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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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Written for the Rural New-Yorker. 
ACQUIREMENT OF KNOWLEDGE - No. III. 
The debating society opens a school for 
the apprentice, in which the chains of his 
servitude (which aro honorablo to himself 
and just to his nature.) are not considered a 
clog upon his intellect; and do not debar 
him from that consideration to which he is 
entitled, and that courtesy which should bo 
extended to all whom immorality has not 
placed without the pale of virtuous society. 
' Where was it that Demosthenes, whoso 
oratory so often convulsed Greece to its 
centre, raised armies, subdued enemies, and 
conquered provinces, first inhaled the inspi¬ 
ration ? It was in the forum, while listening 
to the eloquence of thoso men who mounted 
tho rostrum for the purpose of haranguing 
the people upon their privileges, tho op¬ 
pression of their rulers, or tho insults and 
injuries they had received from their ene¬ 
mies. He noted tho commanding influence 
PRIMARY INSTRUCTION IN PRUSSIA. 
the orators had over tho multitude; with 
what reverence the latter regarded their 
favorites among the former; and ho was 
seized with a desire to become the object of 
the people’s adoration. By perseverance 
ho overcame tho greatest defocts in oratory, 
viz., an incorrect pronunciation, arising from 
a natural impediment of speech; and tho 
exhaustion consequent upon pronouncing- 
long and difficult periods, a deficiency which, 
by reason of a constitutional woaknoss, was 
more particularly Ins own. In his solitary 
study beneath the surface of the earth— 
(for ho had an apartment excavated for the 
purpose)— far romoved from the din of 
business and the turmoil of contest, ho com¬ 
posed his orations and committed them to 
'memory; and amidst the battling of tho 
elements upon the sea-beach, he practiced 
and perfected his delivery. The thunders 
of his eloquence outspake tho ocean’s storm, 
and tho tenderness of his appeals brought 
tears to the eyes of a desjoot. Thus it was 
that Demosthenes acquired knowledge and 
achiovod greatness — ho was great through 
perseverance. Ho was not born great — 
nature had denied him any special boons : 
ho had not greatness thrust upon him — 
fortune had reserved for him her darkest 
frowns. 
Let not those despair who aspire to public 
admiration; let their confidence triumph 
over their sensibility, and their desires will 
triumph over nature. So succeeded De¬ 
mosthenes. It is not necessary that ho who 
would study the belle-letters, or cultivate 
tho fine arts, should adopt a profession— 
for occupations do not exclude pi'ivileges. 
Tho sentiment of the vulgar, that tho edu¬ 
cation should only bo adapted to tho em¬ 
ployment—that the merchant need merely 
be a good accountant; the mechanic, only 
acquainted with tho uses of his tools; the 
farmer, simply know how to handle the 
implements of husbandry, and be able to 
prognosticate the changes of the weather— 
is becoming too stale, even to bo tho subject 
of ridicule : as though we were endowed by 
our Creator with intellectual faculties, only 
to enable us to clothe and feed the body ! 
The study of oratory, of poetry, of philoso¬ 
phy, of literature in general, is not necessa¬ 
rily, properly, nor reasonably confined to 
the so called learned professions. It is free 
to all; and this freedom is necessary to 
make us ornaments to the social circle, and 
accomplished and efficient actors upon the 
stage of life. 
In times of peril, when our rights aro 
invaded either by a foreign or domestic foe; 
when those political demagogues who are 
far too frequently tho repositories of our 
public trusts—who have grown fat and hon¬ 
orable upon the spoils of office — who are 
ready almost at any moment, at tho dicta¬ 
tion of self-interest, to bite the hand that 
first proffered them sustenance and raised 
them to their exalted stations, attempt to 
encroach upon our sacred prerogatives; it 
is then that those who possess tho wisdom 
of knowledge, and the honesty of virtue, 
should stand forth, unembarrassed and un¬ 
awed, to defond and vindicate tho people’s 
rights. We must not live supinely, and 
surrender our institutions wholly to the 
guidance of those whose interest it is to 
consolidate the government, establish mo¬ 
nopolies, and create an aristocracy; but wo 
must ourselves strive for tho acquisition of 
knowledge, that wo may bo able to partici¬ 
pate in the administration of national affairs, 
directly upon the legislative floor, or indi¬ 
rectly in those primary public meetings 
which aro held for the purpose of remon¬ 
strance or recommendation.— l. 
