tion. Wealth hna its advantages, but it has its temp¬ 
tations, and these pravo the ruin of hundreds and 
thousands. Wealth not only furnishes the means 
of gratifying the noblest impulses of onr naturep, 
but the basest passions. 
Poverty has its disadvantages. The poor boy 
has to struggle for time to acquire knowledge; 
for books; and ho has often to grope along 
without proper instruction, at a sad disadvantage. 
Some get discouraged, no doubt, and give up in 
despair, while a little help at the right time, would 
have saved them. Others struggle on, and among 
the best and most useful lessons they learn, are 
self - reliant:?, industry , and indomitable persever¬ 
ance. Flo who possesses these traits, ia groat— 
ready for any work of usefulness. As a general 
thing, we are not born to those noble traits. They 
must be created, or, at least, developed by circum¬ 
stances. llo who struggles with adversity the 
first twenty years of his life, stands, at least,, an 
equal chance with the rich, to have these char¬ 
acteristics fully developed. 
The English aristocracy are quite sensible of 
the natural effects of wealth and position upon 
their children—and they are guarded with jealous 
care, and made to conform to the strictest rules. 
They are kept upon the plainest fare, many not 
being allowed to cat oven white bread; they are 
placed under tutors who are strict disciplinarians, 
and the children arc required to yield the most 
implicit obedience. They are taught that it must 
he their highest ambition to Confer honor upon 
their name and their Iioubg, by excelling as states¬ 
men or warriors, or in devotion to the arts and 
sciences. In this way, much of the evil incidental 
to their position, is counterbalanced. When the 
men of wealth in this country act thus wisely, wo 
may talk of the Advantages of Wealth. 
The character of the English aristocracy has 
been referred to by several correspondents. 
NARRATIVE OF THE E ART. Or Flt.OTV'S MfSSlON TO CHINA 
.*jjr> Japan, in the Years 1857,’68,'69. By Laurence 
Oi.irRA>T. Esq , Private Secretary to Lord Elgin, 
author of f he ‘ Rnrsian Shores of the Black Sea,” etc. 
pp. 645 ] New York: Harper S: Bros. 
This largo and attractive volume comprises a very 
interesting history of Lord EtOis's Special Mission to 
China and Japan, which extended over a period of two 
years The author remark?, in h|s preface, that the work 
« baa been throwH into the shape of a personal narrative, 
in tbe hope that it would convey, in a more amusing and 
readable form, the record of our experiences in these 
empires." And in this he has succeeded, for the style Of 
the work, nnd its arrangement and illustrations, are such 
as to render it entertaining to thousands who would 
never read a dignified, official report on the same subject. 
The descriptions of Japan, nnd the habits and character¬ 
istics of the people of that recently-opened-to-the-rest- 
of mankind-empire, are quite luteresting, and convey 
favorable impressions of a country and nation about 
which little is known. The author admits that “the 
circumstances uuder which Japan was visited were, per¬ 
haps, calculated to proseut to us the bright rather than 
the gloomy side of the picture. Oar imaginations bad 
not been excited by the glowing descriptions of former 
visitors, and onr most sanguine expectations, therefore, 
fell fur short of the pleasing reality. We mot with 
frankness and courtesy where we expected suspicion and 
reserve. In a country noted for its jealous distrust of 
foreigners, we enjoyed an entire immunity from all 
restrictions upon our personal liberty. We were pre¬ 
pared fora diplomatic contest with a government rigid 
in itn adherence to a traditional policy of exclusiveness. 
A fortnight sufficed to euable us to conclude a treaty 
with it upon a most liberal basis. We had just passed a 
year in China, aud all comparisons made with that 
empire were in favor of Japan ” The historical portions 
of the volume contain much valuable Information, im¬ 
parted in a pleasant ami readable style, while the numer¬ 
ous Illustrations arc both attractive and instructive. The 
work Is sold in Rochester by Strut,k, Avert A Co. 
