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with the difficulty of assuming that anything like a reasoning faculty and volition is proved by movements that hear some resemblance to those of hi gher animals , whose cerehal capacities are beyond a doubt . Ifc is , however , almost impossible to witness motions which are neither constant , nor periodic , without fancying them to be dictated by some sort of intelligence . We must , nevertheless , he cautious lest we allow ourselves to be deceived by
reasoning so seductive , as the vital operations of the lowest organisms may be merely illustrations of blind obedience to stimuli , in which category we may reckon food ; ancl until we arrive at forms of being which clearly possess a ganglionic system , we have 110 certainty that a real will exists , even of the simplest kind ; and perhaps we must go still higher before we ought to believe in . its presence . " We are glad to learn that Mr . Halliweil has secured New Place ,
the site of Shakspere ' s last resideuee , and of- his death , for the public ; the purchase money being £ 1 , 400 , of which snm one half has already been raised . It is to be conveyed , under trust , to the Mayor and Corporation of Stratford-on-Avon , on condition that the public are admitted free for ever . We have heard and read so mnch against early marriages , ( though
our prudent brother , Dr . Benjamin Franklin , could commend them ) , that it is quite refreshing to find a paper like the following in the St . James's Magazine , one of the best periodicals of the day : — " Without attempting to weary the reader with any exhaustive l ' st , I may mention that a long vole of poets , lawyers , statesmen , divines , and men of science , could readily be given , all of whom pensity in the mess-reom . As such , and this being the ease , I must inform
¦ you that you have acted in a most unprecedented and unknown ( not to say ungentleman-like ) way , in presuming to enter the mess-room- as a commanding officer , ancl to bring a sentry at yonr hack ( which you asserted you had ) to turn out the amusement ( a hand organ ) of the company ( a stranger being present ) , and thereby prevent the harmony which it is supposed ought to exist in a mess-room . I appeal to you as a gentleman , ancl if you will answer this letter as such , you at all times know how to direct to . , Lieut . Foot . "
The following is a specimen of Mr . Coventry Pafcmore's "hymning " in Macmillan ' s Magazine : — " Frederick , from many signs , I've drawn That John is thinking of Miss Vaughan . I ' m sure , too , that her parents know , Ancl are content to have it so , Seeing how rich our Boy will be
By uncle ' s Will ; and Emily ( Sweet baby !) will of course approve The first fine youth they let make love . I never could get courage , Dear , To tell you this : it was too near My heart . My own , own Frederick , I know you used , when young , to like Her mother so ! I love her too
, For having been beloved by you . . Now , in your children , you will wed . Ancl Johns seems so much comforted By his new hope , for losing me ! And all this happiness , you see , Somehow- or other , if I try To talk about it , makes me cry . I hope you'll tell sweet Mrs . "Vaughan
How much you loved me , when I ' m gone !" Mr . George Catlin , in his Life amongst the Indians , a Book for Youth , thus corrects the erroneous opinions or misstatements that have gone abroad respecting the so-called " Dirt Eaters : "— "Some writers ( who take a peep into an Indian ' s wigwam without knowing tlie meaning of things aronnd themsee little balls of clay
, piled away , which every Indian stores up for cleaning his dresses and painting his body and limbs , ancl of which he sometimes swallows a small pill to cure the heartburn ( just as my good old mother used to make me clo when I was a boy ) , have reported some of the tribes as < Krf eaters , asserting that ' when they are in a state of starvation , they live for some time upon dirt ; eating a pound of clay per day . What !—pound of clay day famished stomach !
a per on a what an absurdity ! And what a pity the revealers of such astonishing lacts should not live awhile in some of these poor people's wigwams , and learn what the Indians do with these little balls of clay , before they prepare such astounding information for the world ' s reading !"
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
The Editor is not responsible for the opiniojis expressed by Correspondents . BROTHER PETER'S LAST LETTER . TO THE EDITOR OF TUB EP . EEttASONS MAGAZINE A 5 "D MASOXIC SIIKR 03 . " Farewell ! a word that must be , and hath heen , A sound which makes us linger ;—yet—farewell !
Ye ! who have traced the pilgrim to the scene Which in his last , if iri your memories dwell , A thought which once was his , if on ye swell A single recollection , not in vain He wore his sandal , shoon , and scallop shell ; Farewell ! with him alone may rest the pain , If such there were—with you , the moral of his strain !" BraoN .
