XXIV EULOGY. 



and advancement. No miracle has been wrought in his 

 favor, nor arts of magic enlisted in his aid. Nothing, 

 whatever, has contributed to remove his case out of the 

 empire of that same cause and eftect, in subjection to 

 which all the phenomena of life are evolved. It is the 

 obvious case, of distinction and a high reputation acquired 

 and earned by the most persevering industry ; the most 

 scrupulous regard for right ; the exercise of superior in- 

 tellect ; the practice of every virtue ; and its plain, prac- 

 tical language, to the youth of our land, is, — " Go, and do 

 thou likeioise.''^ You are supported by the same soil ; 

 overhung by the same heavens ; surrounded by the same 

 classes of objects, and subjected to the action of the same 

 all-pervading laws. Would you possess the same good ? 

 Acquire it, by a resort to similar means. 



To all, it addresses a consoling language, in the fact, 

 that we here see industry recompensed ; unobtrusive 

 merit rewarded ; intellectual action accomplishing its 

 objects ; high moral worth appreciated ; and the unos- 

 tentatious virtues of a life, held in due esteem, respect, 

 and consideration. This tends to create a strong confi- 

 dence in the benignity of the laws that regulate human 

 affairs ; to inspire a higher degree of respect and rever- 

 ence for the contituent elements of human nature ; and 

 to give birth to that sentiment, strongly embodied in the 

 language, — God! I thank thee, that I am a man. 