H P^ D j g 
Thh Falla of St. Anthony, in the Mississippi, 
lie within the territory of Minnesota, eight miles 
from St. Paul. The river at this pass is divided 
by an island, as at Niagara, forming the falls, the 
greater of which, on the western side, is 931) feet 
across. The descent of the water, in falls and 
rapids, is 58 feet in '2(10 rods. The beauty of the 
scene is thus not so much in the magnitude or 
height of tbe cascade as in the accessories of 
rock and forest group. Tho village of St. Antho- 
ny Falls is situated on tlie left bank, and at the 
Falls, where there is a perpendicular descent of 
10 feet, (which is the fall shown in the plate,) and 
contained over 2,000 inhabitants sonic time ago, 
and is rapidly increasing. It has several good 
churches, a fine academy, seen in the engraving, 
a good number of stores, saw mills, &c. This 
place is at the head of steamboat navigation 
below the Fulls, but from about a mile above the 
Falls the river ia navigable for 150 miles, when 
the water is high. 
“I Visited the Falls of St. Anthony,’'said the 
Rev. Mr. Barnes in ft sermon of two years ago. 
“I know not how other men feel when standing 
there, nor how men will feel a century hence, 
when standing there,— then, not in the west, but 
almost in the center of our great nation. But 
when I stood there, and reflected on the distance 
between that and the place of my birth and wy 
home; on the prairies over which I had passed; 
and the stream—tho * Father of Rivers'—up which 
I had sailed some 500 miles, into a new and un 
settled land,—where the children of the forcBt 
still live and roam,—1 had views of the greatness 
of my country, such as ( have never had in the 
crowded capitals and the smiling villages of the 
East, Far in the distance did they then seem to 
be, anil there came over the soul the idea of 
greatness and vastness, which no figures, no de¬ 
scription, had ever conveyed to ray mind. To 
an inexperienced traveler, too, how strange Is 
the appearance of all that land! Those bound¬ 
less prairies seem us if they had been cleared by 
the patient labor of another race of men, remov¬ 
ing all the forests, and roots, and stumps, and 
brambles, and smoothing them down as if with 
mighty rollers, aud sowing them with grass and 
(lowers; a nteo which then passed away, having 
built no houses of their own, and made no fences, 
and set out no trees, and established no land¬ 
marks to lay the foundation of any future claim. 
The mounds which you here and there see, look, 
indeed, as if a portion of them had died and had 
been burled there; but those mounds and those 
boundless fields had been forsakcu together. You 
ascend the Mississippi amid scenery unsurpassed 
in beauty probably in the world. You see the 
waters making their way along an interval of 
from two to four miles in width, between bluffs 
of from 100 to 500 feet in height. Now the river 
makes its way along tho eastern range of bluffB, 
and now the western, and now in the center, and 
now it divides itself into numerous channels, 
forming thousands of beautiful islands, covered 
with long grass ready for the scythe of the 
mower. Those bluffs, rounded with taste and 
skill, sugb ns could bo imitated by no art of man, 
aud set out with trees hero and there, gracefully 
arranged like orchards, seem to have been sown 
with grain to the summit, anti are clothed with 
beautiful green. You look out instinctively for 
the house and barn; for (locks and herds; for 
men, aud women, and children; hut they are not 
there. A race that is gone seems to have culti¬ 
vated those Helds, mid then to have silently dis¬ 
appeared,—leaving them for tho first man that 
should come from tho older parts of onr own 
country, or from foreign lands, to tako possession 
of them. It is only by a process of reflection 
that you are convinced that it ia not so. But it 
Is not tho work of man. It is God who has done 
it, whun there was no man there save tho wander¬ 
ing savage, alike ignorant and unconcerned as 
to tho design of tho great processes in tho land 
where he roamed—God who did all this, that he 
might prepare it for the abode of a civilized and 
Christian people.’’ 
Homeward Bound: or. The Chose. A Tale of the Sea. 
By J, KxnimORM Coofrji. 111 mt rated from Drawing* 
by F. "O. C. Dari.ky. [12mo.—pp. 632.] New York: 
W. A, Townsend & Co. 
Tiiol-ou this is the fourteenth volume of the superb 
edition of the great American novelist's works, now in 
course of publication, onr Grst remark must bo in praise 
of il- beautiful externals,—for. like its predecessors, it is 
faultless in typography, illustrations, and binding. Com¬ 
pared with tbe cheap editions of many works,—that of 
the Waverly Novels, issued by a Philadelphia ttrm, last 
year, for instance,—this series is, in all the essentials of 
book-making, as superior aa Is daylight to darkness, lu 
noticing this volume, a contemporary remarks that Ev« 
CcxxurntlAM, the heroine, is perhaps the best and most 
natural female character that Cooper has portrayed. 
