The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23

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Through thee as thou through Concord plain
Thou In thy narrow banks are pent
The stream love unbOunded goes;
Through food and sea and armament,
Through light through life, 1t forward goes
see the lnundatlon sweet
hear the spending OF the stream
Through years, through men, through nature
feet,
Through passion, thought, through power
ana dream.
'The Indian name OF Concord river.
LESSON QUESTIONS.
/. Who was known as the Sage Of
Concord?
O. In what peculiar manner was he
educated for his life work, and what in
fuences and environments served to
make Of him what he was? a.
3. What Is said of his verses? b.
4. Who was "the poet naturalist" and
what was his relation to Emerson in
literature? C.
g. In what lay his power as a prose
writer?
6. What comprise his works? d.
Z. How did Emerson influence the
young men and young women?
s. What was remarkable about his
disposition?
REFERENCES.
q. Mainly the home training of good
mother made him that which was noble,
wise and true; besides this, he inherited
in a degree his sunny disposition, and
his long list Of preacher ancestors per-
haps gave to him his traits as lecturer
and essaylst.
b. "Emerson's verse often seems care
less in technique. Most Of his pieces are
rappy."-Beers Outline Studies, page
142.
C. See Side Lights Henry Thoreau.
d. See last issue.
e. His influence Is and was especially
beneficial to them as he makes them
think for themselves, putting In them
high hopes and aims.
Side lights on some other writer's:
HENRY DAVID THOREAU.
The most noteworthy Of Emerson's
pupils was Thoreau, the poet natural
ist," who being very eccentric and TAX
ing an extreme dislike to society went
out to Walden Pond and built a hut
ten by fifteen feet, where he lived two
years.
He was very poor and eked out his
living by making lead pencils. 1t did not
require much to keep him, however,
as he lived the two years at Walden
Pond at the small cost Of S68.76.
In Walden" published In 1854, he
gave an account of his experiences.
II has been said that no one has
lived so close to nature, and written Of
II 80 intimately as Thoreau." The very
squirrels seemed to love him and would
play on his shoulders. From every stone,
weed and blossom he learned a lesson,
and II we but read his few books we, too,
will learn to love nature. Not so we'll as
he, perhaps, for ds he listened with his
ear close to the earth he exclaimed,
What are those trees saying?"
He, Hawthorne and Emerson sleep in
the same cemetery A pile Of stones now
mark the site Of where his hut once
stood and every visitor adds stone to
the pile.
Thoughts from Thoreau:
l. None are so old as those who have
outlived enthusiasm.
2. Be most simply good-be good for
something.
3. Read the best books first, or you
may not have a chance to read them at
all.
MARGARET FULLER.
The most intellectual woman of her
time in America, an eager student of
Greek and German literature was Mar
garet Fuller. An ardent seeker after
truth, she likewise sought to become
all that was good and noble.
II 1nHn no oafnntuhnn nnOnln
she thirsted for more, and the great
English writer, Carlyle declared she had
Such determination to eat this huge
universe!"
Her overbearing individuality made an
impression not altogether agreeable upon
many Of her associates at Brook Farm.