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in model ; attainable only when the forms of luiture are cast 

 in the mould of mind. 



Religion is to be the pure aspiration sent forth from man 

 to his Maker. It is the foundation of his hope, the soul of 

 his wish, the spirit of his desire. It is the point of union be- 

 tween this world and a better ; the golden cord, the firm 

 bond, the indissoluble tie, connecting humanity with her Au- 



Philosophy, or the recognition of the true in itself, is to be 

 the mirror reflecting all the other attainments of humanity. 

 Her province is to investigate and develope the principle o[ 

 things. In industry she is the essence of its application ; in 

 government, the spirit of its action ; in the arts, beauty of 

 proportion ; in religion, the soul of its inspiration. She is 

 the true expositor of all elemental modifications; of all the 

 principles of action ; of ail the modes of existence. 



Our own favored land was to be the theatre of these ele- 

 mental developements. In them were to be expended the 

 energies of humanity, when she no longer required their aid 

 in effecting the separation of her elements. The true spirit 

 of this era, therefore, is the spirit of developement. The ex- 

 istence of man is here given subject to one condition — that of 

 directing all his energies to the developement of one or more 

 of these great elements of humanity. The same original di- 

 versity in talent and disposition that leads to the division of 

 labor in all the various departments of the element of indus- 

 try, leads to the division of human energies in carrying out, 

 at the same time, to their utmost possible extent of practical 

 detail, all the other elements ; their developement, therefore, 

 must not only be progressive, but simultaneous. 



But when these elements are pushed to their ultimate ex- 

 tent of developement, when humanity has reached her zenith, 

 is she to rest satisfied with her highest attainments here ? No. 

 The new world must re-act on the old. The same spirit that 

 here characterizes our free institutions ; that unfolds all our 

 individual and national movements, must cross the Atlantic, 

 and, in Europe, the old world's great field of action, pervade 