“Homeward Bound" was first published in 1833, and 
excited much attention, chiefly from tho fact that ia It 
the author was very sarcastic upon Amerienn travelers, 
and showed up a Mr. Dodob In no cnriable position. 
Tbe race between the two vessels—Montank and Foam— 
is vividly described. Bold by E. R. Hall 
PINE-APPLE SQUASH. 
Messrs. Eds.: —In the Rubai, of the 24th of 
March, you say, “Why did not friend Briggs 
inform us as to the mode in which his seed was 
grown?” I would say, there is nothing peculiar 
about the mode, or different from the manner of 
cultivating any other squash. Some of the speci¬ 
mens mature their seeds, and some do not. Wo 
had some very lino specimens with prime and 
porfeot seeds. I did not intend to convey the 
idea that perfect specimens could not be grown 
in Western New York. I meant to say, “the 
seeds I fiend you were grown for me, in Illinois, 
from seed of tho original plant,” Ac. They are 
perfectly hardy, nod quite early more so than 
most of the winter varieties, and are always in 
season, from the size Of a large apple to full matu¬ 
rity—and so on through the winter. Tho young 
fruit ia used same as summer varieties of squashes, 
in which department they are not excelled by any 
other variety. I, W. Briggs. 
Tiik China Mission. Embracing a Ilwtoryof the various 
klixhloinl of all Denominations among tb« Chiuese — 
With Biographical Sketches of Deceased Missionaries. 
By Wilmam Dean, J> I)., twenty years a Missionary to 
China. Ll® fu0 -—pp- 3flO ] BohIou: Gould A Lincoln. 
This volume gives, in concise form and simple style, 
a most complete history of Missionary enterprises in 
Chlua. Dr. Dean is perhaps the most competent person 
living for the preparation of such a work, aud he has ac¬ 
complished the important task in a very creditable man 
ner, Punnn^ ot nil denominations, interested in the 
Chri.sthiuir.,ition of China, will And the work entertaining 
and instructive—including no little information relative 
to the homes, habits, and characteristics, of the people 
of the “Flowery Land.” Tho biographies of many of 
tbe deceased missionaries are deeply interesting. Wo 
commend the volume to all who wish to know more of 
China and its Mi.v-uons. Sold by Adams h Darnkv. 
such a lover of horses extensive aud commodi. 
ous; but they are neither. One building of uu- 
hewn logs, with stalls for nine or ten horses, and 
another still smaller for the shelter of the huge 
family coach, are all the out buildings that now 
remain. The negro cabins, some of logs and a 
few of brick, are scattered about the farm, instead 
of forming a compact little street, as is often the 
case on large plantations. — “ Life of Andrew Jack- 
son,'’ by Jamks Barton. 
Religious Edifice* lu Bangkok. 
Tn Bangkok are about a hundred wats, or 
Bndhist religions establishments, and each wat 
on an average contains about a hundred priests. 
A wat includes from one to three large and lofty 
temples in one enclosure, in which the imagesare 
placed, surrounded by a number of houses occu¬ 
pied by the priests. Each priest has a cell by 
himself, where he may eat aud sleep, aud he has 
not much else to do since lie goes about among 
the people every morning and gathers his food 
already cooked. They are the fattest and the 
best fed men of the kingdom. These temples are 
built of brick and occupy the heat sites in the 
country, and in expense and taste of architecture 
far exceed the dwellings even of the nobility. 
The ground about a wat, varying in extent from 
two to live acres, is generally laid out with walks 
paved with marble or granite, or tiles, and orna¬ 
mented with shade trees and lotus flowers. It Is 
regarded by them a work of great merit to build 
a wat, or feed the priests, which the nobles vie 
with each other in doing, aud each family is in 
the habit of boiling a pot of rice every morning 
to feed to the priests as they come along for it, 
while the mother, with a little child before her, 
will give a cup of rice and make a salutation of 
worship to every man with a shaven head and 
yellow cloth, thus teaching the child to venerate 
tbe priesthood.— I hid. 
The Cnpital City of Hlmn. 
