THROUGH FINLAND. 
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“ Thus went he out to his Maker; he entered into glory ; he 
“ haftened to extreme blifs; he departed to enjoy liberty; he 
quitted a life of for row ; he left the habitations of the earth.'* 
Proverbs are the refult of experience and wifdom ; and no na¬ 
tions, however barbarous, are found without them in their lan¬ 
guage. The Finnifh tongue has an abundance, many of them 
conveying ftrong fenfe and acute remark. They are for the moil 
part in runic or allitterative verfe ; and, like the Hebrew proverbs, 
are divided into two hemiftichs, the latter illuftrating the fore¬ 
going. The following are Finnifh proverbs, literally tranflated : 
“ The good man fpareth from his peck; but the wicked will 
“ not give from a bufhel.” 
“ The wife man knoweth what he fhall do; but fools try 
“ every thing.” 
ie There is no deliverance through tears; neither are evils re- 
“ medied by forrow.” 
“ He who hath tried, goeth immediately to the work; but he* 
“ who hath no experience ftandeth to confider.” 
“ The wife man gathereth wifdom every where; he profiteth 
“ by the difcourfe of fools.” 
“ A man’s own land is his chiefcft delight; the wood is mod 
“ pleafant that is his.” 
“ The ftranger is our brother; he who comes from afar off is- 
ct our kinfman.” 
“ When the morn breaketh forth, I know the day which fol- 
“ loweth ; a good man difcovereth himfelf by his looks.” 
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