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Our Western States are desirous to perpetuate in its purity the
Anglo-Saxon blood, and would colonize the West with men raised under
free institutions. They shrink from all contact with a race of bondmen.
Our President, himself a Western man, proposes to colonize the free
negro in Central America, and thriving colonie... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 17 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10077 | |||
There is a belt of territory, now sparsely populated, and inhabited
chiefly by negroes, extending from the Dismal Swamp to the Capes of
Florida, and from these Capes to the Brazos,--generally level, and free
from rocks and stones,--of the average width of nearly one hundred
miles,--its area at least two hundred millio... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 17 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10077 | |||
The land in question, if we deduct the sites of towns and villages and
cities, as should be done, will not average in value three dollars per
acre. Let it be valued at twice that price, and be charged with the
interest of that price as a ground-rent to be paid by the settler. And
if, in Barbadoes, the free negro has r... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 17 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10077 | |||
THE BATTLE AUTUMN OF 1862.
The flags of war like storm-birds fly,
The charging trumpets blow;
Yet rolls no thunder in the sky,
No earthquake strives below.
And, calm and patient, Nature keeps
Her ancient promise well,
Though o'er her bloom and greenness sweeps
The battle's breath of hell.
And... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 17 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10077 | |||
A music-book for general use in churches which do not have quartette
choirs and "classical" music must be prepared with care and good
judgment. It must contain, of course, certain old standard tunes which
seem justly destined to live in perpetual favor, and it must surround
these with clusters of new tunes, which shal... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 17 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10077 | |||
_The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents,
Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, etc_. Edited by FRANK MOORE,
Author of "Diary of the American Revolution." New York: G.P. Putnam.
Charles T. Evans, General Agent.
Three large volumes of this valuable record of the momentous events now
trans... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 17 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10077 | |||
The Trail-Hunter. A Tale of the Far West. By Gustave Aimard.
Philadelphia. T.B. Peterson & Brothers. 8vo. paper, pp. 175. 50 cts.
The Crisis: its Rationale. By Thomas J. Sizer. Buffalo. Breed, Butler, &
Co. 8vo. paper, pp. 100. 25 cts.
Footnotes:
1: The original of the leaf copied on the next page was picked from such... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 17 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10077 | |||
40: _Medical Sketches_, p. 66.
41: Boudin, _Traité de Géographie et de Statistique Médicales_, Tom.
II., p. 289.
42: _Report on the Sanitary Condition of the British Army_, p. 180.
43: _Medical and Surgical History of the British Army in the East_, Vol.
II. p. 227.
44: _British and Foreign Medical and Surgical Journal... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 17 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10077 | |||
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PLAIN WORDS FROM AMERICA
A LETTER TO A GERMAN PROFESSOR
BY
Professor DOUGLAS W. JOHNSON
Columbia University, New York
1917.
PUBLISHER'S NOTE.
_The following letter, written by Professor Douglas W. Johnson, of
Columbia University, is in reply to a letter, pleading the cause of
Germany, which... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
For this reason I have not resented much in your letters which would
otherwise call for earnest protest. I feel sure, for example, your
assertion that I and my fellow-countrymen derive our opinions of German
conduct wholly from corrupt and venal newspapers, or usually from a
single newspaper which doles out mental poi... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
If you had stopped to consider the radically different relations
existing between the press and the Government in Germany and in America,
you would scarcely have fallen into the error of asserting that a
considerable proportion of our papers, in common with those of other
nations, have "laboured in the employ or at th... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
There are many other statements in your letters which can only be
explained as the result of writing under stress of intense emotion; you
would probably wish to modify many of these were you writing under
happier circumstances. It is not my desire, however, to dwell upon this
phase of your correspondence. I do not for... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
I.
