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Excerpt from Colossal Bust of Washington, (in American Marble, Designed to a Scale of 10 Feet Hight;): Illustrated by a Phrenological Critique From the New York Churchman, With Introductory Remarks, Embracing a Synopsis of the Phrenological Points of His Character
IN estimating the value of this work, purporting to be the Life of George Washington, it appears necessary to us to inquire how far the author is gifted with the capacity to execute such an un dertaking, so far as this is determined by any indications afforded in previous writings, and by what is here done, as compared wi''h th: nature and character of the subject as related, not to any indi vidual ideal, however elevated, but to that position which history assigns, and which succeeding ages, in the approbation of all great and good men, are destined to ratify. Evidently, a biography of the Father of his country is not to be executed by a mere reliance on artistic conditions; none will deny that its perfection must even involve the subjection of certain of those qualities for which Irving is peculiarly distinguished, and, with their subjection, a vital change in that combination by which he has realized a na tional fame. In such a work, therefore, contrasts are not wholly to be obtained by contrasts of position, nor the true portraiture by mere happy and luminous expressions. Irving''s desire has un questionably been to give the most faithful life extant and with out disparaging his acknowledged power of delineation in all relating to the conventional or incidental, enabling him to clothe with human interest the most remote or ordinary topic, we may yet deny him the qualification to be the biographer of a. Man who.
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IN estimating the value of this work, purporting to be the Life of George Washington, it appears necessary to us to inquire how far the author is gifted with the capacity to execute such an un dertaking, so far as this is determined by any indications afforded in previous writings, and by what is here done, as compared wi''h th: nature and character of the subject as related, not to any indi vidual ideal, however elevated, but to that position which history assigns, and which succeeding ages, in the approbation of all great and good men, are destined to ratify. Evidently, a biography of the Father of his country is not to be executed by a mere reliance on artistic conditions; none will deny that its perfection must even involve the subjection of certain of those qualities for which Irving is peculiarly distinguished, and, with their subjection, a vital change in that combination by which he has realized a na tional fame. In such a work, therefore, contrasts are not wholly to be obtained by contrasts of position, nor the true portraiture by mere happy and luminous expressions. Irving''s desire has un questionably been to give the most faithful life extant and with out disparaging his acknowledged power of delineation in all relating to the conventional or incidental, enabling him to clothe with human interest the most remote or ordinary topic, we may yet deny him the qualification to be the biographer of a. Man who.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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