Huntingdon Journal

              HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1853.
VOL. 18, NO. 12.
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AN ADDRESS DeliTcrcd before the Juniata Acad¬ emy, at Shirleysburg,
ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1853,
nv
T. P. CAMPBELL, Esq.
On the »;ithdrawnl ofthe nudienco, at the close of tho cxeiciEcs, on Wednesday nfternoon, tho directors of tho .Tiininta Academy of Shirleysbnrg, convened, D. Madden in tlW chair, aiiil 3. L. SpANOot-i!, Serctary—when the following rcsy- liitinn wns ndopted :
Resolved, Thnt we express onr acknowledgments to T. P. Campbfi,!., Fisq., for the very ablo and courteous address delivered heforo thc Zetnmatho- «n Society and the Students oftho .Inniata Acad¬ emv; nnd nlso request a-copy of tho sifme ftir pub- liciitiop. D. MADDEN, President.
8. L. SpANOoiK, Secretary.
J. Carh, Wm. M'Nite, Joii.>iBnKW9TEH, Wm. B. Leas, Sam'l. M'Vittt, Sau'l. Lutz, and others, ITru^tecs.
Gentlemen of Ihe Juniata .'Icademy, Dire.cton and members oJ the Zetamathean Society :— My address, imperfoct as it is, is submitted to your control.    Consider my  answer to this aa to you all.
'i'onrs, Slc,
THOS. r. CAMPBELL
.W^ young friends of the "Shirleysburg
Collegintt .Academy," and  "Zeiama-
tkean Literary Society" :—
Upon an occasion so intoresting aa this, it is no affectation in me to say that it af- forJs 1110 sinoera pleasure to meet with you, to address to you a fow words on tho oh- jepts of your enterprise and purauits—to congratulate you on the interest you man¬ ifest in a cause so intimately connected with tho public good, and with whioh, in¬ deed, your own usefulness, happiness, and destinies are so inseparably interwoven.— You are now ata most interesting period of life—and to yourselves and others, enga¬ ged in a most interesting vocation. You are now laying tho foundation upon which, afterwards, you are to roar the superstruc¬ ture -, and aa you would that tho fabric so to be built, should oxliibit its proportions, in utility, baauty and grace, so should you bo careful that tho b.xso itself is solid, sub- Bt.tntiil and true—au abiding subsstratuui of elementary truths.
The great importance of a solid education —a thorough education of the mind in clo- raentary truths, my young friends, com¬ mends itself to us with a force that no ar¬ guments of mine could strengthen or illus- triite. Thc huuian mind, though immortal in its nature, encumbered with mortal trauiinels, and operating but iiiiporfoctly through frail and mortal organs, gropes its way through darkness, by the aid of litftil and uncertain lights ; and it re((uircs all that mankind havo evor drawn and tested from the arcana of nature, providence, and revelation, or that time and experiment have discovered, arranged, condensed and systemized, to form even a tolerable guide to all but what belongs to man's immor¬ tality. Except in thia—inan's individual duties in relation to his Creator, and an¬ other life, he is left tu Jnveatigalo with but tho desiie to know. In all else, clouda and darkncsa aro round about him; and a Knowledge of the hidden laws of nature, of taattor and mind, are to bo but tho reward of labor, thesame as he is ordained to "eat hia bread by the sweat of his brow." And tho wisdom of the deaisin ia manifest; that ho should labor both physically and tatel- Icotually— that his very wants should de¬ mand it, and bis pleasures and enjoyments be enhanced by an obedience to the com- muid. Tho physical lifo and appetites aro sustained and gratified by the one, whilst the intellectual arc invigorated and enraptured by the other.