DEAR SIB . AMD BUOTIIKH . — "When I asked the simple question iu your " Masonic Notes and Queries , " about the reason why private soldiers are denied the glorious privileges of Ereemasonry , so far was ifc from being my intention " to bully some one who was sure to attack" me , that I never dreamt for a moment of it being likely to lead to any controversy ; and if anything that I have writben has the least
appearance of personality , I think the candid reader who peruses the virulent attacks upon me , for such they were , ancl my replies , must acquib me of being bhe offender . I can assure you that I could safely stake my hopes of eternal happiness upon the purity of my motives in writing for your Magazine , and indeed with my whole dealings with our sublime , but much prostituted Craffc "
I stated ' -in my last'lefcter that if I continued tbe series " from henceforth I should not stoop bo notice the abuse , thafc might be called forth by my letbers , " leaving ifc for yourself and your subscribers to express your opinions whether my correspondence should be continued or not , as one of my antagonists ( I cannot truthfully use a milder expression ) , . had gone so far as to iusinuafce
that I was injuring the Magazine by continuing to contribute to its open council . You have at once given your sentiments at page 329 , for which I thank you . I have not waited to see the opinions of others , because I feel the iron has entered too much into my soul for me to do justice to the many momentous questions on which I had hoped bo treat . If . " Secretary No . 162 , " " J . W 7 W ., " and " Paul the Hermit , 90 ° , " can feel the remotest gratification in knowing fchab they have caused a humble " brother
ol the mystic tie unutterable pam , they are quite welcome to the safcisfacfcfcon ib can give them ; for my own part , as a good Mason ( though they do not think me so ) , I am compelled to hope that they have said what bhey did not really believe ; and I have ofben asked with fche Psalmist , —¦ " How long shall they libber and speak hard things ?" In adopting an anonymous signabure , I am assure you , Dear Sir and Brobherthat ib was nob from cowardice ; as
, the senbimenbs I havo expressed in your pages , at publicmeetings of the Craft , and in private conversations with my brethren , are the same ; and on the one hand I wished to guard against any appearance of self-glorification , and on the other bo prevent brethren whom I respect from fancying fchab I was hibbing afc them whenever the cap might cause to fit . At a fubure time , if bhe Great Architecb of the
Universe should spare me , I will give my bhoughbs on Masonry bo the public in another form , and under my own name , believing tbab by so doing I shall benefib the Craftthe " Cursory Remarks" given in the Magazine being but a small portion of what I feel it my duty to utter . Of course , I expect bo make enemies by such a course , bub wibh me duty is the first consideration . But such a series of papers
I feel will be best written by a mind , for the time being , free from the soul-wounding influence of remarks which are as unfounded as they are uncharitable . Had bhey come from bhe " outer world " I mig hb not have cared for them , but from brethren solemnly sworn with myself bo form a phalanx for mutual support and defence , ifc becomes another matter , and I feel sick at hearb . Ib has been beautifully observed by one of our best living writers , John Ruskiu , that " No vain or selfish person cau
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Notes On Literature Science And Art.
with the difficulty of assuming that anything like a reasoning faculty and volition is proved by movements that hear some resemblance to those of hi gher animals , whose cerehal capacities are beyond a doubt . Ifc is , however , almost impossible to witness motions which are neither constant , nor periodic , without fancying them to be dictated by some sort of intelligence . We must , nevertheless , he cautious lest we allow ourselves to be deceived by
reasoning so seductive , as the vital operations of the lowest organisms may be merely illustrations of blind obedience to stimuli , in which category we may reckon food ; ancl until we arrive at forms of being which clearly possess a ganglionic system , we have 110 certainty that a real will exists , even of the simplest kind ; and perhaps we must go still higher before we ought to believe in . its presence . " We are glad to learn that Mr . Halliweil has secured New Place ,
the site of Shakspere ' s last resideuee , and of- his death , for the public ; the purchase money being £ 1 , 400 , of which snm one half has already been raised . It is to be conveyed , under trust , to the Mayor and Corporation of Stratford-on-Avon , on condition that the public are admitted free for ever . We have heard and read so mnch against early marriages , ( though
our prudent brother , Dr . Benjamin Franklin , could commend them ) , that it is quite refreshing to find a paper like the following in the St . James's Magazine , one of the best periodicals of the day : — " Without attempting to weary the reader with any exhaustive l ' st , I may mention that a long vole of poets , lawyers , statesmen , divines , and men of science , could readily be given , all of whom pensity in the mess-reom . As such , and this being the ease , I must inform
¦ you that you have acted in a most unprecedented and unknown ( not to say ungentleman-like ) way , in presuming to enter the mess-room- as a commanding officer , ancl to bring a sentry at yonr hack ( which you asserted you had ) to turn out the amusement ( a hand organ ) of the company ( a stranger being present ) , and thereby prevent the harmony which it is supposed ought to exist in a mess-room . I appeal to you as a gentleman , ancl if you will answer this letter as such , you at all times know how to direct to . , Lieut . Foot . "
The following is a specimen of Mr . Coventry Pafcmore's "hymning " in Macmillan ' s Magazine : — " Frederick , from many signs , I've drawn That John is thinking of Miss Vaughan . I ' m sure , too , that her parents know , Ancl are content to have it so , Seeing how rich our Boy will be
By uncle ' s Will ; and Emily ( Sweet baby !) will of course approve The first fine youth they let make love . I never could get courage , Dear , To tell you this : it was too near My heart . My own , own Frederick , I know you used , when young , to like Her mother so ! I love her too
, For having been beloved by you . . Now , in your children , you will wed . Ancl Johns seems so much comforted By his new hope , for losing me ! And all this happiness , you see , Somehow- or other , if I try To talk about it , makes me cry . I hope you'll tell sweet Mrs . "Vaughan
How much you loved me , when I ' m gone !" Mr . George Catlin , in his Life amongst the Indians , a Book for Youth , thus corrects the erroneous opinions or misstatements that have gone abroad respecting the so-called " Dirt Eaters : "— "Some writers ( who take a peep into an Indian ' s wigwam without knowing tlie meaning of things aronnd themsee little balls of clay
, piled away , which every Indian stores up for cleaning his dresses and painting his body and limbs , ancl of which he sometimes swallows a small pill to cure the heartburn ( just as my good old mother used to make me clo when I was a boy ) , have reported some of the tribes as < Krf eaters , asserting that ' when they are in a state of starvation , they live for some time upon dirt ; eating a pound of clay per day . What !—pound of clay day famished stomach !