Under a careful system of organization 
and adminstration, and especially with ar¬ 
rangements to secure the employment of 
only properly qualified teachers, the public 
schools of Prussia have been multiplied to 
an extent, and have attained within tho last 
quarter of a century a degree of excellence, 
which attracted the attention of statesmen, 
and commanded tho admiration ot intelli¬ 
gent educators in every part of Christen¬ 
dom. In tho provinces, where the improv¬ 
ed system has gone into operation with the 
habits of the people in its favor, it has al 
ready reached every human being; and in 
even the outer provinces, it is, as fast as 
time sweeps along new generations, replac¬ 
ing the adult population with a race of men 
and women who have been subjected to a 
course of school instruction far more thor¬ 
ough and comprehensive than has ever 
been attempted in any other country. As 
an evidence of the universality of the sys¬ 
tem it may bo mentioned, that out of 122,- 
897 men of tho standing army, in 1S4G, on¬ 
ly two soldiers were found who could not 
both read and write. But the system 
aims at much higher results—with nothing 
short of developing every faculty both of 
mind and body, of converting creatures of 
impulse, predjudice, and passion, into think¬ 
ing and reasoning beings, and of giving 
them objects of pursuit, and habits of con¬ 
duct, favorable to their own happiness and 
that of the community in which they live. 
The result which may be reasonably antici¬ 
pated from this system—when the entiro 
adult population have been subjected to its 
operation, and when the influences of the 
homo and street, of the business and the 
recreations of society, and unite with those 
of the school—have not as yet been realized 
in any section of the kingdom. Everywhere 
tho lessons of the school room are weaken¬ 
ed, and in a measure destroyed, by degra¬ 
ding national customs, and tho inevitable 
results of a government which represses 
liberty of thought, speech, occupation, and 
political action. But the school, if left as 
good and thorough as it now is, must inevi¬ 
tably change tho government, or the gov¬ 
ernment change the school. And even if 
the school should be made less thorough 
than it now is, no governmental interference 
can turn back the intelligence which has al¬ 
ready gone out among the people. It 
would bo easier to return the rain to tho 
clouds from which it has parted, and which 
has already mingled with tho waters of 
every rising spring, or reached the roots of 
every growing plant. 
In 1848, tho population of Prussia was 
about 16.000,000. There wero 20,030 elo- 
mentary schools with 2,433,333 children be¬ 
tween the ages of 6 and 14, in average daily 
attendance; 1,202 middle or burgher school s 
with 91,888 pupils, and 100 higher, or town 
schools, with 15.624 pupils making an aggre¬ 
gate of 25,332 public primary schools, and 
2,540.775 pupils. To these schools should 
be added 117 gymnasia for classical educa¬ 
tion, with 29,474 pupils and 1,664 profes¬ 
sors, and libraries with over 1,000,000 vol¬ 
umes ; 382 institutions, in the nature of in¬ 
fant schools, with 15.000 children, and a 
largo number of schools for special instruc¬ 
tion, as for the blind, deaf mutes, commerce 
trades, arts, &c.; and Prussia can present an 
array of institutions, teachers, professors, 
and facilities, for all classes of her popula¬ 
tion, not surpassed by any other country. 
If to tho number of children at schools 
public or private, we add thoso who are re¬ 
ceiving instruction at homo, or who have 
left school after obtaining the certificate of 
school attendance up to the ago of-twelve 
years, and of their being able to read, write 
and cipher, and thoso who aro detainod 
from school temporarily by sickness, wo can 
easily acquiesce in the claim of tho director 
of the Statistical Bureau, by whom the an¬ 
nual school returns are collected, and pub¬ 
lished every three years, that every child 
under fourteon years' of age has already at¬ 
tended school public or private, or has ac¬ 
quired that degree of, instruction which 
makes self-education in almost any direc¬ 
tion practicable. From an investigation 
made by the goveimment in 1845, thoro 
were, in the whole of Prussia, only two 
young men in every one hundred between 
the ages of twenty and twenty-two who could 
not read, write and cipher, and had not a 
knowledge of scripture history.— Common 
School Journal. 
Cjrc (Bssrnsi. 
SOCIAL TREACHERY : 
ITS BASENESS AND ITS FRUITS, 
TEACH CHILDREN TO HELP THEMSELVES. 