Man ia constituted of two natures, and both aro to bo nourished by the natural ajliuents provided for each, or want—both are to enjoy or suffer. That iuaotivily and indolence debilitate, and want emaciates and destroys, whilst industry and plenty strengthen and nourish the one, the merest human animal is sensible. But who can explain the mental ailment the mind of the aludeat drinks from the weU-gpriogs of Ifearaia^. or (JeMTibs his spiriti r*ptur« un¬
der the blaze of each naw light that bursts in npon his soul—at tho demonstration of a tangled problem, or tho "ureka'" of tho hidden truth brought from its dusty con¬ fines as the reward of his busy labor—the offspring of his intellectual totl f As far as lhe spirit is snperior to the flesh, so are the gratifications of its Hcaven-boru de¬ sires above the satisfaction of thc merely sensual appetito? of the other. As durable and ethereal the one; as the othor is tem¬ porary and grovelling. Tho one classified amongst the insects common to the brute, whilst, thc other soars towarda the fields of Paradise, and claims kindred with thli tal¬ lest angels around the throne on High!
The reward of the student for hia labor, is indeed a rich reward. If it were not so —"if Ignorance wero bliss, 'twere folly to be wise."' If it wore not so, the breath which God blew into his nostrils in tho be¬ gining, wero indeed a curse, and the spir¬ its' reachings after the far and unseen, but a tantalising evil entailed upon our race, born amid the councils) and winged upon errands of of vindictive wrath.
Tho reward of the student is a double reward. For whilst by hia researches hc is adding to thc worlds storo of knowledge, and is thus rewarded in a consciousness of personal consequences, and usefuincss to others, his own capacitie.a of enjoyment are enlarged and refined, whilst others are ben¬ efitted by tho fruits of his intellectual la¬ bors, the cnternal law of rccompease de¬ crees that he him,self shall taste its rich- cat consolations—
'|Hi3 are the joys no strnnger lieart can fuel, ' No it-it define:—no Htterance reveal." The elementary principles of knowledge in which you should bc well grounded, from whence are they, and where are they tfl be found'! They are the ripe and unripe fruits that have grown and are gathered from the brain-soil of-those-who have gone beforo, and aro to bo found in tho foli<i,-5 of your class books, and thc teachings of your kind preceptors. They are the hoarded wisdom of all pastages) dige.ited and systoniizod, urttil they aro received and known as .phil¬ osophical truths. At first begining in mere speculation, tho successive genera¬ tions of men, havo explored the depths, and toiled amid the mazes of hidden misti- ries, until many of their mightiest .and most astoni.shing secrets have beon brought to light. With these, then, known and understood, what m.ay not the scholar of the present day—what may not tho Amer¬ ican scholar of the present day —accom¬ plish ! The present age is indeed fruitful in schemes, and facilities for education.— Abroad, over all the world, a deeper inter¬ est is felt on this subjeet than in formor timos. Learning is no longer confined to the murky chambers of tho cloister or the abbey, whero, as if unfitted for in.jn enga¬ ged in the stern battle of lifo, its parch- monted lore was open only to tho Philoso¬ pher and Prieat. The day has past when learning entails upon its votaries suspiciun and reproach.
The .art of printing hns broken down the barrier and ptirtition wall botween the clork and people, and education ia now every¬ where honorable, and everywhere sought after and desired. It is a passport of re¬ spectability, and a patent of social caste. But it is here, particularly where the high¬ ways of education, like all olse American, are open and free, nor hedged in or ob¬ structed by any concentrated dogmas, ec- Icsiastioal or civil, that spoak to ns as the oracles ofthe mitre or the crown. No re¬ ligious or politioal pariidoxes to fetter or circumscribe the mind in its freest range of inquiry, after tho true, and thc fullest faith in its aublimc teachings.*
1 propose, then, to say a few words to you on the mission of the scholar of the present day—and particularly of your ?nis- sion as .flnierican scholars. And if in so do¬ ing I,shallbe able to add any new incentive toa more unremitting perseverance in your proseni pursuits, or asingle encouragement towarda more untiring effort in tho acquisi¬ tion of a profound and practical education, I shall be indeed gratified, .ind moro than repaid for the feeble efforts of a half an hour spent in your service.
