New-York tribune., 1894-03-16

,. voung people have a singular manner OF
sons, something like hs,with their ell
bows le'e, ',I W not suggestive of the grasp of the
nst iasnT" man Now TO shake hands like that Is TO
honest nc ma iientitv and if | were you I wouldn't.
lose !SSu, rom shake hands in such fashion. 1t
any any a. fashion contracted in large assemblies and
funcIonv over their and held aoft to avoid the
crush and protect their Win fhelr % arms ms
sapsb,on up ST ~ Now in whatever ecGenricity of COS.
student 9rs en bars Rs gersin sd H
hts bali when few. if any, among you were pres
2nt ,rssdtions. which. robbed or the spirit that
created them iraI 10 the creator is often unnatural
Nhai 49, VI in an imitator. No two people form
ana ana same conception Of character and therefore
is nHragsoas always eXposton Of an original IDEAL
That which is common to al men mas so many
way wdsS mai The possibilities of expression become
wjdened and multiplied with every new new experience
Gnathe saws: THE really high and difficult part Of
20 is tho apprehension Of what is individual char
acterisc And why? because no others T n nave rsS e%
pot fear lest what is peculiar should not meet with
sympathy.
THE WORK OF THE ARTIST.
The artist Of experience. to whom is ntrusted the
nroper means Of expressing an emotion under given
conditions and limitations. has 50 wide choice or
means that his task becomes almost an uncon-
sc,ous one. ard his own instinct can perhaps best
direct him IN his task. All you young men VIII
b,vn in YOUR lives to deal with men. There are
others to whom things not men, form the purpose
~ their lives but you to essay the higher planes
of life And as the study OF mankind must be an
important one with YOU wnethe. you ! haNe mere, nie,eH
70 keep your fortune or TO make ~ does NOT mater
aeains that OF others In celebrated case in Eng
land certain expression Was raeGG a 70 tnT prs snd
no money should get from them as mas money ana ana
no nnoa rvil in a phrase l mention this because it
deals very pernen;ly with my subject. for in the
etTuSgle of indvidualtes a knowledge Of ones
,ifb its and
Importance You will even find that' IN the workHS
of vour lives to be able to conceal EMOTION or 10
make Your wishes known without the aid of words
in fact the mastery OF expression eeheraIly-s no
that even at university examinations there are
those who conceal for the time the secret perturba
ton of their hearts, superinduced py me conscious
ness of inadequate study in the hope not not 2@IWa{s @
realized that their examiners may & pg & less ,d a1'y q
gifted with the powers OF OBSERVATION man e,eE % a
would have them. In my calling there haFe peeh
dnct,on bnt whose success lay always in the mita-
ions which they set for themselves When they
getbod rather than an individual who used it. they
now and again made lasting success. for III,
of Edmund kean. and being gifted with "a a Hlomon 1nl
tary power Of passion could SO w9rk ] on 'e in he s
pense &i lT , pSS rouid not long sustain the effort
sngaMSeub M bea ahIe 10 do so he would rvalled
the great masters Of his craft In the same way ne
meIhVvsl mCysl Win passing effect There Is usually, If
not always, general as Wen as d s!eoti -, ~
excellence in every great ana sohtan'DG, a o y'9I nj
and the result which spranS IRON & tnL t9MVt ~ an" nr
genus of Daniel Webster. or Patrick h'..!' ",
Abraham Lincoln Is to be won by others III a
or less degree by similar means. But IL must ne
always borne in mind that merely 10 initiate IL @ ot
10 apply similar method II any one oi you n hnte ~
great thoughts, or burning passion you VIII neeS 70
conv no styie to limit yoursell 10 no Ic.l'i
YOUR thoughts will find their way to the neartS OF 4r
others as surely as the upland waters burst theIr
way 10 the In fine. the greatest OF an ,ie I rs,
sons that art can teach Is TINS: nay @ uu'. achevo
preme and eternal. No phase OF Itt can ~ siC' ~
much on a false basis. Sincerity which Is lhs very
touchsone of art is instinctyey recognzGed oan ny M
There never were tTuer ana "'se' "0'"' 'P'N''
than those of old Poonlus;
To thine own self be true
And must follow as the night inc a da9'
Thou canst not then be false to any man
Rut how can a man he true to himself II he does
not know himself? KNOW thysen Was & Wh9no Wi,,,s't
OF the ancents. But how can man Know hll'sei;
If he mstrusts his own identity ana ne & bgs an an Inn,
perfect smilitude Of some one else? ,,,,..
DO not try wrest from the future me Oh Drtn,sn' %
The blindness Of Isaac was a type as vel as "a a
reality: for the world may be blind TO one sense as
cher senses which blindness cannot mar Inc
voice will betray though the touch may decelVt.
Therefore ask you to weigh well the adEanla@seS @
I,bich NAV present themselves 10 you before you
try to part with, to minimize, or 70 Ioreg4 Ia an!
nav yOur own individuality. STUDY IL without "
ms egotistic and, understanding the weak places
shIn their temptations and try 10 proteCt
hw added strength Knowing yourself. you may
Won will both consciously and unconsclousY ledIn u
those abiding principles Of human nature ana nd 0i
human character when Sdd 10 'he h''O"iVN7O INV
the progress of the world
Tonight Mr.. Irving played before crowded
audience composed almost entirely OF harNaiu
students professors and their friends IL was en- M
phatically a Harvard night, as they LOOK 'ie ''o"
and disposed of nearly all the seats. only ABOUT
two or three hundred being sold to the public The
bnl was "Nance Oldfeld" and The Bells ihhe ih
reception Of Mr.. Irving and Miss Terry was q, I,, AZ
most enthusiastic character. Iney Wclc 80. -,
recalled, and speech from Mr.. lrVihS was III