Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-11-18

| in A coach what flame in awaqgon? Is not th'
emf If pro, tie y,and the f-nle OF merit, as mncl
come TED with IN empty pc ( as aVtull one
MAY not man he as effirn bic and respectable
attended by his faithful dog, as if preceded aue
follow d by a train OF horlss and ieryants !? Al
thief queiio~s may be very wife and the iclea
rhofophy has her aafwers ready. Bur if yor
| ak the fame que ians Of nature experience, an
| mankind the anfwets viii be directly oppoiite ro
hole OF Epiee US viz. that there is more reipeet
ability in the eyes of the g eater partof man
kind in the gaudy trappngs OF wealth, Than
there i in genius of leaining, wlidom or virtue
The poor mans confidence is clear yet he /
aiharned. His character is irreproachab'e, yet
he is neesttcd and defpiicd. lie feels himf.li
ont Of the fight OF Others aroping n the dark
M lnklnd rake no notice of him he ranbles and
wanders UNDECIDED. In be mda Of eroud, at
church, in the market, at play, at an execu
ton, or coronation, he is in as much obfcuity,
as he would be in garnet or cellar. He is
not difapproved, centred or ,eproached he is
aiy not ieen This total nattenion Is TO him
Notifying, painful and cruel He fnffers a ni
ferry from this CONFEDERATION. which is iharpeae1
by The confccufnefs that Others have no fellow
feeling with him in this dit ELS Ifyou follow
thefe perlons however into their fene' of lifa.you
will find that there is kind of f cure which the
meanef Of Them all, endeavors to make a
kind of little grandeur and reiped, which The
mot nGgnihcant, rudy and labour to procure,
in the fmall circle Of their acqnaiatances.-
Not only the poorei mechinic, but the man
who lives upon common charity, nay the com,
mon begga,s in The fffcets; and NOT only thaie
who may be all innoceIt, tut even thoie who
have abandoned themfllves to common iniamy
as pirates, highwaymgn and common thieves,
court fet OF alnirer}, and pune thsrnielyes
on thar fupc ority, which they have, or f,nc'
they have, over fome others. There mutt be
one indeed wLo is the lalt and loweh If he
human fpecies. But here is no riique in aiert
ng thal there is no one, who believes and VIII
acknowledge him IF o b. the ,narf.-To be
Ahoily owe aoke-i, ard 70 knc W it, are IN olera.
DE. Intancss OF this are not uncommon
When wre ch cou!i no longer attract be no.
lice of man woman or chill lie mn be re-
fetetable in me eyes of his dog. Who vii
love me then ~ was the pathetic reply Of one,
Who IA we'd hinflf to esd his maiif, TO a
charitable paaenger VII, advfsd him to kill or
ell the animal. In this "who will love me
them" there is a key TO the human heart; to
the hifory of human life and m ,nners and to
the rif. and fall OF Empires. To feel ourielves
unheeded, chills the mott pleaGng hope damp
he mott fond dcire checks the mott ag ecable
with difappoinis the mott ardent expeditions
of human nature.
Is there in fcence and letters, reward for
the labor they require Scholars learn the dead
languages OF antiquity, as well as the living
tongues of modern nations. Thofe of the eall
as we'll as the welt They puzzle themfeyes
and Others with metaphysics and nathema les.
They renounce their pleafures, neglea Their ex
eIeifes, and dellroy their h alth---for what Is
Gu lefty 70 frong +! Is the pleafute that &C
companies the puriuit and acquiitioa of knowl
edge 70 exqufite? If Crufoe, on his lind, had
the library of Alexandra, and certainty that
he ihould never again fec the face Of man, would
lie ever open volume Perhaps he might ]:
but it is very probable he would read bur little.
A fsnie of duty a love Of truth ; defife 10
alleviate the anxieties of ignorance, may, no
toubt, have an influence on fome minds. But
the univ erfal Object and idol of men of letters is
,sbutafon 1t is the uotory, the eslsbrasion, which
conltutes the charm, which is to comPenfne
the lois of appetite and Aeep, and fomstimes Of
riches and honors.
The fame ardent deiire of the eongratnlaiions OF
others in oar joys, is the great incentive to the
purfnt of honors This might be sxemplifed in
The career of civil and political lie. That we
may not be too tedious lei US inaauce in militia
ny glory. Is it TO be fuppoied that the regular
itanding armies Of Europe. engage in the ferviee
from pure motives of patriotilm Are their Of
6cers men Of contemplation and devotion, who
expect their reward in future life sit from
lenie Of moral or religious duty, that they
rilque their lives, and reconcile themfelves to
wounds' Inaances of all thcle kinds may be
found.-But if any one fuppoles that all or the
greater part Of thefe heroes are atiuated by iueh
principles, he will only prove that he is unae-
quanted with them. Can their pay be coniid
cred as an adequate encouragement This,
whichis no more than very hmple and mode
rate lub6tence, would never be temptation to
enounce the chances Of fortune ia other pnr-
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