That. im.asion'is to accumulate nil thc wisdom of the past—apply to it thatof the present, acd to add to it that of tho future. The Literature of the old schools is to bo .icquired, but acquired only as a means of understanding the now, and revealing the yet unknown. Language itself is but tho vehicle of thought, and useful only tis a means of communicating it from one anoth¬ er. But the more correctly languago is understood, thp more perfectly will thought be oomraunicsted. Languago is to tho ear what the painter's pencil is to tho oyo, and its words are signs capablo of conveying ev«ry though t,ev.ery light and shado of emo¬ tion or passion; of feeling, attitude or ac¬ tion which the human mind can receive or iipagine. So whilst indeed, philosophically speaking, tho study of' -a language is btit the study of a medium of communication of thought, and not the aoquisitioo of any substantive knowledge, yot in suoh study, especially of those laagaages ia whioh the Boienoeb of dead nations are reoorded, and tho jfttiitis of dead sages displayed,  thers
is much to be gained,in addition to the meti¬ tal training such studies give to tbc young mind.. And now, although there is no im¬ portant branch of knowledge, nor any val¬ uable historical fact, but is accessible in any popular living language or tonguo. Still a correct understanding of the etymol¬ ogy ofour own, rendors it profitable thata l-easonablc portion of timo bo devoted to that of tho dead.' What I would say is this, that whilst much ia to be gained by a correct knowledwe of the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin languages, in a familiarity with the feelings, impulses atid opinions of tho races composing these eommunities,of whioli they present perhaps thc truest inirror;tlieir systems of religion and government, thoir genius and learning, and the literary caste and finish it gives a modern scholar,it ahouid ever be roinembered that, after all, language is not learning, but a means only of acqui¬ ring and eommunicatiug it. Study, then, to acquire tho sign, for tho sako of tho substance; the sound, for the sake of the thought.
You will explore deeply tho lawa and properties of matter; its relations and pro¬ portions, its affinities and antipathies, so that from a knowledge of these, the results of new combinations may be discovered.— You will descend to the earth and unwrap hcr vesture, that tho process and mystery of creation may bo aevcalcd; and thcro amid her inerustationa, finger the work of each age as it fell upon her from the day of chaos, and decipher the hieroglyphics of her history, from the folds that envelop her bosom, from now till before Go.l said "let their be li!,^!!." From arouud the throat of the volcano you will gather the product of her mighty womb in the burn¬ ing scoria she expels, .and from the inten¬ sity of the firea that consume her bowel.-*.
You will ascend to thn regions of space, .and with tho rapt astronomer, revel amid tho spheres! Itwill be your delight to beeotne familiar with the stars; to me.isurs their proportions and distances, to calcu¬ late their orbits and revolutions I And the w-inged wanderer of the skies, that liko a mighty sceptre appeared to the unenlight¬ ened mind of old, surrounded by omens and portcnta, whose fiery tail prefigured pestilence and war, is contemplated by the eye of science with awe, but no longer with fear I Aa he plunges from his perihelion down into the dark chambors of spaco be¬ neath the plane of thc ecliptic, the eye of science still follows hitn in hia unseen tr.ick, and foretells his return to a single day!
Tho whole system of nature i.a to be tho field of your explorations—her organic, physical and moral laws,—aa they eompoac her sentient and inscntientt creatinn; as they govern thc ralional and irrational sub¬ ject. From the lowliest living thing only instinct with lifo, to the master picco of God'a handiwork hero, "but a littlo lower than the angels"—from the atom of tho world, extends your great eneyelopedia^— the circle and range of your mighty ini,-*- sion. And when from these you have drunk iu tho streams of gathered wisdom the portals of duly, and present imd future usefulness will open to your power. It will be for you, then, with tho key of ac¬ quired knowledge in your hands, to go for¬ ward in the great race aftor the unknown; to open the sealed books of tho hidden iiiystories that havo been locked away heretofore, forever, in the tombs of the Omintiieient Creator himsolf.
It will bo your privilege to discover in thoir application to natural law,-?, many new antidotes to human .suffering; to alle¬ viate physical pain: to prevent and heal diseases.