First, then, let me picture the background of public opinion toward
Germany and the Germans as I saw it before the war began. Inasmuch as
one's vision may be affected favourably or unfavourably by his personal
experiences, it is only fair that I state briefly my own experiences
with people of German birth or pare... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
This admiration and friendship has not blinded us to certain defects in
the German character, any more than has your friendship for Americans
closed your eyes to our defects. The bad manners of Germans are
proverbial, not only among Americans, but all over the world; so much so
that certain German writers, admitting t... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
It is only fair to say, also, that our admiration of Germany's
achievements in art, literature, and science never led us so far as to
accept the claim of superiority in these lines advanced by many Germans
on behalf of their country. The insistence with which this claim has
been reiterated and proclaimed abroad by Ger... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
Certainly in what you wrote to me you were thoroughly sincere and
honest; yet your letter was full of untrue statements because you were
dependent for your information upon a Government-controlled press which
has misled you for military and political reasons. How can a nation know
the truth, think clearly, and act rig... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
We recognised the immense value of Germany's contributions to art,
literature, and science, but did not consider Germany's contributions in
these lines as equal to those of other nations. We never have regarded
German culture as superior, but rather as inferior, to that of certain
other countries; and the Germans' lou... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
It is true that since the war began much of our news has come through
cables controlled by the Allies; but Americans have too much common
sense to accept such reports as final. News from biassed sources is
always accepted with reservation, and not fully believed unless
confirmed from independent sources. Furthermore, ... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
Still further, in addition to the legitimate publicity in favour of
Germany related above, there has been forced upon the American public
the most stupendous propaganda which the world has ever witnessed.
Millions of dollars have been spent by German agents in a colossal
endeavour to shape public opinion. America has ... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
For every pamphlet, paper, or article sent to me by English, French,
Russian, and Italian organisations I get several dozen from German
organisations. I get but a few circulars a month from Allied countries.
Not a week passes that I do not receive many from German sources.
America has been flooded with German propagan... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
Germany has committed certain acts which are freely admitted by your
Government. A nation, like a man, is judged by its deeds. After all
excuses and explanations are made, the deeds remain. Americans have read
the excuses and the explanations fully and repeatedly; and with these
excuses and explanations in mind have f... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
In the first place, Americans, in general, make a distinction between
the German Government and the German people. They realise that certain
features of the Prussianised Government have never appealed favourably
to the Bavarians, the Saxons, and other elements of the German
population. I do not mean by this that Ameri... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
If Germany really exercised a moderating influence at Vienna, and strove
to avert the war, the State papers exchanged between Berlin and Vienna
would clearly prove this, if published. Germany has every reason to
publish those papers and prove her sincerity, if she tried to prevent
the war. On the other hand, both Germ... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
When Servia, urged by the Allies to yield as much as possible in order
to prevent war, acceded to eight out of ten of Austria's humiliating
demands and agreed to arbitrate the two involving her national
sovereignty, the world saw that the Allied countries did not want war,
and were willing to suffer great humiliation ... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
The violation of Belgian neutrality shocked Americans as it did the rest
of the civilised world, and turned the tide of sentiment against Germany
more strongly than ever. Americans are practically unanimous in
regarding the belated excuses of your Government, to the effect that
Belgian neutrality was already violated ... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
You dismiss the question of atrocities by asking if Americans can
believe that such Germans as I know would commit such awful deeds. The
reply to this is that, while Americans realise that there are many
Germans who would rather die than do a cruel act, Germany possesses a
military Government which has convinced Ameri... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
Your Government executed a woman of noble character, and defends its act
as perfectly legal and a "military necessity." Americans are quite
willing to admit that Miss Cavell may have been guilty of the charges
brought against her. Yet the entire world stood horrified when the
Government of Germany, with due legal form... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
The _Lusitania_ atrocity removed from the minds of the American people
the last possible doubt as to the essential barbarity of the German
Government. No other Government pretending to be civilised has ever
shocked the entire world by such a sickening crime against humanity. It
is utterly inconceivable that the Americ... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
The manifestos of the German professors, issued to Americans, did much
to alienate American sympathy from Germany; for the bitterness and
unreasoning fury of the documents, combined with the entire absence of
evidence to support the many reckless statements made in them, did much
to convince Americans that the German ... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
It seems to thoughtful Americans who know Germany and Germans best, that
the highest duty of intelligent German professors like yourself is not
to attempt the hopeless task of converting the rest of the world to an
approval of the methods of the German Government, but rather to use your
whole influence to establish a ... | Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) | Johnson, Douglas Wilson | 1878 | 1944 | ['en'] | 7 | {'World War, 1914-1918 -- Public opinion'} | PG10078 | |
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY.
A MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE, ART, AND POLITICS.
VOL. II.--JULY, 1858.--NO. IX.
