Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1805-09-20

lnofalists dweIt with more earnesfness.
urnscd more persuasion % Ices eject.
Man seems 10 Sc q total variance with
that species of industry End pefse,e' I
anee. which would cause him fiehtIys
employ his time. . Dukreesf dt.ipeI y
II 4 delightful - PLY a. lssi. pnsA :
maxim Of iorsce, which Win apply -
mankind 10 very diiIcEent sense from
what the poet thought 81 when hc wroie
i. Probably he alluded % thosr hours
when mifsh and joiiiiy occupied him
when the joke was passed nhnut, and
the ar resounded with laughter. and
when Bacshus ruled uugontFouIed. ~
more probably 70 the hours re passed
with his favouriie nymph. Bit L win
also apply 70 man IN many situations dit.
frrent from these. md IN manv fnr more
serious occupations fofwhethrr wholly
engaged IN the pursuit of money, when
possissed Of sniIiciency. or seeking &C.
Ter once and power. when indsprndtns.
he is.allke fiasiag fie fe9f. and spasiiag
his sime. The hrst degnsdes him. the
latter places an his conss qi,snce Il the
disposal % those itpm whom be derives
~ 80 whose 0pinicus n must agtee,
though mi IN unison With his own. and
whose commands he must execute, o.
risk its destruction.
So various are the methods whirhpea.
pie take 10 spend their time. that il u
Edilkcul, 70 discfiminaic between them, 80
Is 10 form corrsrt idea 81 theF propri-
ely. 20 may be engaged IN tIr game
pursuit. and The merit 81 elmer Re of
very different degree. One by business
obtains wealth, 90 which he lives with
eIsganee and ease, and gives : part 20
those who are in greater want Than him.
self. The other aeeumulafes u. and de-
rives his pleasure from seeingit increase
without employing Il Tor any purpose, ad-
yantagsons himself. a. beneficial b
others. Here indesd 4 tine Iosi, and
worse thsn last. Tor he HnE only nilmirs
the DAYS 10 pass unwSrthilv "a hue
with them also goes 81 hiaheiiei u<I.
PIES. livery evening vbeBhssit .sn.
ksaln reflection and sober III lgmsnt must
compel him inwardiy % enslsfn, Il mt
IL the words IL Films, n Iangnsee tolhat
EFFECT. !. havr l1si q dayf' and he
morning comes only 10 Be followed 81
another evening, IN which he may Justly
Tepea. The same exclamation.
Allen are so constituted by nature, that
few are calculated ID pursue more than
one aim with advanlaks. Nph<n = e.
vourite projectprnPoses itselftoany one,
he Is 50 engrossed - to preclude I de.
sire Of starting anolhrr. He il seldom
so much under the. dominion Of reason
| Is 10 combine the /. Rtile rim dnici," in
their proper acceptation and five trace
cath. human passion. from the love or
| pleasure, 10 the very opposite one Of the
Hove OF money, we shall End that 70 each
when pursued IS given an undivided At.
| tentiou. View the man engaged ia coma
msrcial concerns his ideas and thoughts,
his iaclimasio ms and conceptions ofthiags,
| irfesisnbly turnso this point. and should
ever the time arrive v hen the thirst for
riches ceases. il seldnm happens until.
| that period Of life Mhenthe mind Is inca
pabls af any mental exersion, and una.
bic 10 throw Of habits long fixed. The
| soul, narrpWed and contracted 81 i long,
attention 70 6uS iasss, IN the evening Of
| life, WHEN that attsntion in part ceases.
/ is still governed BY Impulses similar 10
those which fosmerlv guided Il; and
therefore he whose declining years are
governed by sordid passions, may Be:
= - .. - i,lss - = y A.
There are certain partsof ! MAN. con.
duct, which, though he acknowledges
they ard wrong, and Is convinced they
are 50. he does NOT mend. because he
supposesshatt though they discover wsak.
ness, they do no. argue dspravisv. He
win not act dishouestly, because his cha
sacter would suffer by such condnct, and
his principles are TOO correct 70 permit
him to do 10. He win not Be ungrateful