Bangkok, with a population of half a million, 
half of whom perhaps are Chinese, is the capital 
of a country where the snow never fulls, where 
the grass is ever verdant, where the trees are ever 
green, where the flowers ever bloom, where the 
fruits ever ripen, where the summer lasts all the 
year; a country without railroads, carriage-roads, 
or bridle-paths; whose houses are without cellars 
or chimuies; whose inhabitants wear neither 
shoes nor hats, neither shirts nor pants, but a 
single cloth tied about the waist and hanging 
down below the knee, forms the only covering, 
except a scarf thrown over the shoulder, and pass¬ 
ing over one arm and under tbe other; whose 
people use neither chairs nor tables, neither forks 
nor knives, neither sheets nor bed-quilts, beta 
mat and a pillow under them, ami their daily cov¬ 
ering and a muaquito-net over them, is all they 
require for sleeping. They eat neither beef nor 
mutton, neither butler nor cheese — but rice and 
constitute their principal food—while they make 
up for all other deficiencies of eating, by a per¬ 
petual chewing of betel-nut and eerie, prepared 
with a little lime and tobacco. This is used both 
by men and women, and tbe little boys learn to 
smoke cigars before they arc weaned from their 
mother’s breast.—“ The China Missionby Wii. 
Dean, D. D. 
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Tbe Hermitage. 
Tijk country between Nashville and the Her¬ 
mitage is more pleasing to the eye of a farmer 
than to that of the scenery lnmter. Fields nearly 
level, or slightly rolling—very large fields com¬ 
pared with those of the North — fine groves and 
forests of hard wood, creeks flowing through 
deep ravines into the Cumberland; the Cumber¬ 
land not visible, but its course indicated by the 
contour of the blnil's; only an occasional field of 
cotton, with its low, black stubble, tnfted with 
white, to remind the visitor that he is not in the 
agricultural regions of Pennsylvania. 
Seven miles from Nashville wo ramble across 
the old covered bridge of Stone’s River, and 
come in sight of the block-house where Jackson 
and Coffee kept their store, and contracted for 
the building of Burr’s boats,—a pile without in¬ 
habitant now, to ruin running, a spectre of a house 
in a large fluid. Near by is Clover Bottom, where 
John Donelson encamped and planted corn, and 
lost his crop by an overflow of the Cumberland; 
where, too, General Jackson ran his horses, and 
strode tremendous to the rescue of Patton An¬ 
derson, wading knee-deep in dinner. 
Soon we reached the Hermitage farm, a thou¬ 
sand acres in extent; four hundred cleared and 
cultivated; the rest forest—thick, lofty, luxuri¬ 
ant; only less so than the forests of Western New 
Y’ork or Ohio. No mansion yet in sight, how¬ 
ever. What is tills minute edifice of brick, too 
small for a school house, too desolate for a lodge? 
That is the Presbyterian Church which General 
Jackson built for tbe solace of his wife, soon af¬ 
ter she joined the Church; and a solace indeed it 
was to the good lady, and to her religious friends 
in the neighborhood. It stands quite alone in a 
lane, out of sight of the Hermitage. 
Now we leave tho turnpike and turn into a pri¬ 
vate road, straight, narrow, a quarter of a mile 
long, the land on both sides a dead level. We 
Come to a low iron gate in a white wooden frame, 
which admits na to an avenue of young cedars, 
ending in a grove, through which a guitar-shaped 
lawn is visible. But still no house. Not till the 
carriage begins to wind about the lawu, within a 
very few yards of the front door, does the man¬ 
sion disclose itself to view—so level is the land, 
so dense the surrounding evergeen foliage. We 
alight, at length, oil the stone steps of the piazza, 
and the Hermitage is before ns. 
It is not a very spacious building, and very far 
indeed from being an elegant one. A two-story 
brick bouse, with a double piazza, both in front 
and in the rear; the piazza wooden and painted 
white, supported by thick grooved pillars of the 
same mate-rial and color. The floors of the lower 
piazza are of stone, and each end terminates in a 
wing of the house. Just behind the edifice is a 
large garden, with pebbled paths, and beds bor¬ 
dered with bricks. The rooms are lofty, rather 
small, and plainly furnished. The parlors are 
hung with portraits of the General and his friends, 
Coffee, Bronaugh, Gadsden, Eaion, ami others. 
There is a portrait of Mrs. Jackson in white satin, 
topaz jewelry, low neck and short sleeves; fat, 
forty, but not fair. In the hall arc busts of Ed¬ 
ward Livingston, Mr. Cass, and Levi Woodbury. 
