wait till
the mad Southwester spend itself, saving thyself by dexterous science
of defense, the while: valiantly, with swift decision, wilt thou
strike in, when the favoring East, the Possible, springs up. Mutiny of
men thou wilt sternly repress; weakness, despondency, thou wilt
cheerily encourage: thou wilt swallow down complaint, unreason,
weariness, weakness of others and thyself;--how much wilt thou
swallow down! There shall be a depth of Silence in thee, deeper than
this Sea, which is but ten miles deep: a Silence unsoundable; known to
God only. Thou shalt be a great man. Yes, my World-Soldier, thou of
the World Marine-service,--thou wilt have to be _greater_ than this
tumultuous unmeasured World here round thee is; thou, in thy strong
soul, as with wrestler's arms shalt embrace it, harness it down; and
make it bear thee on,--to new Americas, or whither God wills!

THE WORLD IN CLOTHES

From 'Sartor Resartus'

As Montesquieu wrote a 'Spirit of Laws,'" observes our Professor, "so
could I write a 'Spirit of Clothes'; thus, with an 'Esprit des Lois,'
properly an 'Esprit de Coutumes,' we should have an 'Esprit de
Costumes.' For neither in tailoring nor in legislating does man
proceed by mere Accident, but the hand is ever guided on by mysterious
operations of the mind. In all his Modes, and habilatory endeavors, an
Architectural Idea will be found lurking; his Body and the Cloth are
the site and materials whereon and whereby his beautified edifice, of
a Person, is to be built. Whether he flow gracefully out in folded
mantles, based on light sandals; tower-up in high headgear, from
amid peaks, spangles, and bell-girdles; swell-out in starched ruffs,
buckram stuffings, and monstrous tuberosities; or girth himself into
separate sections, and front the world an Agglomeration of four
limbs,--will depend on the nature of such Architectural Idea: whether
Grecian, Gothic, Later-Gothic, or altogether Modern, and Parisian or
Anglo-Dandiacal. Again, what meaning lies in Color! From the soberest
drab to the high-flaming scarlet, spiritual idiosyncrasies unfold
themselves in choice of color: if the cut betoken Intellect and
Talent, so does the Color betoken Temper and Heart. In all which,
among nations as among individuals, there is an incessant,
indubitable, though infinitely complex working of Cause and Effect:
every snip of the Scissors has been regulated and prescribed by
ever-active Influences, which doubtless to In