By an increased familiarity with tho springs and motives of vital action, to re¬ move the obstructions to thc machinery of human lifo, that now clog and wreck it long beforo the time of its ordinary decay. By a deeper knowledge of the cliaractor of man,—his pasaions, his vices, his impul¬ ses,—hia social and domesiic wimts, vir¬ tues and instincts, you willbo enabled to add new and wholesome iniprovements to tho codes of municip.il and domestie laws, by which th'o guilty arc-puniahcd, the in¬ nocent protectod, and the rights and hap¬ piness, both of tho individual and commu¬ nity, vindicated and seonred. It is your niia.sion to go abroad in search of all that can minister to nian's comfort, his wealth, his dignity. To call upon tho earth to yield hor ores, and discover tho riches of her mines; on tho ocoan, from hcr coral beda, to give up her pearla and jewels, which amid her slimy caverns, it has takeii a thousand agos to form. On the gasses that encircle our earth, to developo their agencies, in their decomposing and regen¬ erating influences,—and the lightning it¬ self, whoao- erratic gambols amid the clouds of Heaven, appear to us as the aw¬ ful scintellations from^tho eyo of Deity, how its subtile, inuomprehonsiblo and iii- tangiblo fluid pervades, sustains and modi¬ fies all matter; whioh withdrawn, would leave us what all would be without God's breath—"what genius, power and beauty would be forever and forovor, if there wero no Godl"
From a familiarity whioh man's struo- t-aro, physical and msntal, to point out the
true philosophy of health and conifort.— ] edge, this nation stands the silent, but ef- I By the aid of science, inventing schemes, fective teacher of human rights to all the by which physical labor is'relieved'of its world, in tho very view of tho old nion-| burthens. In increasing tlic. means a.id [ arohie8,in aubliine antagonism to their false, ¦ facilitating.the way to mental culture; iii | but time conaecrated systems, the practi- drawinn- wisdom from earth, air arid ocean jeal workings of tho now political faith isi —in  harnessing thc elenients  themselves  exhibited.   Tta beauties and harmonies are
and the lightning's .arm, to tho purposes and service of man; in removing every fet¬ ter, and breaking every chain, by whioh the righta of man aro bound contrary to tho laws of nature;—in tho iimiiolation of falao ,syatoma; the dcatruction of every kind of unwarranted tyranny of the strong ovor the weak, and the substitution so far as practiciable in a world liko oura, of tho law of reason for the law cf force. This is thc miasion of tho scholar ot the present ago, and particularly of the American scholar.
The present ago is distinguished beyond all preceding ones for the rapidity with which ,soieiieo has thrown upon the world new and astonishing discoveries. From the timo that Franklin first drew electrici¬ ty from tho clouds, succeeding revelations have broken upon us, like thc lurid flashes of its own light. The discovery which immortalized tho name.of Newton, appears but as a dim and shadowy outline of thc true philosophy, since it ia apparent that the circulation of the electric fluid around the earth givea it its • magnetic influence, known aa attraction of gravitation. By tho uae of the s.inio fluid, diatance and .space have been annihilated; earth ytro- sents no circuit over which gieii's thouglils cannot travol in a moment of time. Truly we can now "send the lightnings that they may go, and any unto thao, hero wo   are."
Since Fulton .applied the power of steam, or expanded vapor, as a propeller of boats upon our waters, but a few years since, discovery bus followed discovery, and im¬ provoment, improvement, with such rapid¬ ity tbat it has left scarcely time to look baok upon past iinperfcctions, or opportu¬ nity for wonder or admiration in the pau¬ ses of ita advance. How changed tbo aeone from that d.iy, when the poor child of genius, broken in health and fortune, but not in patience and hope, launched be¬ fore the world hia enterpriae to test it.< success, and waa gladcncd when tho words, -¦'It moves," fell upon his ear from the in¬ eredulous mill titude, till this, when in every eivilzod land, and ovor every sci, the panting of the laboring engine is heartf. "It moves!" magic words' But not only did that power dreamed of, and ap¬ plied by the world-called madman, move that liltio craft, on that day upon the bo¬ som of the Hudson, bnt it has, sinoo then, the true lever of .\rchiiiiedes, moved the world I Directed by its mighty power, un¬ der overy fiag known to the Iferiildi-y of the seas, stately vessela nityigti'ted the deep; and on plain, through gorges," along precipicea, and over uiouiYt.ain barriers, thou.saiids of feet iibcvo tliO ocean-lcve], long trains traverse tho lafid. Its deep breailiing, and the groaning earth over which it fliea with eagle swiftness; tho churned waves of liocan, as they arc dash¬ ed back crested with foam, from the pad¬ dle-wheel, are the witnessess of the tri¬ umph. Nationa are brought into proximi¬ ty and neighborhood by ita agency, and ci¬ ties, grown into gi-eatneaa as by magic, poi'.it you to the smoke that i.ssues from the lungs of their thouaand work-shopj, aa the very breath of their lifo.
