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EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS. 
Kor must vc look to mere motion, -wlietlier continuous 
or interrupted, as the sole cause of all the beauty and order 
•\ve see around us. There are other means to accomplish 
the ends in view. Among these may be prominently placed 
co-operation, 'which, of course, can only be the result of 
union. Thus the arts and sciences, -which are but a transcript 
of nature, materially contribute to each other’s advancement, 
and the nearer they approach her the more perfect they be¬ 
come. We do well, therefore, to imitate her. On this account 
it is we have alwavs advocated union, assured that there is no 
real progress without it, and we hope we can perceive some 
indications of this, which is in every sense so desirable, being 
realised by us. The beneficial effects of union may be com¬ 
pared to the prismatic colours of the sun, each different 
from the other, and each possessing its own peculiar proper¬ 
ties, but by combination they form one bright and clear 
light, which not only renders all objects visible, but gives to 
all things life and beauty. It is time for us to be up and 
doing, when every division of knowledge gives such proof 
of the onward march of mind. Life, at the longest, is but 
a brief space— 
“ ’Tis as the falling of a leaf, 
The dropping of a tear.” 
It is not wise, therefore, idly to sport away time, of which life 
is made up, but usefully to employ it, remembering that past 
time can never be recalled—once gone, it is gone for ever. 
OPENING OP THE SCHOLASTIC SESSION AT THE LOYAL 
YETELINAIIY COLLEGE. 
AVe would remind some of our readers of the introductory 
address to be delivered at Alma Mater on the 5th instmit, 
by Professor Tuson. AVe like the return of these periods. 
They are centres of attraction and incentives to reunion by 
the gathering together again of those who were once asso¬ 
ciated in their studies, but whom the stern duties of life may 
