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Napoleon Bonaparte (search for this): chapter 6
fter they had each spoken once, the question was open to the whole society. The questions were mostly of a very innocent and rudimental character, as, Is novel-reading injurious to society? Has a person a right to take life in self-defence Is marriage conducive to happiness? Do we, as a nation, exert a good moral influence in the world? Do either of the great parties of the day carry out the principles of the Declaration of Independence? Is the Union likely to be perpetuated Was Napoleon Bonaparte a great man? Is it a person's duty to take the temperance pledge? et cetera. Horace joined the society, the first winter of his residence in Poultney, and, young as he was, soon became one of its leading members. He was a real giant at the Debating Society, says one of his early admirers. Whenever he was appointed to speak or to read an essay, he never wanted to be excused; he was always ready. He was exceedingly interested in the questions which he discussed, and stuck to hi
Byron (search for this): chapter 6
clear perception of the queer an & humorous, whether in print or in actual life His love of the poets—Byron, Shakspeare, etc., discovered itself in Boyhood—and often have Greeley and I strolled off into the woods, of a warm day, with a volume of Byron or Campbell in our pockets, and reclining in some shady place, read it off to each other by the hour. In this way, I got such a hold of Childe Harold, the Pleasures of Hope, and other favorite poems, that considerable portions have remained ever since in my memory. Byron's apostrophe to the Ocean, and some things in the [4th] canto relative to the men and monuments of ancient Italy, were, if I mistake not, his special favorites—also the famous description of the great conflict at Waterloo. Mazeppa was also a marked favorite. And for many of Mrs. Hemans' poems he had a deep admiration. The letter concludes with an honest burst of indignation: Knowing Horace Greeley as I do and have done for thirty years, knowing his integr<
Calhoun (search for this): chapter 6
essible. There is doubtless a proper excuse or the conduct of lunatics, mad dogs, and rattlesnakes; but I know of no decent, just, or reasonable apology for such meanness (it is a hard word, but a very expressive one) as the presses alluded to have exhibited. Horace came to Poultney, an ardent politician; and the events which occurred during his apprenticeship were not calculated to moderate his zeal, or weaken his attachment to the party he had chosen. John Quincy Adams was president, Calhoun was vice-president, Henry Clay was secretary of State. It was one of the best and ablest administrations that had ever ruled in Washington; and the most unpopular one. It is among the inconveniences of universal suffrage, that the party which comes before the country with the most taking popular cry is the party which is likeliest to win. During the existence of this administration, the Opposition had a variety of popular Cries which were easy to vociferate, and well adapted to impose on
Campbell (search for this): chapter 6
nly know of him, I can say that few young men of my acquaintance grew up with so much freedom from everything of a vicious and corrupting nature—so strong a resolution to study everything in the way of useful knowledge—and such a quick and clear perception of the queer an & humorous, whether in print or in actual life His love of the poets—Byron, Shakspeare, etc., discovered itself in Boyhood—and often have Greeley and I strolled off into the woods, of a warm day, with a volume of Byron or Campbell in our pockets, and reclining in some shady place, read it off to each other by the hour. In this way, I got such a hold of Childe Harold, the Pleasures of Hope, and other favorite poems, that considerable portions have remained ever since in my memory. Byron's apostrophe to the Ocean, and some things in the [4th] canto relative to the men and monuments of ancient Italy, were, if I mistake not, his special favorites—also the famous description of the great conflict at Waterloo. Maze
Thomas Carlyle (search for this): chapter 6
es, our ignorance rendered only the more conspicuous and misleading, by the faint intimations of knowledge which we acquire at our schools. Are we to remain such for ever? But if Horace Greeley derived no help from schools and teachers, he received no harm from them. He finished his apprenticeship, an uncontaminated young man, with the means of independence at his finger-ends, ashamed of no honest employment, of no decent habitation, of no cleanly garb. There are unhappy times, says Mr. Carlyle, in the world's history, when he that is least educated will chiefly have to say that he is least perverted; and, with the multitude of false eye-glasses, convex, concave, green, or even yellow, has not lost the natural use of his eyes. How were it, he asks, if we surmised, that for a man gifted with natural vigor, with a man's character to be developed in him, more especially if in the way of literature, as thinker and writer, it is actually, in these strange days, no special misfortune