The avaricious man is like the barren, 
sandy ground of the desert, which sucks in 
all the rain and dews with greediness, but 
yields no fruitful herbs or plants for the 
benefit of others. — Zero. 
The thoughtless mother who hourly 
yields to the roquests—“Mamma, tio my 
pinafore,” “ Mamma, button my shoe,” and 
tho like, cannot be persuaded that each of 
these concessions is detrimental; but the 
wiser spectator sees that if this policy bo 
long pursued, and bo extended to other 
things, it will end in hopeless dependency. 
The teacher of the old school who showed 
his pupil the way out of every difficulty, 
did not perceive that he was generating an 
attitude of mind greatly militating against 
success in life. Taught by Pestalozzi, how¬ 
ever, the modern instructor induces his pu¬ 
pil to solve the dificulties himself; behov¬ 
ing that in so doing, ho is preparing him to 
meet tho difficulties which, when he goes 
into the world, there will be no one to help 
him through; and finds confirmation for 
this belief, in tho fact that a groat portion 
of the most successful men are self made— 
Herbert Spenser. 
“A. cake cannot bo eaten and kept too.” 
This proverb is verified by the fact, that 
young men cannot abuse their health in tho 
morning of life, and enjoy a happy evening 
of old age—cannot scatter their early dimes 
and have a good store of dollars—cannot 
pass their leisure hours in silly amusement, 
and grow up to usefulness and respect, or 
superior mental cultivation. 
We can conceive of no vice more ineffa¬ 
bly and miserably base than Social Treach¬ 
ery, or the disposition to become acquainted 
with family secrets with the object of betray¬ 
ing them, and thus working injury to the 
parties. In the olden time, anything that 
was told in household confidence, or within 
tho limits of the family circle, was consider¬ 
ed as inviolable, and not to bo communica¬ 
ted under any circumstances. And so, too, 
with private information, heard even by ac¬ 
cident. And this we regard as a doctrine 
and a policy entitled to the warmest com¬ 
mendation/ There is scarcely a family in 
the land, that is not marked by some sensi¬ 
tive point of disposition or history. But to 
the honorablo and tho high-minded, this 
should be considered as forbidden ground, 
to be avoided on all occasions, whether in 
public or privato, just as we would have 
others avoid ourown peculiar idiosyncracies, 
peculiarities, foibles or infirmities. 
A social traitor, one who is so, deliberate¬ 
ly, watonly and wickedly, is one of tho bas¬ 
est of his species, and should bo avoided 
and execrated by all who can appreciate 
generous and noble qualities, or who can 
adequately scorn their opposites. Alas for 
tho misery'which the indulgence of this vice 
has produced ! How many hearts has it 
lacerated—how many gentle bonds of friend¬ 
ship, affection, and good will has it broken 
—how many families has it disturbed and 
embittered, and with what a fiend-like spirit/ 
has it gloated over all this wreck and ruin ! 
And yet, strange as it may appear, there 
aro individuals who seem to take delight in 
tho indulgence of this infirmity. They are 
stealthy, watchful and serpent-like, steal 
into tho confidence of the generous, tho un¬ 
suspecting and confiding, and then coolly 
and vilely make use of the information thus 
obtained, for base and unworthy purposes. 
AVo sometime since heard of an instanco 
in which a villain of this class wound him¬ 
self into the friendship of another, and 
then for a selfish motive, sought and avail¬ 
ed himself of an opportunity to do tho other 
an injury, tho effect of which will linger 
with him to a certain extent through life. 
It amounted to an act of social treachery ol 
the vilest and blackest character—an act, 
too, that was perpetrated at tho moment 
the parties were, as they supposed, in the 
enjoyment of mutual confidence and relia¬ 
ble friendship. Nay, there is scarcely an 
individual who has not his unguarded mo¬ 
ments—moments in which a remark or an 
expression may bo taken advantage of to his 
injury, by one who is so disposed. Indeed, 
we could point out several most estimable 
persons, who are, nevertheless, thoughtless 
and impulsive, and who are constantly 
making strange speeches, which if tortured 
by the malignant, or misrepresented by the 
base, would constitute a source of difficulty, 
dispute, and serious personal misunder¬ 
standing. They talk freely, frankly, and 
sometimes rashly, but those who know them 
know that no harm is meant or intended.— 
Nevertheless, on more than one occasion, 
they have been caught, so to express it, by 
some social traitor of the hour, who has re¬ 
peated and exaggerated their remarks, and 
thus made a serious offenco of what was in¬ 
tended as a mere jest. Fortunately, theso 
vile betrayers soon become known, and 
they are, therefore, watched and guarded 
against. The very presence indicates the 
necessity of restraint and caution, and they 
are and should be avoided as a moral pesti¬ 
lence. 
