The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-11-07

The mind with calm delight, promote the Jun
" And natural movements of the harmonious
' frame" Ay,vfyon.
Unlike the wild, tumultuary ndulgenciss of lenie,
expiring with the very OF their birth, ndu-
cling morbid langour ard difgul.
Corroborative of polition I few examples lhall
be adducsd and paing thoie lubjees who have foar-
cd in the regions of fancy only, hele addu6ions all
be OF men Whole minds have been bert abdrufe
metaphyhc contemplation, And firh, immortal So
crates, the mighty facrifc: to jealoniy, ignorance
snd iaPerRiton; Socrates, i'll whole condemnation
has Athens reared monument fhame her when
all that Phidas isill, Percles raagncence has ia
bricated, ihail be LOFT in the blank Of time Socra-
tes tho aatedated in his end had feen his fourteenth
iuttruu. The iabtle penetrating Srazarite, whole
lPecuatloRs prove at the trength and variety of
his powers; whole rclolution of government into
three iPeciic dvilons, the mutations of ages have
reflected, and which fill regulates the opinions of
modern FACES this fAgacious Philosopher had at
tanned to his 62nd year. Leaving, however, du-
bious antiquity, and recurring periods of hihoric
certainty; exemPlifcationS multiply.
About the commencement of the 10th century, E.
ra!nlus aud Luther entered the lls of theological
controversy, and contenGed with nrengous ardor,
Qhe latter without remilIion) beyond the age of
tx.y years. at the fame era nearly Copernicus
mounting the emPyrean. fixed the fun as the centre
ofPlanetary revolution, and was foon followed by
KePler, by Whole reiearehes alcertsincd the
elliptic motion OF the planets, their comparativ E
vcloeities and rhe direction Of their loci. The for
of theie great astronomers lived 10, the latter
% years
With every reverential imPreiion, we turn to con-
template thole .ublme iages, Whole evidences Of in
tellectual vaRneis and vgor, place them GrA in the
order OF hsman grea.nefs: Newton, the moi glori-
Gus representative of divine intelligence; and Locke
who not LET'S wonderful i'll his walk, untwiiled the
chain Of human IDEAS and opened vaa into the my
tsrous regions OF the mind" The phyGca conttati-
oil of the former together with his mental faculties
feems alnlot have put of its mortal nature that in
longevity in wildom, ne might ranlcend the ordi-
nary limit ofhumauity' and Ioeke with a body ORR
gnaily inirm, and with habits Of intenfe thought,
tueh as the ubjecs Of mis- mejiatons neeeariIy de-
naand, was aged : years at his death.
More numerous citation would be operofe and lu-
peTfuous. on. purpole is accomplished. We have
oenonra:ed that the Of lahion is neither illuf-
tious nor happy; for fame is the ojpring of ulcful
and benevolent exsrtion happiness Of confcious reg
tisude and intellectual perfection that deilitute oil
their republics, &c in hie,f contemplate, nera-
Lle Or rlenf5ls; aud viewed TO his relations to
fle world large, an ob0rutl.on to excellence in
Others ereny to focal PROPERTY. But tn great
iuoJect Of reprehenlon u.s. the reception he finds with
tie cjfimnj Ja6is0fes reputed enlightened from
perion5 Whole conig;esos Qst.on in life more parti-
eEIaily devov-s on them the guardian advancement
81 gcscns ana retiring worth, and the fupprelion Of
every thing Incompatible herewith. Such perverii-
on appears TO nave is cau.e in sifpseed fondnefs
in amaiority Of mankind, Tor fupeiGcia lparklug
leyity gufsd in tie habit Of vii fondnefs ii-
ceyous Ia is -oa.eig-Ese. lor tey extend to con-
futon Of what r-;are and Tel.oa dsfsned to dilIn-
GWh---to iunder ~ iniupsrADle limits.
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