One would have expected to find the stables of 
THE ADVANTAGES OF WEALTH. 
Wk have not less tlmn a dozen communications 
before us, on tho Advantages and Disadvantages of 
Wealth, all, with one or two exceptions, in reply 
to an article by Arthur Walton, of Kentucky, 
published in the Rural several weeks since. We 
have also a second article by Mr. W., in which he 
argues for tho Advantages of Wealth, and criticises 
an article published in reply to his first essay. 
One number of the Rural, if devoted exclu¬ 
sively to this topic, would hardly contain the 
well-written communications we have on the sub¬ 
ject, and as wc hardly think it would be fair to 
make a selection, of one or two, we think wc can 
do no better than to close the controversy, and at 
the same time assume the position of an umpire, 
or judge, make a brief charge, ami leave tho 
question to the jury, tbe great body of our readers, 
for their decision. 
In the first place, wc will say to W. that truth 
is none the less true, because half tbe world be¬ 
lieves it false, or because all men act as though 
they thought it untrue. Christ was none the less 
the promised Messiah because tho Jews believed 
Him an impostor, and cried with one uuited voice, 
“away with him—crucify him.” It Is childish 
and ridiculous to object to the axiom iterated 
by Jefferson, in the Declaration of Independence, 
that “all men are created equal,” because men 
are not equal in size and ia intellect. Every 
school-boy knows that this Declaration was one 
of natural rights, for following immediately after 
the words quoted, and in the same sentence, is 
this:—“and endowed by their Creator with cer¬ 
tain inalienable rights, that among these are life, 
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” No sane 
man ever supposed that physical or mental equal¬ 
ity was meant by the author, or by the great and 
good men who unanimously adopted this world- 
renowned Declaration. Young men should not 
imitate the vices or follies of great men. It is 
strange, and yet true, that a man may say a 
thousand wise things aud they are forgotten, but 
one foolish thing is remembered and quoted for 
generations. 
Wealth possesses its advantages. It affords time, 
books, the best instructors, and every facility for 
gaining knowledge. But, at the same time, we 
must acknowledge that the fact that they are to 
become the possessors of great wealth, often, and 
we are almost disposed to say, from our observa¬ 
tion, generally, lias au enervating effect upon the 
minds of the young. They arc led to think too 
highly of themselves, und to seek some “royal 
road to learning,” being unwilling to travel the 
common hard road to knowledge and distinction. 
When we look back for the past twenty years, and 
call to mind the many sons of tho rich that we 
have known, we are compelled to say that they 
have been distinguished more for their fashiona¬ 
ble attire, their “killing” airs, — driving fast 
horses, drinking, smoking, and “spreeing” gen¬ 
erally, than for their devotion to books, or their 
’ love of knowledge, or art, or honorable distinc¬ 
Thr Christian Review. E. G. Roiiinsox, Editor. No. 
XCIX—January, 1860. 
This is tho Baptist Review, a Quarterly of 180 page*, 
from the liouso of Sukldom & Co., of Now York. It Is 
issued in this city, as appears from tho imprint, and is 
thus nccestible to tho accomplished Editor, who Is favor¬ 
ably and widely known as the Professor of Theology in 
tho Rochester Theological Seminary. Tho No. before u.i 
contaios the following articles:—Sir William Hamilton’* 
Lectures; Rives'Life of Madison; British India; Sprague’s 
Annals of the American Baptist Pulpit; Thomson's Logic; 
Revelations of Romans; Early Baptist History; Notices 
of Books. The various articles exhibit superior ability 
and great versatility of talent on the part of the editor 
and his contributors, and the denomination may well he 
proud of such an exponent of its principles as the pres¬ 
ent number indicates. Its name will ever, it is hoped, he 
the true index of its character—the Christian Rsvikw. 
It certainly baa great claim upon the patronage of the 
denomination, and will open a fund of knowledge to its 
readers of all sects and professions. Though sectarian in 
its principles, it is not confined to subjects purely Theo¬ 
logical, as tlvo of its seven principal articles fully prove. 
The Review is issued in neat style, typographically, and 
presentaaline external appearance. Terms, $3 peraunum. 
CONTENTMENT. 
