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erected." The sewerage so provided by anticipation, 

 exceeds, it is said, m extent the entire length of sewer- 

 age, contained up to this time in the united towns of'Li- 

 verpool and Manchester; and in the very heart of 

 their rising city, where the value of the ground may be 

 reckoned by the inch — with a noble contempt of econo- 

 my, in providing for the well being of the humble — 

 the commissioners have given it away by the acre, to 

 lay out an extensive park for the recreation of the la- 

 boring man. 



Thus it is seen that anciently, moral as well as inen-. 

 tal energy, like wealth, confined to a kw, slumbered 

 without producing in the course of centuries, what is 

 now, in the period of a few months, unfolded in the 

 minds and occupations of the great mass. Therefore, 

 industry is awake, because it brings fortune and honor 

 to the laborer; ignorance declines, because education 

 is more general , wealth is more useful because more 

 extensively distributed. 



This being the state of our conclusions, it is time to 

 ask ourselves, how are we affected, and what work 

 shall we perform, in this state of material and intellec- 

 tual progression? 



As we have advanced, we have seen nature devel- 

 oped, destroyed, and reproduced. We have traced 

 the progress of man in his government, his laws, his 

 arts, and his philosophy. Shall we, by analogy, de- 

 termine the character and destiny of that race, which 

 stands between us, and the revolutions of a time equal 

 to the whole past ? Observe :-^vegetables decay ; a 

 race of minute animals soon quickens in the dissolving 

 ma«5s. Observe these: — you will find them connected 

 link by link with successive races, until the chain ends 