THE CATACOMBS OF ROME.
[Concluded.]
--fessoque Sacrandum
Supponato capiti lapidem, Curistoque quiescam.
PAULINUS OF NOLL
Et factus est in pace locus ejus et halitatio in Sion.
Ps. LXXV. 2
V.
Rome is preëminently the cit... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
It has been, indeed, sometimes the custom of the Roman Church to enhance
the value of a gift of relics by adding to it the gift of the inscription
on the grave from which they were taken. A curious instance of this kind,
connected with the making of a very popular saint, occurred not many years
since. In the year 1802... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
One of the first differences which are obvious, in comparing the Christian
with the heathen mortuary inscriptions, is the introduction in the former
of some new words, expressive of the new ideas that prevailed among them.
Thus, in place of the old formula which had been in most common use upon
gravestones, D.M., or, ... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
[Footnote 1: It is probable that most of the gravestones upon which this
heathen formula is found are not of an earlier date than the middle of the
fourth century. At this time Christianity became the formal religion of
many who were still heathen in character and thought, and cared little
about the expression of a fa... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
ADEODATE DIGNAE ET MERITAE VIRGINI
ETQVIESCE HIC IN PACE IVBENTE XPO EJUS
To Adeodata, a worthy and deserving Virgin,
and rests here in peace, her Christ commanding.
On a few the word _dolens_ is found, simply telling of grief. On one to
the memory of a sweetest daughter the word _irreparable_ is used, _Filiae... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
FELICISSIMVS DVLCIS,--GAVDENTIA IN PACE,
--SEVERA IN DEO VIVAS,--
or, with a little more fulness of expression,--
DVLCISSIMO FILIO ENDELECIO
BENEMERENTI QVI VIXIT
ANNOS II MENSE VNV
DIES XX IN PACE
To the sweetest son Endelechius, the well-
deserving, who lived two years, one month,
twenty days. In p... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
SABATIVS BENEMERENTI QVI VIXIT ANNOS XL
To the well-deserving Sabatias, who lived
forty years.
And here another:--
PROSPERO INNOCENTI ANIMAE IN PACE.
To Prosperus, innocent soul, in peace.
And here a third, to a child who had died as one of the Innocents:--
MIRAE INNOCENTIAE ANIMA DULCIS AEMILEANVS
QVI V... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
FL. OLIVS PATERNVS
CENTVRIO CHOR. X VRB.
QVI VIXIT AH XXVII
IN PACE
Flavius Olius Paternus, Centurion of the
Tenth Urban Cohort, who lived twenty-seven
years. In peace.
It is true, no doubt, that among the first Christians there were very few
of the rich and great. The words of St. Paul to the Corinthian... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
"No one, we think, will be rash enough to maintain, either that this
omission is the result of mere accident, or that no individual slave or
freedman was ever buried in the catacombs. Rather, these two cognate
facts, the absence from ancient Christian epitaphs of all titles of rank
and honor on the one hand, or of dis... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
So far Mr. Northcote. It is still further to be noted, as an expression of
the Christian temper, as displayed in this kind of charity, that it never
appears in the inscriptions as furnishing a claim for praise, or as being
regarded as a peculiar merit. There is no departure from the usual
simplicity of the gravestones... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
Who was this husband whose far-off journeys had so separated him from his
lately married wife? Who were they who so loved as no others had loved?
The tombstone gives only the name of Domnina. But in naming her, and in
the expression of her husband's love, it gives evidence, which is
confirmed by many other tokens in t... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
[Footnote 4: Other names of this kind were _Deogratias_, _Habetdeum_, and
_Adeodatus_.]
Here is an inscription set up by a husband to his wife, Dignitas, who was
a woman of great goodness and entire purity of life:--
QUE SINE LESIONE ANIMI MEI VIXI MECVM
ANNOS XV FILIOS AVTEM PROCREAVIT VII
EX QVIBVS SECV ABET A... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
DE BIANOBA
POLLECLA QVE ORDEV BENDET DE
BIANOBA
From New Street. Pollecla, who sold barley
on New Street.
