EULOGY. XXll 



force, and afford much encouragement. To the weahhy, 

 those who, by successful industry, have accumulated com- 

 petent fortunes, it teaches the salutary lesson, that con- 

 tinued happiness can only be secured by continued indus- 

 try ; that the higlily-gifted mind must feel a responsibility, 

 for the legitimate exercise of its powers ; and that, when 

 the requisite capacity is possessed, the one can be the 

 most effectually secured, and the other satisfied, by com- 

 municating, to the minds of the young, the results of a 

 long experience, of much varied observation and accu- 

 mulated knowledge, and many original and profound re- 

 flections upon men and things. 



To those, who have sustained losses, been unfortunate 

 in business, and had the slow accumulations of years sud- 

 denly swept away, by accident, misfortune, or fraud : it 

 teaches the important truth, that, 



" In the Lexicon of youth, which fate reserves 

 For a bright manhood, there is no such word 

 As FAIL ;" 



that undaunted resolution, rigid economy, close calcula- 

 tion, prudent management, aided by renewed application, 

 and well-directed, persevering industry, can never fail, 

 except in cases very uncommon, to retrieve their circum- 

 stances, restore their condition, and, by the excellent 

 habits they create, to send them forward, on the mutable 

 course of life, with fresh assurance, renewed hope, and 

 more confident anticipations. 



To the youth, who has just commenced threading the 

 devious paths of young existence ; who is beginning to 

 open his senses and his faculties to the appreciation and 

 enjoyment of the aliment with which God has furnished 

 them ; it speaks a language, at once impressive and invit- 

 ing. It presents the instance of one,^from among them, 

 born in poverty, having all the hardships, obstacles, and 

 disadvantages, so frequently occurring in early life, to 

 contend with ; with no other inheritance, than a sound 

 mind in a sound body, working his way, onward and up- 

 ward, to the esteem, respect, and confidence, of his fel- 

 low-men. There have been no peculiarly favorable com- 

 binations of circumstances, to contribute to his progress 



