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extra duty paid here, fay IL dollars Fer
cwt. this would pot cur veaels and French
vefsls on foosing."

veifsls on a fooling."
There is no reader way TO demoralizc
mankind, than TO weaken and deitroy
their ideas Of accountability to the iupremc
being. When this is done, virtue is wlther-
ed at the root. The Eplcurian philoiopher
tlebauched the morals of ancient Greece and
Rome and was more perniciousto thePo-
l1ical inserees of thole nations, than it
would have been TO have FILTERED petit
lence, that hould have exterminated one
half Of their inhabitants.
Epicurus himlelf, tits laid, was not
lewd debauched man but lived in the
practice of jutfice, temperance, chahlsy,
and the various other focal virtues and
the fpecioulnefs Of his character gave
credit TO his doctrines and muitipiied
bis difciples and followers. He itrletly
inculcated virtue, and paid his daily devo-
tons to the geds. AT tie fame time, he
denied the Immortality Of the foul; and
he. ALTO denied divine providence and
taught that the gods did not concern them
felyes eis!ler with the affairs or with the
Actions Of aen. Multitudes were captl-
waited by the piaufhIe appearance Of Diff
imeseaednefs, in the worihip and virtue
of Epicutus. He profeiled 70 worfhip the
gods merely becaufe OF their excellence;
without any expectation Of favor from
them; ard he protected 70 pratsice virtue,
without locking for any reward.
The EpiouTians, however, regardless Of
the example Of their founder, fopn threw
IF all appearance Of virtue, and gfeedi'y
wallowed inthe mire of moral tusptude;
iniomuch that the famous Rotnan poet Elo-
race, fpeaking of that Iett, alludes TO lis
grofs immortality, in the following con-
temptoous language, /" D<groge Epifari-
t0yeas.' "A pig from the itye Of Epl-
Gurus.
The prevalence of the Epicurian philo-
fnphy, at Rome, was A1oftIy facceedrd by
the overthrow cf the reaubl'can form ct
government. And there IS cauie 10 trsm-
bic Tor our own government, when II is
conhdeTedirllat very large portion Of the
popular books, " bieh during The laN ,wen-
ty years, Eave been faread over his ooun-
try, IS we'll as over Europe, IS nut new
edition Of the Ep,curian PhilqioPiy.
(Balauee.
EBirarms 4vas barn 7uithm ibe
Athsuiaa fer,ifoyy. and died, niusty-tb,ee
gears betore tbe 6iub Of Cbrjf. HIS affe-
5Rieal 9bislbby bad iglaed the Jeaos,
as 4.eH as the Greeks and Romons. The
SadAlees and the Her7aiqus 6eleaged to
The Epica,i4n leif.s fhe Romau republic zeas
mbve,fed, qvitbiu les than hnJf .entuy
after The death ef E3iearas; and 4rifbia
a feqr years after BIS 6o1fyHSs pad betn
introduced 0moxg that nafiox, ard tad
became 39fa1a,.
{" The paGage of Mercury over the
Sun was obferved yeferday morning 10th
November) for the roth ume. The
weather has been very fine, and Afrooo-
mers have completely enjoyed that Gu
rious obfervation. ] was 70 much more
impatient Of it, becaule | lhsll sever fee
the like again, as the rext viii be on tie
9Th May 1897; for I do nor court ihofe
that are invifble IN Europe. ] have had
the fatssaetion Of making this ohfervstion
at the fame place where L had been made
for the hrit time, on the TIN November
1851, by Canendi, one Of my mott illu(-
trious predictions at the College OF France.
Mercury Quilted The Suns diik at 8 mi
nutes paf noon; which agrees to MI
mute with my mercury tables upon which
] have worked for theie 80 years back.
This day, remarkable for astronomers,
is till more 70 for the regeneration of
France" LALANDE.
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