Henry Clay (search for this): chapter 6
Poultney, an ardent politician; and the events which occurred during his apprenticeship were not calculated to moderate his zeal, or weaken his attachment to the party he had chosen. John Quincy Adams was president, Calhoun was vice-president, Henry Clay was secretary of State. It was one of the best and ablest administrations that had ever ruled in Washington; and the most unpopular one. It is among the inconveniences of universal suffrage, that the party which comes before the country with he Opposition had a variety of popular Cries which were easy to vociferate, and well adapted to impose on the unthinking, i. e. the majority. Adams had not been elected by the people. Adams had gained the presidency by a corrupt bargain with Henry Clay. Adams was lavish of the public money. But of all the Cries of the time, Hurrah for Jackson was the most effective. Jackson was a man of the people. Jackson was the hero of New Orleans and the conqueror of Florida. Jackson was pledged to
Dewey (search for this): chapter 6
lp pluming themselves upon their superior manners and position; and it must be confessed that the young stranger was mercilessly taken in by his elders in the office, whenever an opportunity for a practical joke presented itself. But these things soon passed away, and as Horace was seen to be an unusually intelligent and honest lad, he came to be better appreciated. The office in which he was employed was that of the Northern Spectator, a weekly paper then published by Messrs. Bliss & Dewey, and edited by E. G. Stone, brother to the late Col. Stone of the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser. The new comer boarded in Mr. Stone's family, by whom he was well esteemed for his boyish integrity; and Mr. S. on examination found him better skilled in English grammar, even at that early age, than were the majority of school teachers in those times. His superior intelligence also strongly commended him to the notice of Amos Bliss, Esq., one of the firm already mentioned, then and now a highly-
Horace Greeley (search for this): chapter 6
I came on foot. What's your name? Horace Greeley. Now it happened that Mr. Amos Bliss haafter, it may be as well to mention here, Mr Greeley removed to Erie county, Pennsylvania, and bouof the place, during the apprenticeship of Horace Greeley, a considerable number of intelligent men,ything, he went, as a matter of course, to Horace Greeley; and, if a dispute arose between two indiv how and where I first saw my friend Horace Greeley? Well, thus it happened. It was one of te unaccountable Boy, saying, Aint that right, Greeley? No, said the Unaccountable, without lookinid the inhabitants of East Poultney, where Horace Greeley went to reside in April, 1826, as an appren honest burst of indignation: Knowing Horace Greeley as I do and have done for thirty years, kn much this result was owing the efforts of Horace Greeley cannot now be ascertained. All agree thatanding he was to gain his subsistence. Horace Greeley was no longer a Boy. His figure and the ex[7 more...]
Childe Harold (search for this): chapter 6
nature—so strong a resolution to study everything in the way of useful knowledge—and such a quick and clear perception of the queer an & humorous, whether in print or in actual life His love of the poets—Byron, Shakspeare, etc., discovered itself in Boyhood—and often have Greeley and I strolled off into the woods, of a warm day, with a volume of Byron or Campbell in our pockets, and reclining in some shady place, read it off to each other by the hour. In this way, I got such a hold of Childe Harold, the Pleasures of Hope, and other favorite poems, that considerable portions have remained ever since in my memory. Byron's apostrophe to the Ocean, and some things in the [4th] canto relative to the men and monuments of ancient Italy, were, if I mistake not, his special favorites—also the famous description of the great conflict at Waterloo. Mazeppa was also a marked favorite. And for many of Mrs. Hemans' poems he had a deep admiration. The letter concludes with an honest bu
Hemans (search for this): chapter 6
ce, read it off to each other by the hour. In this way, I got such a hold of Childe Harold, the Pleasures of Hope, and other favorite poems, that considerable portions have remained ever since in my memory. Byron's apostrophe to the Ocean, and some things in the [4th] canto relative to the men and monuments of ancient Italy, were, if I mistake not, his special favorites—also the famous description of the great conflict at Waterloo. Mazeppa was also a marked favorite. And for many of Mrs. Hemans' poems he had a deep admiration. The letter concludes with an honest burst of indignation: Knowing Horace Greeley as I do and have done for thirty years, knowing his integrity, purity, and generosity, I can tell you one thing, and that is, that the contempt with which I regard the slanders of certain papers with respect to his conduct, character, is quite inexpressible. There is doubtless a proper excuse or the conduct of lunatics, mad dogs, and rattlesnakes; but I know of no dece
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