Where onco we could only look to the painter for a transcript of tho foaturea of our,selvcs or frienda, of somo wild Land¬ scape, or gorgeous and enrapturing scene, thc agency of light ia now invoked, and bo- hold in a moment of tiiuo tbc work of the artist ia done; and tho living features stariJ out to the eye, in life-liko exactness and out-line, up'ou tho plate.
And now, wbile the power of steam, of wliieh I have spoken, has aa wo suppose been just brouirht to perfection, suddenly a new force springs up beforo us, that of heated air, by whieh even steam itself may be superseded. Astonishing disooVeriea ! Wonderful triumph^of art and science! — And what now and mighty wonders arc wc yct to SCO ? Who can toll what the fu¬ ture will next reveal-?
It is your misaion to go 6vcn' beyond these. Think you that thoro arc no mbre uystcries to unravel—no more di.acoverics to bc made—no more victories for the vo¬ taries of seience to gain ! Think you that beceuse of tho rapid strcakings of the morning sky, that tho full day-light has como I I toll you no.' The sluggish va¬ pors still hang around tho horizon, and only horo and thore a ray penetrates the rifts in the ulouds which the- boming Sun has made. But the mists will disipato— tho shades of darkness will roll back upon tho sky OS tho folding up of a uiighty cur¬ tain. It is for you to bo instrumental iiv hastening tho advance ofthat ligbt; in her¬ alding its day-spring to tho world.
Bul I have said my young friend.i; that it is as American scholars that your mis¬ sion becomes most important, and its pri¬ vileges and responsibilities valuablo and magnified. Aside from the noble desire, fostered by patriotio sentiments, of leading
perceptible to all, of whatever order or station in tho social scale; and'(Ke light of its contrast is revealing thc hideo'usncss of tlie old dogni.is to evory eye from the pal¬ aee to the cot.
That the truo philosophy rf huratin gov¬ ernment may be understood iti our exam¬ ple, and its hfossings become universaj, the tfpst committed to us must bo fuily dIsoha-.-gcd. And as these were establish¬ ed and ordained in wisdom, so, only by wisdom, can the prin,ciplo3 of politieal Jib- erty bo malfit'alr.od. Their foundations are laid in publio virtue,.'and no perma¬ nent public virtuo ever rcstcdj'di' ifever oan rest upoti an ignorant and unenlightened public mind. Your knowledge therefore, ia not to be confined, like the miser's bear¬ ded wealth, to the selfish stewardship of your own coffers; but diffused like the dows and light of Heaven amongsl and overall. Youra ia a mi,s.sion of duty and benificouco loward"your fellows, ftnd 'the products of your labors must be dispensed as common ricbe,", with a freo and genor- oiirs charity. Yo'i are to communicato your knowledge; to assiat, to encourage, to instruct olhera, that the individual eon- tributioiia to tho great storo house of na¬ tional intelligenco, may go out in fructify¬ ing streams over the land, that its very distribution may be the unfailing sources of natural greatness, and politieal and in¬ tellectual powor.