The wretch who steals into tho confidence 
of another, becomes possessed of the secrets 
of his business or of his heart, and then be¬ 
trays the one or the other, either in a spirit 
of wanton mischief, or with the deliberate 
purpose of inflicting injury, is one of the 
meanest of human reptiles that crawls tho 
oarth. He would not, perhaps, take the life 
of a fellow being for a consideration, being 
apprehensive of the consequences—but he 
would rob that being of life’s greatest charm, 
peace of mind and contentment of spirit.— 
There are, moreover, few who have attained 
the midway path on tho journoy of human 
existence, who have not at some time or 
other, been deceived and betrayed—taken 
to their bosoms and their confidence, some 
chorishod friend or associate, and found at 
last that they had boon nursing a viper.— 
Tho bitterness and agony of such a discov¬ 
ery cannot bo described. It is calculated 
to'clarken’life in all after time, to excite sus¬ 
picion and distrust, and to induce hesitation 
with regard to the whole human race.— 
Hence the fearful iniquity of social treach¬ 
ery. It not only impairs confidence in tho 
guilty party, but it provokes distrust with 
reference to mankind at large. 
There is nothing in this world that is 
more delicious or capable of affording more 
genuine enjoyment, than tho thought and 
belief that wo possess tho confidence, tho 
friendship and affections of some fellow 
creature, towards whom we entertain like 
sentiments and feelings. Such an associa¬ 
tion and faith, are calculated to solace and 
sweeten life, to reconcile us to many disap¬ 
pointments and reverses, and to afford us a 
constant source of reliance and of pleasure. 
When, therefore, we find in some unexpect¬ 
ed moment, that wo have been deceived and 
deluded, and that we have been cherishing 
a social traitor in our heart of hearts, tho 
disappointment, tho mortification, and the 
anguish are keen and poignant. And what 
must we think of the baseness of tho indi¬ 
vidual who would for months or years, de¬ 
liberately pursue this policy ? What must 
we think of the vile and criminal being who 
under any circumstances, would win the 
confidence of another, only to misuse, ex¬ 
pose or betray it ? What must we think 
—what should all good men think, of the 
plausible villain who calmly, quietly and 
stealthily, enters the family circle of a friend 
or a neighbor, or becomes acquainted with 
tho private business of an associate or a 
companion, and then basely betrays the se¬ 
cret, social or pecuniary, thus obtained, to 
inflict pain, destroy credit, and perhaps pro¬ 
duce disgrace and ruin ? We can reply 
that, in our humble judgment, the retribu¬ 
tion that will sooner or later bo visited on 
all such, will bo just, severe, condign, and 
inevitable.— Pa. Inquirer. 
JS hctc lies of Cnikl. 
THE JAPAN EXPEDITION. 
Bayard Taylor has written a private let¬ 
ter to tho editors of tho .Were York Tribune, 
from which however tho following extract 
of general interest is given to tho public.— 
Ho is connected at the present time with 
the Japan Expedition, and writes under date 
of Juno 26th, from tho harbor of Napa 
Iviang in tho island of Loo-Choo : 
“Behold me here, in this remote and 
rarely-visited cornor of the Pacific, sweat¬ 
ing under a torrid sun, clothed in tho light¬ 
est undress uniform allowed by the Navy 
Regulations, and living from hand to mouth, 
now on salt-horse and sea-biscuit, and now 
on turtle steaks and wild-boar cutlets. I 
have not yet been two months in tho ser¬ 
vice, but its ordered, artificial life is so new 
and peculiar, so different from all my pre¬ 
vious experiences, that, although I am now 
tolerably at homo in it, tho time seems great¬ 
ly prolonged. I have, in fact, seen and done 
a great deal sinco leaving Shanghai. Wo 
sailed on tho 17th of May, leaving the Ply¬ 
mouth there, and after a detention of three 
days at the mouth of tho Yang-tso-Kiang, 
sailed direct for this place, at tho south¬ 
western corner of tho Great Loo-Choo Is¬ 
land, whore wo arrived on the 26th. Pro¬ 
bably not more than a dozen vessels had 
ever boen hero before, and tho arrival of our 
two great steamers, with tho Saratoga and 
Supply, created, as you may suppose, an 
immense sensation. Loo-Choo is tributary 
to tho Japanese Prince of Satsuma, and tho 
people are Japaueso in dress, customs, and 
government, though not, as I think, in race. 
