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after some time, to succeed in bringing into view its rhomboidal 

 nucleus. 



Such instances might be multiplied indefinitely ; and surely they 

 speak the language of encouragement and of hope to us, in whose 

 locality are assembled so many curious processes of chemical and me- 

 chanic art, which cannot but continually offer new and curious facts 

 for scientific scrutiny. The increased facilities for affording the bene- 

 fits of a solid education are the sure and auspicious proofs of a cor- 

 recter estimate of its value, and of a consequently increased demand. 

 The renovation of some of our educational institutions, and the rise 

 of others, point to the certain perpetuation of every institution having 

 for its object the diffusion of knowledge, and exhort us to our proper 

 course of duty until our successors shall be prepared to take out- 

 place. 



In conclusion, let me quote the appropriate sentiments of the Ro- 

 man orator, in his great work on the Republic. Our country, says 

 he, has not given us birth and cherished us under her laws as if she 

 expected no succour from us, or that, seeking to administer to our 

 own convenience only, she might afford a safe retreat for the indulg- 

 ence of our ease, a peaceful asylum for our indolence ; but that she 

 might hold in pledge the various and most exalted powers of our 

 mind, our genius and our judgment, for her own benefit; and that 

 she might leave for our own private use such portions only as might 

 be spared for that purpose. 



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The Education of the Feelings ; 12mo, London and Edinburgh, 

 1838 ; pp. 200. 



When he undertook the composition of this Essay, its author ap- 

 pears to have been duly sensible of its difficulty ; and, as the best 

 means of surmounting this, he manifestly prepared himself for a 

 proper accomplishment of his task, with an ample supply of reading 

 and reflection on the principles of mental science and their applica- 

 tions. His little volume is introduced with the profession that its 

 chief objects are, to urge the great importance of moral education, 

 to show the bearing of a few great truths upon it, and to point out 

 the natural laws which the Creator has established as the rule by 

 which the Feelings are to be trained and cultivated. 



Education of the Feelings is here restricted to imply their culti- 



