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worthy of more study than they receive. Not only 

 do they themselves awaken every emotion related 

 to Taste, but it is by them alone that we express 

 the higher moral beauties and relations of thought 

 which it is in our power to conceive. Even God 

 himself gives the precepts of his revealed will, and 

 sets forth the glories of his Church, by the use of 

 these very objects; and, so far as we can see, there 

 was no other way in which it could so w T ell be done, 

 if at all. Glance for a moment at your favorite 

 authors, the poet, whose sweet song charms and 

 gives enjoyment by its very refining power; the 

 orator, whose words enchained every listener with 

 their beauty, and see how much they are indebted 

 to symbols drawn from nature. Their words may 

 be joined by the rules of grammar and logic they 

 may convince the Intellect by the force of the 

 reasoning, they may arouse the will by the plea of 

 interest but when they would charm with beauty, 

 they must reach forth for the gems and flowers of 

 Nature. 



There is indeed much borrowed from Nature to 

 beautify language, that is not strictly Natural His- 