Others often bear a figure which refers to the name of the deceased, an
_armoirie parlante_ as it were, which might be read by those too ignorant
to read the letters on the stone. Thus, a lion is scratch... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
It is a remarkable fact, and one which none of the recent Romanist
authorities attempt to controvert, that the undoubted earlier inscriptions
afford no evidence of any of the peculiar doctrines of the Roman Church.
There is no reference to the doctrine of the Trinity to be found among
them; nothing is to be derived fr... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
Pray for thy parents, Matronata Matrona!
Who lived one year, fifty-two days.
And as we have seen how in the fourth century the desire arose of being
buried near the graves of those reputed holy, so by a similar process we
find this simple and affectionate petition to the dead passing into a
prayer for the dead to ... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
We end here our examinations of the testimony of the catacombs regarding
the doctrine, the faith, and the lives of the Christians of Rome in the
first three centuries. The evidence is harmonious and complete. It leaves
no room for skepticism or doubt. There are no contradictions in it. From
every point of view, theolo... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
"Jo, how could thee let down thy hair so before that man?"
Jo laughed. "Thee is a little innocent, Letty, with your pretty dialect!
Why did I let my hair down? For Mr. Stepel to see it, of course."
"That is very evident," interposed I; "but Letty is not so innocent or so
wise as to have done wondering at your caprices... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
"I think it has a very good moral tendency, Cousin Jo."
The clear, hazel eyes flashed a most amused comment at me.
"Well, what do you call the moral, Letty?"
"Why,--I should think,--I do not quite know that the moral is stated,
Josephine,--but I think thee will allow it was a great triumph of
principle for Jane Eyre t... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
"Bah!" said Josephine, "when did you turn gypsy, Sally? You ought to sell
_dukkeripen_, and make your fortune. Why don't you unfold Letty's fate?"
"No," said I, laughing. "Don't you know that the afflatus always exhausts
the priestess? You may tell Letty's fortune, or mine, if you will; but my
power is gone."
"I can t... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
"No, thee needn't, Cousin Jo; thee don't tell very good ones, I think."
"No, Letty, she shall not vex your head with nonsense. I think your fate
is patent; you will grow on a little longer like a pink china-aster, safe
in the garden, and in due time marry some good Friend,--Thomas Dugdale,
very possibly,--and live a t... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
"My dear, I did not know it any more than you; but I drew the inference of
her tastes from her character. She is excitable,--even passionate; but her
formal training has allowed no scope for either trait, and suppression has
but concentrated them. She really pines for some excitement;--what, then,
could be more natura... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
"I can't do that, Josephine. I have not the means, and Miss Allis would
not have the will, even if she believed in your prescription."
"Then Letty must stay here and bide her time. You believe in a special
Providence, Sarah, don't you?"
"Yes, of course I do."
"Then cannot you leave her to that care? Circumstances do n... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
"My darling!--but, Sarah, why"--
"Because, as you said, Josey, I was too old; I had seen too much; I would
not give way to an impulse. I bent my soul to know him; I rang the metal
on more than one stone, and every time it rang false. I knew, if I married
him, I should live and die a wretched woman. Was it not better t... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
"Why will you, of all people, Sarah, quote that tinkling, superficial
trash of a proverb, so palpably French, when the true reason why a man is
not a hero to his lackey is only because he is seen with a lackey's eyes,
--the sight of a low, convention-ridden, narrow, uneducated mind, unable
to take a broad enough view ... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
The next day, Josephine left me. As we walked together toward the landing
of the steamer, Letty Allis emerged from a green lane to say good-bye, and
down its vista I discerned the handsome, lazy person of Henry Malden, but
I did not inform Letty of my discovery.
A year passed away,--to me with the old monotonous routi... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
The cottage where she lived was capacious enough for her wants, and though
plain, even to an air of superciliousness, without, was most luxurious
within,--made to use and live in; for Mr. Brown, her uncle, was an
Englishman, and had never arrived at that height of Transatlantic _ton_
which consists in shrouding and da... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
But, happily, it is not one's duty to make other people uncomfortable by
perpetually tinkering at that trait in them which most offends our own
nature; and I thought it more for my good and hers to learn patience
myself than undertake to beat her into order; the result of which was
peace and good-will that vindicated ... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
It is a well-known fact in the philosophy of the human mind, that it is
apt to gain more by imparting than by receiving; and since philosophy,
where it becomes fact, does not mercifully adjust its results to
circumstance, but rushes on in implacable grooves, and clears its own
track of whatever lies thereon by the sum... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
I found a miserable household here. Mr. Malden had in no way reformed.