They approximate nearer to the Malay.— 
After the Regent had been received on 
board, and agood understanding established, 
the Commodore appointed a party of four 
—of whom I was one—to explore the inte¬ 
rior of tho island. No white man had ovor 
been moro than three miles from Napa be¬ 
fore. We took four men and some Chinese 
coolies with us and started on a six day’s 
tramp, during which we made 108 miles and 
thoroughly explored more than one-half the 
island. Wo wero attended by Government 
officers, who acted as spies, but did not at¬ 
tempt to control our movements. Wo led 
thorn such a dance as they never had before, 
but it was impossible to escape their espion¬ 
age. Scouts wero sent in advance wherever 
we went, and tho natives driven away from 
the road. The inhabitants either shut up 
their houses or hid themselves—not thro’ 
fear of us, as many little incidents proved, 
but of their own rulers. The island is one 
of tho most beautiful in tho world ; very 
fertile, admirably cultivated, and combining 
in its scenery tho characteristics both of the 
tropic and temperate zones. We discover¬ 
ed a ruined castlo, 550 feet long, on tho 
summit of a mountain, besides many an¬ 
cient tombs, hewn in the rocks. The north¬ 
ern part of tho island is mountainous, and 
covered with denso forests, in which wild 
boars are found. The trip was altogether 
the most fantastic and peculiar I ever made. 
Wo took a tont, but lodged mostly in tho 
cung-qua’s or Government houses, which are 
very neat and comfortable. Our native os- 
eort furnished us with provisions, and bear¬ 
ers for our baggage. On Monday, tho 6th 
inst., tho Commodore returned the Regent’s 
visit at Sheudi, the royal residence, three 
miles from hero. Ho went in state with a 
procession of moro than 200 officers, sea¬ 
men and marines, with two field-pieces and 
two bands. Great numbers of the natives 
came to witness our array. We entered the 
royal castle at Sheudi, but did not see oith- 
er the young Prince or the Queen Dowager. 
After the reception we had a grand native 
dinner at tho Regent’s house. I partook of 
31 nondescript dishes, and was then obliged 
to stop. Everything passed off remarkably 
well. Wo left hero on tho 9tli for tho Benin 
Archipelago, 800 miles to' tho eastward of 
this, taking the Saratoga in tow and leaving 
the Mississippi and Supply behind. After 
a delightful voyage of five days we reached 
Port Lloyd, tho harbor of Peel Island, whore 
wo remained four days. I was appointed 
to tho command of an exploring party.— 
The island is only six miles long, but very 
rugged, and covered with tho densest tropi¬ 
cal "vogotation. I never had such a hard 
day’s work in Yny life, although wo only 
traveled twelve miles. I had seven men— 
officers and seamen—with mo. Two of 
them broke down completely, a third barely 
dragged himself along, and the others wero 
wofully fatigued. We climbed down a mile 
of precipices by holding on to tho corners 
of rocks and the roots of trees, shot a wild 
boar, kinkled a firo and roasted his flesh, 
and had a grand timo generally. Tho Bo¬ 
nin Islands are of volcanic formation, and, 
though in lat. 27° N., tho vegetation is that 
which is elsewhere found near tho Equator. 
Tho inhabitants—30 in all—are English, 
American and Kanak—mostly runaway sail¬ 
ors, who raise a few vegetables which they 
sell to sailors. Port Lloyd is a splendid 
and secure harbor, and the only one in all 
this part of the Pacific which will answer as 
a stopping place and calling station for our 
new Pacific steamers, when they got under 
way. We can even afford to loso the chance 
of a station in Japan, if we get Port Lloyd.’’ 
“TRUST IN GOD AND PERSEVERE’ 
Brother, is life's morning clouded ? 
Has tlie sunlight ceased to shine ? 
Is the earth in darkness shrouded ? 
Would'st thou at thy lot repine ? 