a per on a what an absurdity ! And what a pity the revealers of such astonishing lacts should not live awhile in some of these poor people's wigwams , and learn what the Indians do with these little balls of clay , before they prepare such astounding information for the world ' s reading !"
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
The Editor is not responsible for the opiniojis expressed by Correspondents . BROTHER PETER'S LAST LETTER . TO THE EDITOR OF TUB EP . EEttASONS MAGAZINE A 5 "D MASOXIC SIIKR 03 . " Farewell ! a word that must be , and hath heen , A sound which makes us linger ;—yet—farewell !
Ye ! who have traced the pilgrim to the scene Which in his last , if iri your memories dwell , A thought which once was his , if on ye swell A single recollection , not in vain He wore his sandal , shoon , and scallop shell ; Farewell ! with him alone may rest the pain , If such there were—with you , the moral of his strain !" BraoN .
DEAR SIB . AMD BUOTIIKH . — "When I asked the simple question iu your " Masonic Notes and Queries , " about the reason why private soldiers are denied the glorious privileges of Ereemasonry , so far was ifc from being my intention " to bully some one who was sure to attack" me , that I never dreamt for a moment of it being likely to lead to any controversy ; and if anything that I have writben has the least
appearance of personality , I think the candid reader who peruses the virulent attacks upon me , for such they were , ancl my replies , must acquib me of being bhe offender . I can assure you that I could safely stake my hopes of eternal happiness upon the purity of my motives in writing for your Magazine , and indeed with my whole dealings with our sublime , but much prostituted Craffc "
I stated ' -in my last'lefcter that if I continued tbe series " from henceforth I should not stoop bo notice the abuse , thafc might be called forth by my letbers , " leaving ifc for yourself and your subscribers to express your opinions whether my correspondence should be continued or not , as one of my antagonists ( I cannot truthfully use a milder expression ) , . had gone so far as to iusinuafce
that I was injuring the Magazine by continuing to contribute to its open council . You have at once given your sentiments at page 329 , for which I thank you . I have not waited to see the opinions of others , because I feel the iron has entered too much into my soul for me to do justice to the many momentous questions on which I had hoped bo treat . If . " Secretary No . 162 , " " J . W 7 W ., " and " Paul the Hermit , 90 ° , " can feel the remotest gratification in knowing fchab they have caused a humble " brother
ol the mystic tie unutterable pam , they are quite welcome to the safcisfacfcfcon ib can give them ; for my own part , as a good Mason ( though they do not think me so ) , I am compelled to hope that they have said what bhey did not really believe ; and I have ofben asked with fche Psalmist , —¦ " How long shall they libber and speak hard things ?" In adopting an anonymous signabure , I am assure you , Dear Sir and Brobherthat ib was nob from cowardice ; as
, the senbimenbs I havo expressed in your pages , at publicmeetings of the Craft , and in private conversations with my brethren , are the same ; and on the one hand I wished to guard against any appearance of self-glorification , and on the other bo prevent brethren whom I respect from fancying fchab I was hibbing afc them whenever the cap might cause to fit . At a fubure time , if bhe Great Architecb of the
Universe should spare me , I will give my bhoughbs on Masonry bo the public in another form , and under my own name , believing tbab by so doing I shall benefib the Craftthe " Cursory Remarks" given in the Magazine being but a small portion of what I feel it my duty to utter . Of course , I expect bo make enemies by such a course , bub wibh me duty is the first consideration . But such a series of papers
I feel will be best written by a mind , for the time being , free from the soul-wounding influence of remarks which are as unfounded as they are uncharitable . Had bhey come from bhe " outer world " I mig hb not have cared for them , but from brethren solemnly sworn with myself bo form a phalanx for mutual support and defence , ifc becomes another matter , and I feel sick at hearb . Ib has been beautifully observed by one of our best living writers , John Ruskiu , that " No vain or selfish person cau