When did marriage ever reform a bad man? On the contrary, he was more
dissipated than ever; and whenever he came home, the welcome that waited
for him was one little calculated to make home pleasant; for Letty's quick
temper blazed up in reproach a... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
My first question to Josephine was, "Where is Mr. Waring's mother?"
"He would not send for her, Sally," said she, "because she is not well,
and he feared to startle her."
"H'm!" said I, very curtly.
Josephine looked at me with innocent, grave eyes,--dear, simple child!--
and yet, for anybody but herself she would have... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
In due time Mr. Waring recovered. If there was any change in his manner to
Jo, it was too slight to be seen, though it was felt, and was, after all,
the carelessness of a person certain of his foothold in her good graces,
rather than the evident withdrawal of attention,--which I could have
pardoned even then, had it b... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
So spring drew near. The mill was nearly finished. One day in March a warm
south-wind "quieted the earth" after a long rain, the river began to stir,
its mail of ice to crack and heave under the sun's rays. I persuaded Jo to
take a little drive, and once in the carriage the air reanimated her; she
rested against me an... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
Five years have passed since that day. Still I live at Nook Cottage; but
not alone. Of us three, Josephine is in heaven. Letty is still troubled
upon earth; her husband tests her patience and her temper every hour, but
both temper and patience are in good training; and if ever Henry Malden is
reclaimed, as I begin to ... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
WHAT A WRETCHED WOMAN SAID TO ME.
All the broad East was laced with tender rings
Of widening light; the Daybreak shone afar;
Deep in the hollow, 'twixt her fiery wings,
Fluttered the morning star.
A cloud, that through the time of darkness went
With wanton winds, now, heavy-hearted, came
And fell upon the suns... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
Certainly the sailor sings. Did you ever walk through Ann Street, Boston,
or haunt the purlieus of the Fulton Market? and when there did you never
espy a huckster's board covered with little slips of printed paper of the
size and shape of the bills-of-fare at the Commonwealth Hotel? They are
printed on much coarser pa... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
The sailor does not lack for singing. He sings at certain parts of his
work;--indeed, he must sing, if he would work. On vessels of war, the drum
and fife or boatswain's whistle furnish the necessary movement-regulator.
There, where the strength of one or two hundred men can be applied to one
and the same effort, the ... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
"Oh, the bowline, bully bully bowline,
Oh, the bowline, bowline, HAUL!"
At the last word every man threw his whole strength into the pull,--all
singing it in chorus, with a quick, explosive sound. And so, jump by jump,
the sheet was at last hauled taut.--I dare say this will seem very much
spun out to a seafarer, ... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
It is one of the most spirited things imaginable, when well sung, and,
when applied to the topsail-halyards, brings the yards up in grand style.
These are some of the working-songs of the sea. They are not chosen for
their sense, but for their sound. They must contain good mouth-filling
words, with the vowels in the r... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
There is another class of songs, half of the sea, half of the shore, which
the fishermen and coasters croon in their lonely watches. Such is the
rhyme of "Uncle Peleg," or "Pillick," as it is pronounced,--probably an
historical ballad concerning some departed worthy of the Folger family of
Nantucket. It begins--
"Ol... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
And now to bring these desultory remarks to a practical conclusion. I have
written these seemingly trifling fragments with a serious purpose. It is
to show that the seaman has little or no art or part in the poetry of the
seas. I have put down facts, have given what experience I have had of some
of the idiosyncrasies ... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
THE KINLOCH ESTATE, AND HOW IT WAS SETTLED.
CHAPTER I.
"Mildred, my daughter, I am faint. Run and get me a glass of cordial from
the buffet."
The girl looked at her father as he sat in his bamboo chair on the piazza,
his pipe just let fall on the floor, and his face covered with a deadly
pallor. She ran for the cord... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
"Lucy Ransom," said Mrs. Kinloch, (for it was she, just returned from her
drive,) "Lucy Ransom, what are you blubbering about? Here on the piazza,
and with your flat-iron! What is the matter?"
