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■ j HM^./JEwmaojf’s Lbcttom- —^TliSn I -aatemblage at MercatUe Hid], last ! ¥ [evening, to listen to the lecture of ~ I Kafph Waldo Emerson, wan the Jar-* tint has asyetgreeted'any of the tures of the Ubtity cotirae. The peakers lame, aa a writer, had at-raeted not only ^ large concourse of f our own: ciUscnty Cut also muy ftom MontlceitotndUpperAltou, * The subject of the lecture had been •*4jui nounced it^Soooew,” but at the lastf moment the treatsee on “American•1 Culture19 web aubetituted fcherefor-} The change, we fear, did not give entire satisfaction to the audience. ;Mr. Einerabttfa appearenca upon the otage is rather peculiar. In pereon he ia tall, spare and somewhat ungraceful . His face ia thin t hut genial m expression. In manner he h very quiet, making scarcely'oo gea-lures, lie speaks with great deliberation, pausing slightly between almost every word, aa if weighing its eSeeL Hte diction is faultlessly elegant. Every sentence displays not only the refined taste of the gentleman, but the logic*} strength of the thinker and scholar.Concerning the matter of Mr. Em-ersou’e lecture, we shall not attempt to spj*akf as a synopsis of anything bo closely condensed would b« aimost impoHfeibie. Each sentence seemed separate and distinct, perfect in itself. Oue of his views, liowever, of culture, thtof polishing our manners sc as to suppress all natural and «potitaneous emotions—making men mere cultivated automatons—was rattier in advance of his audience. They mey be capable of being eduea ted so such a point 5—but we question Jts desirability.The general impression produced 13F the lecturer was excellent, People :eit, as ifce golden sentences fed from bis tips, that they were Sn communion with one of the roaster spirits of A m eri ea—w i th a scholar and au lbor I whose name is destined to an honored place in the “Temple of Fame.”ka]«•b;n\ait
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Alton Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Fri, Dec 20, 1867
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