Rothschild, with all his wealth, must be satis¬ 
fied with the same sky that ia over the head of 
the poor man. He cannot order a private sunset, 
that he may enjoy it with a select circle of friends, 
nor can ho add one single ray to the clear, bright 
beams of the queen of night, as she sails magnifi¬ 
cently through the heavens. Tho richest banker 
cannot have more than his share of the air to 
breathe, and the poorest of all men can have the 
samo. Wealth may buy a brilliant bracelet, daz¬ 
zling with diamonds and rubies, but wealth can¬ 
not buy a graceful and well-turned arm on which 
to display its splendoi. God only can give that, 
and to many of the poor He haB given it. 
“I wish I bad the health of that rosy-choeked 
peasant girl,” sighs tho aristocratic invalid, prop¬ 
ped up with pillows in her costly carriage. “Ah, 
me!” says the girl, “if 1 could only ride in such 
style as that!” Wealth cannot purchase health, 
nor can it give a contented mind. All that is 
most valuable can be had for nothing. They 
come as presents from the hand of a kind and 
indulgent Father, and neither the air, nor the 
sky, nor beauty, health, strength, and genius, can 
be bought and sold. Whatever may be thy con¬ 
dition in life, remember these things, and be 
content. — Watchman and Reflector. 
Chambers’ ENfvm.or.KDi a. A Dictionary of Useful 
Knowledge for the Feople, On the basis of the latest 
Edition of the German Conversations Lexicon. Illus¬ 
trated by Wood Engravings and Maps. New York: D. 
Appleton it Co. 
Tins work is issued in monthly parts, each portion 
containing sixty-three pages. Thus far, twelve numbers 
have been printed, and the publishers have performed 
their ilutieB in an exceedingly creditable manner. All 
topics are treated in a masterly style, among the most 
prominent of which may be mentioned Geography, Meta¬ 
physics, Jurisprudence, Biography, Natural History, 
Topography, Theology, Medicine, etc., etc. The inten¬ 
tion of the publishers is to issue a number monthly, 
completing the work in about eighty parts. For sale by 
Adams & Dauney, and E. R. Hall. 
Young men are very apt to compare themselves 
with those who are worse than they are, and this 
proves a snare unto them, ami oftentimes their 
ruin, as it did to the Pharisee in tho gospel, who 
pleaded his negative righteousness; he was not as 
otheis arc, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, nor 
even as the publican; he stood not only upon his 
comparisons, but upon his disparisons; being 
blind at home, and too quick-sighted abroad, he 
contemned the poor publican who was better than 
himself, making good that saying of Seneca:— 
“The nature of men is very apt to use spectacles 
to behold other men's faults rather than looking- 
glasses in which to survey their own.” 
London Quarterly Rkvikw, Re-Published by Leonard 
Scott & Co., Ne w York. • 
This Review we have always held in especial favor, 
and the issue for Jauuary, now before us, is fully equal 
to its predecessors. The subjects treated in its pages ere 
as follows;—The Three Colonies of Australia; Cotton- 
Spinning Macbiues and their Inventors; China and the 
War; The Roman Wall; Religious Revivals; Life and 
Works of Cowper; Reform Schemes, &c. The historical, 
political, mechanical, religious, or general reader, will 
find something to gratify his peculiar taste. As the 
present issue commences a new volume, it is a fit period 
for subscribing. Dkwkv, agent. 
Harper's Greek and Latin Texts —Six inches in 
length, four in breadth, and half an inch in tblckuess, 
with cloth-limp covers aud red edges, tells the size aud 
style of a copy of Horace, now lying before us, precur¬ 
sor of a seriesof textbooks. By having narrow margins, 
the ufe of fair, legible type is permitted, and the result 
is a boo!. :.ir handsomer and more convenient than the 
Gerraau editions so extensively sold in this country. Of 
course, withiu this narrow compass, as in the German 
editions, there are no notes. The series will be a 
favorite. Sold by Steele, Avery £ Co. 
To Young Men. —Don’t rely upon, your friends. 
Don’t rely upon the name of your ancestors. 
Thousands have spent the prime of life in the 
vain hope of those whom they called their friends, 
and thousands have starved because they had a 
rich father. 'Bely upon a good name which is 
made by yonr own exertions; and know thut bet¬ 
ter than the best friend you can have is unques¬ 
tionable determination, united with decision of 
character. 
Every person must follow his conscience. 
There is no heresy so bad as that of refusing to 
go according to one’s convictions. 
