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    the charms of a wild life in juxta-position with the abuses of civilization ; if the savage have the advantage of freedom and familiarity with the surface pf prin ^ ry nature , ere art has touched and tamed it , he wants the comprehensive regulating np } d wl * ich c ^ r * alone turn power to pflrnp $ e . He has H fl § # ipo | i ft % e forest , on the hill side , or tpe jnpunt ^ n top j Jij § 4 yi h keeii & 8 the eagle ' s , his e ^ r is quick a ? the hftje s < ^ n 4 gig breath is up . bro ^ en as the hound ' s ; hi ^ limbs ( w | rile young ) are gimgiil ^ riy flexilehis e ^ pressipn ( of the passions ) singularly

    * v } t ! q , —ro \\ this is beautiful , all consistent with the physic ^ ^ du $ a tipn tp which he is subjected . IJe is npt iqsujted b y i \\ e insolence of exclusive power or possession , —rather the pM ^ ce lib ? the prjspii frovyn upon his path , no ipclo § ures circurnscribe his footsteps , no superior bids Mm bow the head or bend the Itie ^; b ^ t how little does the savage knpw of syn ^ p ^ thy—hp * y fiYshims the sick and sacrifices the infirm , how he tyfai ^ njz ^ s

    O ^ er woman ; i ^ i short , how entirely he is ani n ^ l , how little &ol $ l or mental . The savage wjio has awakened interest $ n 4 adtoi | ation is ever ope pf the tribe which has made sonfte a $ - vancement in the social state—who has , moreover , sat to a 0 P 9 per , a l \ Irs Child , a Washingto n Irving— -tfiey know hqw to seisse tj ) ' e best attitudes which he presents ja the hunting fteW ? tfie cotincil hut . and the conflict : but let us turn from the

    splendid pjptures which owe so much to the pencil of geffiys—Tybiti these idealized likenesses , which derive their Titian ( iptjf frofii the artists of the new world , and tur # to the he | pl § 9 & naked savage of V ^ n Dieman ' s Lapd , and we p h ^ U ^ IJqw tjwtfiinan is a progressive being , and that it is only in prpportipp %$ ^ e advance ^ to the harmonious development ^ n 4 h ^ PPY $ Jf § VCisdi " of all hjs powers that he is reatUy ^ daurable * Savag e the

    ftsatp i ^ creatur ^ of passion , and passion h ^^ , $ lw « iys ppv ^^ y— * Always poetry j but its beauty , its sublimity , is ajbrvipt ftii ^ . transient ^—a lightning flash—a thunderburst—pft- ^ pie ^ ^ gr ^ 9 ^ ' ? which flits ere we can point the place : " cjvi ] ize 4 MW l& V ct ^ attire of power , because he is a creature of JcpQwle ^ e ; this poWer , though often perverted , though cpntip ^ lly pay ^ pg arid perishing in individuals , is flowing op fpr eve ^ wUh the can say what

    ^ peo ^ es—wh ° to it ri ^ ay lead ! ^ J \> return from this digrespiop , $ ome of the greatest , miaen ^^ Incident tp the state of childhood—some pi" the wp ^ t fa \\ U ^ Mth Which , \ n ^ fter life , a ^ Mlt ch ^^ pter i $ t ^ lptch ^ ft ^ d 4 $ ~ We ^ l —m ^ y be traced to the negjtect of ^ jfprdl ^ p , ( J ^ r jrig chiWBo 6 di and yp ^ th , suffilQien ( ai > d suitahle oqpi < p ^^ pn , A qjr ^ WTf io variously and ^ eautl fu Ujr en ^| p . we 4 m t ^ e hii r ^ ^ cmtiW ^ fl ^ m antfs employment consistent with it ^ y ^ riqu ^ powers my f ^ 'prozvypiire develpgrnept , aa n ^ ph W it 4 ^ a ^ a AQWr |^ - i ^ anC ^ ijt gut cfej ^ refl m WMfamHy * # V tQ » Wiw

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 1, 1837, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1828/page/51/