The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-20
Scotch roughness about him and dis liked society with all it's conventionali-

Scotch roughness about him and dis liked society with all it's conventionali- ties.
 Again, the one, Cardinal Newmaf, was mentally well balanced, orderly in everything, fair in controversy, not ir- rltated at small things. The others mind sorely lacked balance. Harmony and rhythm and sense of proportion were poorly developed there, He was bitter, even narrow in controversy, and | easily thrown out of smooth running order. Yet he was strong, vigorous, in- spring.
 Their written messages clearly show | this contrast of character. Newman's style Is simpler, purer, more sober. It is the better model of the two. It has | not so much force or originality as that of Carlyle, but there is no passage in the latter's works equal to the last | page of the Apologia In its expression | of the finer and gentler feelings. Car l lyle'S style had more rude and earth ! born vigor but it was weighted and lacked In proportion. He was the | bolder master painter of literature: Newman was the truer, more exact, ar | tist. Carlyle was strong in re-vitaliz-' ing great events, great scenes of war l and state, and in impressing upon the world the supreme need of few ma | jestic truths. Newman was better at filling in the gaps, at showing history l in it's calmer times, and leaving aside the controversial points of theology, he was the better, steadier guide. Carlyle, mentally, was the bigger the broader man. Newman was not so great genius, but his character was of the two, the more admirable. It was not so rugged, so masculine, so forceful; but it was purer, nobler more unselfsh.
 There Is no better way of understand ing these differences than by seeing of what fibre the heroes of these noble men were formed This antithesis ap- pears in the dearest relief when we study the heroes of these two noble men. With Carlyle it was Odin, Ma hommed, Luther, Cromwell-anyone who was 0 right true piece of human valor Strong sons of nature" with fire in their eyes were to him the he
 roes. He like brave lion-hearted man, no matter how uncouth, how rus tic he might chance to be. The fearless daring of the old Morse a-kings, that
 black anger-vein on the brow of the l | which showed that it was a symbol of a great, rude, human soul" To New man, how strange all this must have seemed. The old fathers, refined, quiet, pious men, were his heroes. Saint
 Philip Neri and many another noble monk, of whom simple devotion to the Catholic cause, and calm contemplation and peaceful ministry were character
 istic. It was the comforting and up- lifting spirits that appealed to him, not
 the bold warrior, the fiery prohpet, the stirring reformer.
 | Carlyle was primarily great arous-
 ing force. His message was Awake,
 arise! Speak forth that is in thee; what
 God has given thee!' or again his cry
 is Be no longer chaos. Produce! Pro-
 duce!" He like to throw out truths in
 so rude and straightforward way
 that they would stir up the very depths of the soul. Diletanttism, hypocrisy,
 mammonism, falsehood, cant; against
 these he hurled his tirades with all the | power of a vigorous mind, and said to
 truth: Be thou in place of all to me" | It was broad -mindedness and genuine
 ness and justice that he yearned to see
 ruling in this fallen world.
 | Newman, too, was truth loving man
 of deep sincerity, but ne was more
 religious teacher than Carlyle, less an
 inspiring moral power. To him it was tenderness and love rather than force
 and valor that the world seemed to
 need He would have us more quiet in
 our ways, more trustful, deeper rather
 than broader men. He would like tlS
 to be more exact in doctrine, more spir-
 itual, more pious. He would lay more
 stress on the fineness of the spirit-text-
 ure, and relatively less on its massive
 strength. Newman would have us live
 in the peaceful quiet of the country
 fields; Carlyle would choose for his in- spiration the mountain crag, the cata
 ract, the ocean storm. Newman would
 emphasize the need of tenderness. pur-
 ity obedience; Carlyle would bid us be
 independent, and would give his whole
 great soul to make us stronger, more | courageous men.