IX 



BMEESON 



A I THEREIN' the race has so far lost and gained, 

 ' ' in being transplanted from Euroioe to the 

 New England soil and climate, is well illustrated 

 by the writings of Emerson. There is greater re- 

 finement and sublimation of thought, greater clear- 

 ness and sharpness of outline, greater audacity of 

 statement, but, on the other hand, there is a loss of 

 bulk, of unction, of adipose tissue, and shall we say 

 of power? 



Emerson is undoubtedly a master on the New 

 England scale, — such a master as the land and race 

 are capable of producing. He stands out clear and 

 undeniable. The national type, as illustrated by 

 that section of the country, is the purest and strong- 

 est in him of any yet. He can never suffer eclipse. 

 Compared with the English or German master, he 

 is undoubtedly deficient in viscera, in moral and in- 

 tellectual stomach; but, on the other hand, he is of 

 a fibre and quality hard to match in any age or land. 

 From first to last he strikes one as something ex- 

 tremely pure and compact, like a nut or an egg. 

 Great matters and tendencies lie folded in him, or 



