Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-28

penHe. and when tbs publisher. we're unable
20 dispose Of tho volumes they had shipped
them 10 him.
ne had an his HE been a dligcnt writer
Of diary. Since hia death these writings
hhyn been carefully edited and published.
and thoy nh about dozen Volumes They
arc growing In favor every day, and tho
pcnplo Of t.Qncoid long Fnco have como U
understand That there wah prophet among
them and they knew Il not
No one has ernr wilton m beautifully and
70 accurately Of nature az Thorcau because
10 lived nearer 20 II than any eGeopi tho
ahoflglnos. and they had no ability or dls-
pnnitlon to wrt0 down their thoughts. iie
discovered and named many plann and
trees IN The vicinity. lilo was tho
tlnccros, Of philosophers and obcriRtcd
a consuming dcHire 10 arrive ct truth
FOR lis own sake. and ia order that no might
benefit Tho human race lilo almost mover
rodn ifpon Tho cars. FOR he could walk c~le
than earn money 20 pay railroad faro, and
had tho advantage of studying nature as no
wont along, lie was able to walk thirty
nillea a day without dliilculty. Ills oScur-
lions Into tho Malno woods. about Cape
Cod ard along the Concord and Mcrruao
Rivers form titles for Eon1o Of hla wdll-known
works,
Tho pilgrims who annually come to con-
cord ara Intensely Interested In every detail
pertaining 20 tlllS philosopher, and u seems
AuNt WHNn lNt MnlIu iphlly tNiNuNn w ~
tho thought that lie tried No hard TO In
culcain there viii DO Hull greater apprc-
clatlon Of bis genius.
a largo pno oNutones cast here by the
pilHrlmH 10 Walden mark tho Hlto Of
tho famous houte IN which he lived
nt tho side Of that body of water, II " tho
Intention Of his friends soon 70 mark tho
spot win an lnnumomhle bowldor which VIII
be- placed IN position with Appropriate oNui-
riscH As our civilization becomes older
ana more aad mora artificial and hollow the
bettcr VIII tho philosophy OF thlb plnin
though decp thinker DO appreciated by the
thluking few
Dr. Emerson, the only son Of tho Sage OF
Concord" has prepared lecture On Th1rcau
which perhaps hettnr than pnylhing else that
has h0cn written properly estimates MS char
ncter aud Toulur. DE- EmorF0n docs not TO-
side nt present at tho old homcstca1 Ito Ia
lly.nr further out In tho country On farm
whrro he can bo uninterrupted In tho midst
1f Important literary work that he has on
hand nr. Emerson remembers and iuly
appreciates tho Walden phllusophor' llr
was a gunat at Emcfaona house more ire
quontly than anywhere olar In the NllllEo'
and pr, Emerson, az a boy. often listened 70
his dlHcDurar.
The anmpllclty which marks the final
ros,inB place ui the great dead OF Concord
NJ one of the most remarkable things In COM
oction wiih thlE interesting old town Thor
iamo IA not I'm the grave aud their prtlhas
&c not hSralled up1r tho tombh0ncs' iaW-
ihorus, rhorehu aud tho Alcotis are all
burloi very near together on Ridge Pam IN
sleepy Hollow Cemetery only a snort
way down the same ridge Is found tho tomb
NJ Ralph waldo Emerson, marked ull re-
Gently by no words and by a hlmnlo rough
boul1orn u pink quartz within the past rev
tnanths there has been placed upon ms
boulder bronze tablet with tho following
inscriptions