"Matter enough!" said Lucy. "See!--see Mr."----But the sobs were too
frequent. She became choked, and fell into an hysterical ... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
On the village green the boys were playing a grand game of "round ball,"
for it was a half-holiday. The clear, silvery tones of the bell were
heard, and we stopped to listen. Was it a fire? No, the ringing was not
vehement enough. A meeting of the church? In a moment we should know. As
the bell ceased, we looked up to... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
He was just ready to enjoy the evening of life, when the night of death
closed upon him with tropic suddenness. He left one child only, his
daughter Mildred, then just turned of eighteen; and as Mrs. Kinloch had
only one son to claim her affection, the motherless girl would seem to be
well provided for. Mildred was sw... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
How wearily the days passed during the month after the funeral! The shadow
of death seemed to darken everything. Doors creaked dismally when they
were opened. The room where the body had been laid seemed to have grown a
century older than the other parts of the once bright and cheerful house,
--its atmosphere was so s... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
CHAPTER II.
In order to show the position of Mrs. Kinloch and her son in our story, it
will be necessary to make the reader acquainted with some previous
occurrences.
Six years before this date, Mrs. Kinloch was the Widow Branning. Her
husband's small estate had melted like a snow-bank in the liquidation of
his debts... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
Others insinuated that Mrs. Branning knew what she was about when she went
to Squire Kinloch's, and his wife was 'most gone with consumption.
"'Twasn't a mite strange that little Mildred took to her so kindly; plenty
of women could find ways to please a child, if so be they could have such
a chance to please themselve... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
After repeated admonitions without effect, a letter was addressed to his
stepfather by vote at a Faculty-meeting. A damsel at service in the
President's house overheard the discussion, and found means to warn the
young delinquent of his danger; for she, as well as most people who came
within the sphere of his attracti... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
"And orphan," interposed Mr. Clamp.
She looked at him quietly; but he was imperturbable.
"We must begin to collect what is due," she continued.
"Did you refer to the notes from Ploughman?" asked Mr. Clamp. "He is
perfectly good; and he will pay the interest till we want to use the
money."
"I wasn't thinking of Ploughm... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
"Yes, Mrs. Kinloch, the free-thinking of this age is the fruitful parent
of all evil,--of Mormonism, Unitarianism, Spiritualism, and of all those
forms of error which seek to overthrow"----
There was a crash in the china-closet. Mrs. Kinloch went to the door, and
leading out Lucy Ransom, the maid, by the ear, exclaime... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
CHAPTER IV.
Ralph Hardwick was the village blacksmith. His shop stood on the bank of
the river, not far from the dam. The great wheel below the flume rolled
all day, throwing over its burden of diamond drops, and tilting the
ponderous hammer with a monotonous clatter. What a palace of wonders to
the boys was that gri... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
So he toiled, faithful to his calling. By day the din of his hammer rarely
ceased, and by night the flame and sparks from his chimney were a Pharos
to all travellers approaching the town. Children were born to him, for
which he blessed God, and worked the harder. He attained a moderate
prosperity, secure from want, bu... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
Mark was a comely lad, with the yellow curling hair, the clear blue eyes,
and the marked symmetry of features that belonged to his uncle. He had an
inborn love of reading and study; he was first in his class at every
winter's school, and had devoured all the books within his reach. Then he
borrowed an old copy of Adam... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
It was a damp, drizzly day; there was not a settled rain, yet it was too
wet to work in the corn. Mark was therefore busy in picking loose stones
from the surface of a field cultivated the year before, and now "seeded
down" for grass. A portion of the field bordered on a pond, and the alders
upon its margin formed a d... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
"Let me up," he said, at length. Mark arose, and being by this time
thoroughly sobered, he walked off without a word and picked up his basket.
Hugh, on the other hand, was more and more angry every minute. The
indignity he had suffered was not to be tamely submitted to. He got into
the boat and took his oar; he looked... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
The promise was kept; the yearly supply was furnished; and Mark graduated
with honor, having given notes amounting to a thousand dollars. With
cheerful alacrity he commenced teaching in a popular seminary, intending
to pay his debts before studying a profession.
CHAPTER V.
It was Saturday night, and Mr. Hardwick was ... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
"Y-yes, I hev to stay here in the old shop; b-but I hear the b-birds in
the mornin', and all day I f-feel as ef I was out under the b-blue sky,
an' rejoicin' with all livin' creaturs in the sun and the s-sweet air of
heaven."
