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Notes On Literature. Science, And Art.
edges of the leaves of the common stinging nettle forces its acrid secretion into the skin of the child who may inadvertentl y touch it in gatherin o- its posy of wild flowers . Then , again , in the line— ° " The death the Jews have fix'd is SIOAV , " our author forgets that crucifixion was essentiall y a Pagan mode of execution ; the Jewish of
one stoning to death , and , indeed , all other capital punishments ' being more or less brutal . The ancient Persians , Carthaginians , ancl Romans all practised it , and it Avas the conquerors of the world who forced it into Judea ; and we must never forget that it was the Jews who shortened the sufferings of the crucified . I mention those two sli ght inaccuracies , partly that ' they may be corrected in that new edition which the little volume is sure to reach , and partl y to prove that my wish is not to puff the book , bnt to owe it an impartial review . Here is a good passage : — °
" I judge not by his face downcast ; Fear hath not made him stoop , but thought : The weight of his OA ™ soul hath bent A frame of slender build , and grief That men are blind of their own will . They seek not for the truth , but forms—To build dull pyramids of lies
That swell conceit and personal pride , Whilst half their conscience Avhispers— ' Lie , ' And they to stifle it build more ; Yet in the dead of night they hear—For sleep is feverish on a lie—And . conscience , then a stronger force , Makes a thin penitence that dies When the sun rises as before . "
theteafhino- -- ^ catlaoIic-1 had almost said Masonic-in the true sense is " The common people love this man : Sympathy from his broad mind fads out-North , south , and east , and west of it : It is like some great globe that yields Wealth from all sides of and land
sea , Lit by a never-sotting sun . He calls himself ' The Son of Man 'A modest title for his width Of heart and mind—for his large soul Forgets he is a Jew , and flows Like some great river , through strange lands , And fertilises with its thoughts Barbarian
, Scythian , bond and free , Naming the slave * a child of God , ' And shining hope upon lone paths Where fallen Avomen weep and stray .
This patent of nobility Is on some parchment in his sonl That holds the signature of God ; So can afford humility , And to contemn external glows And love the poor , for whom he stoops That they may feel his summer air , And fear no frost upon their griefs . "
Vigorous as true is the sentence : — "This drunken rabble ' s blast on him Is from the priests , who hire a month : He knows it , and forgives . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Notes On Literature. Science, And Art.
edges of the leaves of the common stinging nettle forces its acrid secretion into the skin of the child who may inadvertentl y touch it in gatherin o- its posy of wild flowers . Then , again , in the line— ° " The death the Jews have fix'd is SIOAV , " our author forgets that crucifixion was essentiall y a Pagan mode of execution ; the Jewish of
one stoning to death , and , indeed , all other capital punishments ' being more or less brutal . The ancient Persians , Carthaginians , ancl Romans all practised it , and it Avas the conquerors of the world who forced it into Judea ; and we must never forget that it was the Jews who shortened the sufferings of the crucified . I mention those two sli ght inaccuracies , partly that ' they may be corrected in that new edition which the little volume is sure to reach , and partl y to prove that my wish is not to puff the book , bnt to owe it an impartial review . Here is a good passage : — °
" I judge not by his face downcast ; Fear hath not made him stoop , but thought : The weight of his OA ™ soul hath bent A frame of slender build , and grief That men are blind of their own will . They seek not for the truth , but forms—To build dull pyramids of lies
That swell conceit and personal pride , Whilst half their conscience Avhispers— ' Lie , ' And they to stifle it build more ; Yet in the dead of night they hear—For sleep is feverish on a lie—And . conscience , then a stronger force , Makes a thin penitence that dies When the sun rises as before . "
theteafhino- -- ^ catlaoIic-1 had almost said Masonic-in the true sense is " The common people love this man : Sympathy from his broad mind fads out-North , south , and east , and west of it : It is like some great globe that yields Wealth from all sides of and land
sea , Lit by a never-sotting sun . He calls himself ' The Son of Man 'A modest title for his width Of heart and mind—for his large soul Forgets he is a Jew , and flows Like some great river , through strange lands , And fertilises with its thoughts Barbarian
, Scythian , bond and free , Naming the slave * a child of God , ' And shining hope upon lone paths Where fallen Avomen weep and stray .
This patent of nobility Is on some parchment in his sonl That holds the signature of God ; So can afford humility , And to contemn external glows And love the poor , for whom he stoops That they may feel his summer air , And fear no frost upon their griefs . "
Vigorous as true is the sentence : — "This drunken rabble ' s blast on him Is from the priests , who hire a month : He knows it , and forgives . "