the reader found them
felloitous In expression. and some.
times fraught with an extraordinary depth OF
suggestion. One Of the most popular OF Al
Rations" which. by way Of O parting extract
We here reproduce:
flakes sunbeams. spring waterA
Battles In Hoods OF sweet ethcrs
Comes baptized from the streamsI
Guest OF Him. the sweethppd.
The Dreamers quaint drsamh
hnRlc mUrn!s tdyluc
With Samnn fable.
Sage seasoned from crueta.
or Plutarch's chaste table.
"Pledges Zeus. Zoroastor,
Tastes CanA's glad cheert
Buns Rlobes. on his trencher
Tho elements there.
Bowls of sunrise for breakfast
Brimful Of the East;
Foaming hagons OF frolio
Solar seeds Of the sphere.
oiympian Wand |
Surprising rare.
THUS batting his genius
His wonderful word
Brings poets and sibyls
sup at his board
Feeds thus and thus fares he.
hpecds thus and thus cares he,
Life's long euthanasiea
His gifts unAbated,
TranshRured. translated,
The ideAlst prudent.
Saint. poet. priest student
Philosopher. he"