"I envy you your happy frame; everything has some form or hue of beauty
for you. I must have ... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
"Yes, I had some news from home yesterday which determined me to come, and
I started this morning."
"Quick and impetuous as ever!"
"Yes, I don't deliberate long."
There was a pause.
"I wish you had only been here to see father before he died."
"I wish I might have seen him."
"I am sure _he_ would never have desired to... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
Here his voice failed him. With such a crowd of memories,--of hopes and
desires yet unsatisfied,--with the crushing burden of debt and poverty,--
he could not command himself to say what his heart, nevertheless, ached in
retaining. Here he was, with the opportunity for which during all his
boyhood he had scarcely dare... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
Mr. Hardwick and his family, as we have before mentioned, went regularly
to meeting; Lizzy and Mark sat with him in the singers' seats, the others
in a pew below. The only guardian of the house on Sundays was a large
ungainly cur, named Caesar. The habits of this dog deserve a brief
mention. On all ordinary occasions ... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
Mark Davenport, of course, had been the object of considerable attention
during the day, and at the meeting-house-door numbers of his old
acquaintances gathered round him. No one was more cordial in manner than
Squire Clamp. His face was wrinkled into what were meant for smiles, and
his voice was even smoother and mor... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
"Why, you don't doubt these fundamental points?" asked Mr. Clamp.
"No, I don't d-doubt, n-nor I don't th-think much about 'em; they're t-too
deep for me, and I ler-let 'em alone. We shall all un-know about these
things in God's goo-good time. I th-think more about keepin' peace among
n-neighbors, bein' kuh-kindly to t... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
"My young friend, what is the reason of this heat?" asked Mr. Clamp,
mildly.
"I don't care to talk further," Mark retorted. "I might as well explain
the pathology of flesh bruises to a donkey who had maliciously kicked me."
Mr. Clamp wiped his bald head, on which the perspiration was beginning to
gather. His stock of ... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
[Footnote 1: This name is given by the French Canadians to the bobolink or
rice bunting. It is an old, I believe an obsolete, French word, and means
"braggart."]
Many a year has gone by since I last looked upon this picture, and then it
was a winter scene; for it was near the end of March, which is winter
enough in th... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
The snow lay heavy in the woods, wet and heavy with the breath of coming
spring, as I tramped out of them one March morning, and found myself on
the queen's highway, within short rifle-shot of the rushing Montmorency,
whose roar had reached us through the forest an hour or two before. In the
early days of our hunt I h... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
"Pack the _tobaugan_, Zach! The sun will come out strong by and by, and
the longer we tarry here, the heavier the snow will be for our stretch to
the Citadel. Up, there! _lève-toi, cochon!_" shouted I, in the elegant
terms of address which experience had taught me were the only ones that
had any effect upon the stolid... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
"Kaween nishishin! kaw-ween!" howled the big monster, in his mixed-pickle
macaronio,--"je me sens saisi du mal-aux-raquettes, je ne pouvons plus.
Why you go so dam fast, when hot sun he make snow for tire, eh? Sacr-r-ré
raquettes! il me semble qu'ils se grossissent de plus en plus à chaque
démarche. Stop for smoke, eh... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
Having got up a small fire with the assistance of the chips and scraps of
wood that were plentifully scattered around, I placed my snow-shoes one on
top of the other, and sat down on them,--a sort of preparatory step in my
transition to civilization, for they had somewhat the effect of a cane-
bottomed chair minus the... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
Fields and forests rejoice
In their silver-toned throng;
_I_ hear but the voice
Of the bird in thy song!
In April's glad shower
Flash petals and leaves,
Less bright than the flower
Round thy heart that weaves!
Stars waken, stars slumber,
Stars wink in the sky,
Bright numberless number;
... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 | |||
I was encamped in the lee of the bran-new artillery target, and they were
just commencing practice, on this fine bright afternoon, by pitching
thirty-two-pound shot into and about it, at intervals--as I pretty well
knew--of distressingly uncertain duration. With frantic strength I grasped
the Indian by the neck, and, ... | The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics | Various | ['en'] | 15 | {'American periodicals'} | PG10079 |
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