December 1862

This in answer to the query. Is any person master of the American question at this mo- ment ? No, none can accost such question with advantage, unless he is born for it. That a man is wise or deep does not make his opinion im- portant ; for men are locally or topically wise and deep. Burke had a genius for his politics, and was a prophet in Parliament, but none " on the sublime and beautiful." Alcott would be just the reverse.