Journal of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Volume 7) (Paperback)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1912. Excerpt: ... JOURNAL XXXIX 1848 (From Journals GH, LM, ED, "London" and RS) "January. DEGREES_ I Trace, then, the peculiarities of English manners to their working climate; their dense population; the presence of an aristocracy or model class for manners and speech; their diet, generous and orderly taken; and their force of constitution. Their manners betray real independence, and they are studiously inoffensive. They are castles compared with our men. . . . An American feels like some invalid in their company. January 13. - At York, I saw the skull of a Roman centurion. I saw the tree planted by George Fox; I saw the prison, the pews in which the prisoners are locked up; the scales with which they can weigh their own food. In the minster, I heard "God save the King," of Handel, played by Dr. Camidge on the grand organ. It was very great. I thought I had never heard anything so sublime. The music was made for the minster, and the minster for the music.' . . . The architects of York Minster are not known; yet what brains were those It is beautiful beyond belief. In Bridlington, I was received one evening at the house of Mr. Potter, a saddler, with a very cordial hospitality, and the next day he accompanied me to Flamborough Head, to show me the cave, the "Danes' Dyke," the castle, the lighthouse, etc. All the objects interested me, but my conductor more. He had waited on me in the morning at my hotel, with his apron tucked up under his coat, and very likely it was on still, under his surtout; but he told so well the story of his life, and that he saves two hundred pounds every year, and means by and by to devote himself principally to the care of the Mechanics' Institute, and of the Temperance Society, of both of which he is the ardent friend. He is sent, however, by these institutions to i The rest ...