Cheer up, brother!—let thy vision 
Look above—see ! light is near : 
Soon will come the next transition— 
“ Trust in God and persevere!” 
Brother, has life’s hope receded ? 
Hast thou sought its joys in vain ? 
Friends proved false when mostly needed, 
Foes rejoicing at thy pain ? 
Cheer up, brother!—there's a blessing 
Waiting for thee—never fear, 
Foes forgiving, sins confessing, 
“ Trust in God and persevere !” 
Brother, all things round are calling, 
With united voice, “ Be strong!” 
Though the wrongs of earth be galling, 
They must loose their strength ere long. 
Yes, my brother, though life’s troubles 
Drive thee near to dark despair, 
Soon ’twill vanish like a bubble — 
“ Trust in God and persevere 1’’ 
He, from his high throne in heaven, 
Watches every step you take; 
He will see each fetter riven 
Which your foes in anger make, 
Cheer up, brother—He has power 
To dry up the bitter tear; 
And, though darkest tempest lower, 
“ Trust in God and persevere 1” 
Brother, there’s a quiet slumber 
Waiting for thee in the grave ;■ 
Brother, there’s a glorious number 
Christ in mercy deigns to save. 
Wait, then, till life's quiet even 
Closes round thee calm and clear : 
And, till called from earth to heaven, 
“ Trust in God and persevere !” 
Written for the Rural New-Yorker. 
THOUGHTS ON DEATH. 
“ To think of summers yet to come 
Which I am not to see; 
To think a weed is yet to bloom 
From dust that I shall be!” 
I love to read this simple verse— it al¬ 
ways awakes a pleasant train of thought.— 
My mind is carried forward to the time when 
I shall look upon my friends for the last 
time—when tho last farewell will bo spoken 
and I bo one among tho countless dead.— 
That time does not seem one to bo dreaded, 
as I have always accustomed myself to think 
of Death as a friend rather than an enemy. 
We are all apt to count others as mortal, 
but how seldom do wo associate our own 
names with death ? It is a pleasant tho’t 
to think that my body will ono day be laid 
away in tho quiet grave yard, sleeping there 
beneath the grass and flowors. The tho’t 
too, is pleasant, that 1 shall scarcely be 
missed in the world, that all things will move 
on as usual. And yet, ono does not liko the 
thought of being entirely forgotton, still if 
my memory is cherished by a few chosen 
friends, I care not if others who chance to 
know me, remember mo no more. 
The great matter is not where wo die, 
whether wo are among .strangers or sur- 
roundod by friends, whether mourned or 
uncared for—but it is of endless importance 
that we are prepared for tho exchange of 
worlds. Let us remember— 
“ To think when days and nights are fled 
And times and seasons o’er; 
When all that can die shall be dead 
That I must die no more ! 
O where will then my portion he 
Where shall I spend eternity r” RotfttE. 
Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
PERSONALLY PRACTICAL PREACHING. 
Sometimes we go to church feeling tho 
need of something personally practical, in¬ 
structive and encouraging; something which 
shall strengthen us to boar tho trials and 
perform the duties of daily life. And we 
sometimes hear sermons which sesin to do 
all this; which shed a blessed influence upon 
us—making our lives purer and happier for 
days afterwards—our duty easier and our 
cares lighter, so that wo seem to go on 
strengthened and renewed in the way of life. 
But sometimes, it seems impossible to 
gain an interest in tho subjoct presented; wo 
cannot fix our minds upon it, and they 
“ wander to tho ends of the earth.” In such 
instances, how often do we go away net 
hungering for “tho Bread of Life,” not vet 
fed therewith, but moro worldly, moro care¬ 
less, mere oasily led astray than before.— 
This may bo all our own fault, but it seems 
undeniably truo, that we may go to church 
in the same mood at different times, and 
leave it far differently prepared for the 
coming wook, according to the character of 
the sorrow, and tho practical, evory-dav use 
which may be made of its teachings.— b. 
He alone is truly great who is so by virtuo 
of intrinsic qualities. The adroit employ¬ 
ment of artifice and falsehood may for a 
timo deceive; but that fine intuition which 
tosts character and worth with infallible 
sagacity, will reverse the decision of moro 
opinion, and estimate the man as he is. 
He who is conscious of superior powors, 
resolutely preserves tho integrity of his na¬ 
ture, perseveres in the plans which he has 
adopted for beneficial purposes, and dospises 
empiricism. 