Hero we have no hereditary rule by which tho right and power to govern is pla¬ ced by liiw hi a .single family or line of blood; for all are indeed rulers. A por¬ tion of sovereignyt rests with every citizen, and it is his duty to exercise it for thc coinmon advantages and welfare. It is to tho people wc must look for the perpetua¬ tion of the blessings we have been selected to enjoy, and it is, after all, to thc peoplo wo must look for that instruction by which we aro guided us a nation, nnd that force by whioh our rights are defended. Il ia true, looking towards our pulpits, colleges, academies, and schools—our bar, our lab¬ oratories, our army, wa find theso places tilled by particular classes of men, but they are nevertheless tho people; they are from .and of the poople ; parts of the whole so- ciiil body. Partienlar individuals select for themselves, different profeaaions and purauits—and particular individuals are selected by tbo whole to exorcise tbo func¬ tions of government, and execute the lawa, but, thoir power and right fo do so proceeds from the mass, and is no more of themselves tliail of the humblest citizen in tho'iand.-r And tliere ia rfn situation et.umeratod, bul may be reached by any ono of you. It ia your birth-riglit as freemen, to .aspire to the liightest posts of honor or duty known to our coiialilution, w-liatevor these may bc, to siv.ay the deatiniea of lhe greatest nation oil oartb, rcpresenl her abroad, or defend hor righta and honor in tho field. It may be tho future lot of some of you to take part in hor councila; in a Senate wiser and greater in ita cli.iractor than any tbe proud¬ est nations of tho old world, in their p.almi- est duys, beheld—grander and nobler than any as.seinbly cf Peers, who arrogate to themselves exclusive titles, privileges and superiority as the accidents of birth. It may be your privilege to rcpresenl abroad tho interests and character of your people in kingly courts. And what clnld of lib¬ erty bui,aympallii,5e^ in our horor and atti¬ tude tlicn ! Who would desiro to ,see such truths cotiiiuitted to ineonipetenl hands I— Surely no ono. An insult to our flag can be resented, and the stain washed out in blood, but the wrong dono a nation by a weak or inenicient ministor, affords neither moans or opportunity of rep.iration. Our attitude both at home and abroad must be worthy our cliar.acter and institutions.— From the Senate Hall the voice of freedom should speak trunipet-tongued tho rights of man, until its reverberations around tho walls of old dynasties shall cause'' them to crumble and fall,liko Jerico of eld, before the blasts of tho Hebrew horu.
Before tho courts of earth'wo should present ouraelvea in our stern, yet simple grandeur. In the midst of tho glitter of artifici.ll r.i;ik and the paraphernalia of re¬ gal pride—proudest of alli—but proud on¬ ly in our virtue and intelligence, and tho embodied principles we represent. Thus boldly nm,«t our position be taken and mainiained. Our potent protest must be entered against all violation of national or uatural law, iu tho sacredne,a3 of whieh as a nation, wo aro interested; ag.linst all in¬ humanity,'-violence and wrongi our voice must bc lifted, and our judgment spoken. Aud to what inannor of porsons must these duiies be confined ! Wbo aro to bo the or¬ acles of a politioal faith liko ours, implant¬ ed in the hearts of our thinking milljoiis f It is truly the office of groat and ouUivated minds—of bold, fearless, earnest men; It is the misaion of tbe Ainerican Scholar. A
all mankind in  the race after the   knowl- ! mission that has for  its aim the prost^rva-
tion of our own liberties, the politieal ele¬ vation and dignity of our own people, and which rests not in its purpose, until tho curse of oppression shall no longer smite tbe earth with its desolations; but like the eagle, when it soars into thc Heavens, fixes its eyes upon the sun, and in its onward and upward course scarcely pauses amid its gyrations to gaze upon its shadow on the plains beneath.
This, then, my youiig frieiids, is your mission. How you liia^ fulfil'i't may caiise uniCli tjolicitiidei and many anxious hopes and fears, on the part of your excellent professor, and your numerous friends.—^ How you will fulfill it, depends upon yourselves. Tho race is not alway "to tho swiff, nor tho battle to the strong," for industry and perseverance will do it? work. And to the bold in heart, and the energetic in purpose, there is no such word as fail. The aphorism of the great IIiiii- garian Statesman and orator, dosorves to bo engraven on tablets of gold, "there is no difliculty to liihi who wills."
