Fix this text
THE SUPPORT OF LETTERS IN AUSTRALIA.
Fix this textTHE MONTH.
Fix this textThere is a legend popular in England that all the waiters in Australian
Fix this textCafes—half the breakers of stones on Australian roads,—*and one-third of
Fix this textthe peripatetic vendors of Australian fruit,—-are “ men” from Oxford and
Fix this textCambridge. “ How jolly,” said a stone-mason of some intelligence on
Fix this textboard the ship in which we made our journey to Port Jackson, “ how jolly
Fix this textto be able to bless the eyes of a parson for bringing a damp screw of to-
Fix this textbacco 1 ”
Fix this textExperience plays the very Vandal with romance, and a residence of
Fix this texttwo years in New South Wales has proved to us that B.A. and XXX are
Fix this textnot one whit more closely connected in this community than they are in
Fix this textthe old world ; our friend of square and chisel has frequented every tap-
Fix this textroom in the city without stumbling over a senior wrangler; we never met
Fix this texta man breaking stones who could crack XiOos ; and the whole of the apple
Fix this textsellers with whom we have come in contact have been consistently igno-
Fix this textrant of the pippins of the Hesperides and the prize russet of Paris.
Fix this textThere is some modicum of truth, however, at the centre of all fiction; —
Fix this textand these strange notions respecting the position of men of education in
Fix this textAustralia have, unfortunately, rather a broader basis of reality than, per-
Fix this texthaps, even our colonial readers may imagine. The purport of this article
Fix this textis to point out the reason of this, and-—Quixotic as the position may ap-
Fix this textpear—to suggest a remedy.
Fix this textBefore proceeding upon this task, however, it is necessary that one pre-
Fix this textmise should be admitted:—that in any country, old or new, the man of
Fix this texteducation has the same claim upon the state as the skilled or unskilled
Fix this textlaborer. We might, perhaps, without taking too high or transcendental a
Fix this textstandpoint, maintain that the mind which projects deserves even more of a
Fix this textcommunity than the hand which constructs, inasmuch as the scope and
Fix this textfunction of the one have a glorious immunity from limitation, while the
Fix this textmere mechanism of the other, however useful and even honorable in itself,
Fix this textis necessarily bounded in its nature and transient in its endurance. A
Fix this textCorinthian column may moulder into dust, and the labor of a hundred
Fix this textwork-men be scattered to the winds: the Idea of Callimachus, the designer
Fix this textof the order, will endure for ever, and furnish employment to myriads of
Fix this textfuture quarriers and masons. But we have no inclination to push this
Fix this textpoint too far—to work it out even to its just limits. We simply demand
Fix this textthe very fair admission that the man of education has as great a right to
Fix this textclamor for employment and protest against starvation, as he whose power
Fix this textchiefly consists in a strong wrist and a mastery of the hatchet.
Fix this textVOL. 11.
Fix this textb
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can:
http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-605594562
Moore, J. Sheridan & Fowler, Frank. (1857). The Month : a literary and critical journal Retrieved April 30, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-605594562
Moore, J. Sheridan and Fowler, Frank. The Month : a literary and critical journal Sydney: J.R. Clarke, 1857. Web. 30 April 2025 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-605594562>
Moore, J. Sheridan & Fowler, Frank. 1857, The Month : a literary and critical journal J.R. Clarke, Sydney viewed 30 April 2025 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-605594562
{{Citation
| author1=Moore, J. Sheridan.
| author2=Fowler, Frank.
| title=The Month : a literary and critical journal.
| year=1857
| section=v. : ill. ; 22cm.
| issue=Volume 2 (1859)
| location=Sydney
| publisher=J.R. Clarke
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-605594562
| id=nla.obj-605594562
| access-date=30 April 2025
| via=Trove
}}
Citations are automatically generated and may require some modification to conform to exact standards.
Select the images you want to download, or the whole document.
You can order a copy of this work from Copies Direct.
Copies Direct supplies reproductions of collection material for a fee. This service is offered by the National Library of Australia
Copyright varies by issue and article
Copyright varies with each issue and article. You may have full rights to copy, or may be able to copy only under some circumstances, for example a portion for research or study. Order a copy where circumstances allow or Contact us for further information.
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply.
For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Copy and paste one of these options to share this book elsewhere.