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Review Of Literature.
excited did not enlighten them ; ancl they will clear out of the November fog without any further aid from the lad and the link . Chapter the third , is merely a continuation of the same subject . The colour of the wrapper is changed ; cut bono , is there a moral in it ? In an eloquent article on " the Press , " the Monthly speaks out well upon a little book by a Student at Law ; and the writer observes , with much force and
dignity"The intelligent man is always intelligible ; for a touch of thought , like a touch of feeling , makes the whole world kin . Yes , write your best —even for the sake of the best , though you get neither office , fee , nor emolument . The discerning few will then know what metal you are made of ; first-rate thinkers will take you to their ambrosial fellowship , ancl the whole world will at last crown you with the laurels . Cast your bread on the waters , you shall find it after many days . So it
was with Pope- AVhen that philosophic poet first introduced the Liebnitzian theory of optimism ancl universalism into his far-resounding verse—heavens ! what a cry arose among the descendants of Bavius and Mtevius ! But he lived it down , and wrote it down . AVheie live their names now , but in the very lines which impaled their foolery ? There , suspended on the cross of his conscience-thrilling satire , they still seem to writhe ancl agonize—still dying , never dead—damned to immortality of fame . "
Freemasonry is in no bad hands , if it shall find no shrewder opponent than the " Theosophist ;' ' who , in his remarks on " Jack Sheppardism , " p . 233 , justly denounces it as " a safe speculation in a recognized market ;" and compliments it , inferentially , through the elegant Caliban , as founded on a filthy lust of lucre . The advertisement of the Monthly , we observe , was headed "Freemasonry revealed ; " and concluded as containing matter highly interesting to the inquisitive . How very
highminded ! We are bound to admit—and we do so cordially and cheerfully—that the Monthly has lately exhibited many evidences of pure literature , many classic sparklings from the philosophic spring . Its forte , we should say , lies more in the better , ancl more honourable development of talent and genius , than in the doubtful course of pretending to Freemasonic revelations ! Having quitted the Monthly , we pass to Frazer ' s Magazine , No . 123 , for March , 1840 , p . 295 , and have much pleasure in giving the following extract : —
"BYRON . — The following instance of spontaneous and flattering homage to genius , is worth noticing . In 1815 , Byron visited Cambridge at the time when the University confers its degrees ; and attracted by a kindred feeling , as well as perhaps by a love of display , the poet , accompanied by the late Dr . Clarke , went to the Senate House to be a spectator of the interesting scene . After remaining a few minutes under the gallery , Lord Byron proceeded to the other end of the room ( the Senate
House is a noble hall , lofty and spacious , but externall y its Grecian architecture harmonises ill with the colleges ) , in order to address the Vice Chancellor . He had only gone a few paces when he was recognised by the sons of Alma Mater in the gallery , ancl immediately a chorus of voices repeated , almost simultaneousl y , the two well-known opening lines of the Bride of Abydos : —
" Know ye the land where the cvprcss ami mvitle Arc emblems of ileitis that are" done in their clime ? "
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Review Of Literature.
excited did not enlighten them ; ancl they will clear out of the November fog without any further aid from the lad and the link . Chapter the third , is merely a continuation of the same subject . The colour of the wrapper is changed ; cut bono , is there a moral in it ? In an eloquent article on " the Press , " the Monthly speaks out well upon a little book by a Student at Law ; and the writer observes , with much force and
dignity"The intelligent man is always intelligible ; for a touch of thought , like a touch of feeling , makes the whole world kin . Yes , write your best —even for the sake of the best , though you get neither office , fee , nor emolument . The discerning few will then know what metal you are made of ; first-rate thinkers will take you to their ambrosial fellowship , ancl the whole world will at last crown you with the laurels . Cast your bread on the waters , you shall find it after many days . So it
was with Pope- AVhen that philosophic poet first introduced the Liebnitzian theory of optimism ancl universalism into his far-resounding verse—heavens ! what a cry arose among the descendants of Bavius and Mtevius ! But he lived it down , and wrote it down . AVheie live their names now , but in the very lines which impaled their foolery ? There , suspended on the cross of his conscience-thrilling satire , they still seem to writhe ancl agonize—still dying , never dead—damned to immortality of fame . "
Freemasonry is in no bad hands , if it shall find no shrewder opponent than the " Theosophist ;' ' who , in his remarks on " Jack Sheppardism , " p . 233 , justly denounces it as " a safe speculation in a recognized market ;" and compliments it , inferentially , through the elegant Caliban , as founded on a filthy lust of lucre . The advertisement of the Monthly , we observe , was headed "Freemasonry revealed ; " and concluded as containing matter highly interesting to the inquisitive . How very
highminded ! We are bound to admit—and we do so cordially and cheerfully—that the Monthly has lately exhibited many evidences of pure literature , many classic sparklings from the philosophic spring . Its forte , we should say , lies more in the better , ancl more honourable development of talent and genius , than in the doubtful course of pretending to Freemasonic revelations ! Having quitted the Monthly , we pass to Frazer ' s Magazine , No . 123 , for March , 1840 , p . 295 , and have much pleasure in giving the following extract : —
"BYRON . — The following instance of spontaneous and flattering homage to genius , is worth noticing . In 1815 , Byron visited Cambridge at the time when the University confers its degrees ; and attracted by a kindred feeling , as well as perhaps by a love of display , the poet , accompanied by the late Dr . Clarke , went to the Senate House to be a spectator of the interesting scene . After remaining a few minutes under the gallery , Lord Byron proceeded to the other end of the room ( the Senate
House is a noble hall , lofty and spacious , but externall y its Grecian architecture harmonises ill with the colleges ) , in order to address the Vice Chancellor . He had only gone a few paces when he was recognised by the sons of Alma Mater in the gallery , ancl immediately a chorus of voices repeated , almost simultaneousl y , the two well-known opening lines of the Bride of Abydos : —
" Know ye the land where the cvprcss ami mvitle Arc emblems of ileitis that are" done in their clime ? "