The temple of knowledge m.ay appear far Ul tho distance, and the way to its ambro¬ sial ai-bora and cltissie porches, steep, rug¬ ged and impassable to the eye; new dilli-^ cultics niay intcrpiTse at every step toward the ascent; whilst -n the vista beyond,
 '•llilbonhill,-=,
And Alps on Alps nri,<c," But preas forward. Re-nerve the fainting cnergiea, and revive tbe fainting hope.—'¦ Press forward ! The road to success in all things lies througii difficulty and toil; why should yours be strewn, withflowers ! lie- member there is nothing Or.. ea'rtli Vorth. enjoying that is not worth a struggle to obtain. Have you mel him in your path ? Him, the ghostly FcniOii ofthe throshojid [ and do you startle at tho frightful appari¬ tion ! Ho is a foo lhat every real student must prepare to meet and vanquish. Thc Demon of thc threshold! he is a ghastly spoctro. But as darkneas comes befo.-e thfl light, so arc his haunts upon the confines and outer verge of knowledge, and beforo the first flickeriug of the mind's morning he will disappear. Wo to the student of liny science who has never encountered tho Demon of tho threshold; ho has not yet reached tho outer boundariea of Cimmerian- gloom— he has not yet began to see and know.
But your obstacle may bo tiino, whioh .vou '• fuiil you havo not to spare. Then economise vour leisure hours, and always —at the plow, the bcrioh, th'e.'crou«ler— wherever you are, al hoiiie and abroad—fill every interval with thought. Perhaps you aro too old—you did not commence till mankind ha-l oonie'upon you,,ar.d itis now, too late. You have indeed io?t or v.-asted a propilinua season of yeur life—but il is not too late. Scout the slugaard sugges¬ tion from your thoiigtts. Press on ! Think what Franklin did for science, after the sun of bis lifo had passed ita meridian. Or does poverty Interpose an apparently insur-' moiintablo barrier across your way I This, perhaps, of all, is most discouraging, huJ press on, my brave boy. Remembor pov¬ erty is no disgrace, and that you bring clean and honost hands to your task. Press on—and you will win the prize at last.— "Time, faith, energy," and you will sur¬ mount all. "Time, faith, energy." What are they 1 "Tho three friends GO'd has given to the poor."
Press on I It will not always bc to you a dry and cheerless task. Tho threshold once passed, tho cheerful day will tako tho plaoo of the dark night watches. No long7 er drudging through rudimental and npFiaSl labors after knowledge, but revelipa :n the full blaze of its uoon-diiy glories ; —an in¬ habitant of earth, but privileged io spirit to ooiimiunion with thc skies; to draw in'^' telloetual riches from its ether fields, a'iid recliuc in fancy Icneath its gorgeous domes. With mortal' byCs to catch glimpses, even, of imniartality itself.
''Like angels' wings, tho' parting c!ouds,
.lust seen, and then withdrawn," and whilst tho cxtatic visions linger around the .toul, forget even earth itself, in the entrancing raptures of the free spirit.— Press on—let your niission be fulfilled, arid your rewards will be greater, higher, nobler than ever hero received as tho vic¬ tor of bloody fields—richer indeed, than the brightest gomcd tiara that ever bound a monarch's brow.
Ins.wttt.— "Did j'ou say, sir, that you considered JMr. Smith insane 1" asked a lawyer of a witness in a criminal caje.— ",Yes, sir, I did." , "Upon -shat grounds did you baso thc infcrenoe I" "Why I lent him a silk umbrella and fivo dollars in cash, and hc returned them both."
rrj^Truthfullncss is a corner-atone in' characler, aud if it is not firmly laid in'' youth, there will evor after be a weiik spot in the foundation.
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r|^"l never knew," said Lord Erskine, ¦u mitii remarkablo for heroic bravery whose vory aspect was not lifrhted np by pi»nllpness snd humanity."