The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-12-22

Imatter) en'ueiy failed in it. "rather" -
my mdu'gcn' and 900 partial parent was
won't to say) from me delicacv of mv-S,el
ngs than any want Of parts :" en.ered,
her desire, ~ he mex place on The s,u
dy OF ph' SIC Win this as a >tudy, was.
IN the highes, {, gree. deligh,ed The sub
lJects VINCE 4 ireatsd-,he curious s,yuc
ture and economy 1T ne human system :;
the history If diseases. their remote ard
subtle symptoms, and the mode OF ascer.
aiming and combating hem; the countless
diversity of Singular ftc,ions mental and
corporeal. with which uie books abounded
| and tn. astonishing proofs OF he sagacity of
men in the various ald beautiful theories
proposed for explaining the causes OF our
malades, and waglns war against the king
oil terrors-we' e interesting To me beyond
expression. | pursued the study not as
llboer, bur con dmore and although 4
was somewhat advanced in aga, & the mis-
ch'evous wags, my ielio.v students, in sly
aiiusion to my former profession and nav
| nature IN II, used 20 greet me every morn.
ing when L en'cred the lecture ro m wIh
"A moCk-tragc bow and tho l. l. u. and A.
D >. which have since made such a figure
in the mouth If Doctor Pangloss vet as they
showed plainly enough, that they loved, and
II necessary, would have sized their blood
Tor me, l took 1t all in good part, and pres.
sed on III ml studies with undated artlor.
lhere were, however, two circumstan
ces III It's profession, that gave me great
lnq"ie side the frs; was the multitude of
miserable spectacles in the hospitals which
were, daily, appealirg to my sympathy and
the other tue extreme uncertainty of the
remedies which ere exhibited for their re-
i"t On the n Il head. however, / was con
soled ny learning that | sh uld soon become
used OF, and grow cailous 10 the touch of
anothe''S woe and on the last, my vanity
was battered by being ,emintled of the scope
| whicn THIS uncertainty gave 20 genus and
the vast region OF tfrra incognt u, which
mus Cnuf'eS me enterprise Vt The adventu
rer The reader when he comes TO know
me, Will believe that | was M, much sooth
ed or srat'hed by either Of ,hese prospects ::
the toa. EXTINCTION OF my SYN pa HES for
my fellow man ; ~ VOYAGES of discovery to
De maze IN seas OF human blood. Still n
unused, however, with he science. and ami
mated by the hop, nat 1t might qualify me
! IN Some Cases 70 be ot service TO INV felov
creatures, i pressed on 10 dup. ma and
having Obtained ba, aud procured d, supply
OF medicines, | returned 20 my p4te,oa es
'aie 3" dispense the fruits of my studies.
Alas my mc0lCai career wa. A very
short one Tor the frs, patient submitted to
my skill was my mn beloved mother
t,t- "A
appeared to me all he triunphs of he Ar. I.
l called In my uCtDrs |, was in vail,
the disease gathered s'rengih e,e.y hour :;
and distinctly saw the Apr ach If deat,, t
Alas Blu, forget tina, | nave no clam
on the sympathy OF the readers She *
pired in my arms, and | was no Iourer a
physician
The loss OF such parent III such cifcum
stances-whose las, IN eligible whisper was
-" God bless YOU, nv son !" and ha &c
compsnIed with such a lOOk-whcst. re
collection, even at this distance of tune,
cuts me to the heart and fills INV e;as - !,
tears--the loss NJ such mother the last
speculation OF whose eyes was fix 1 with
the tondest, tenderest affe ction. aud di, d up
on her son-whose Soul saw, as i, wee
launched Into eternity and fancIed that i
could almost see the luci form vehicle that
then received and clothed her suirIt-such
a scene gave me view of eternity so near
and close, as to seize all the powers of nv
mind and all the sources 81 Hiy feeling, and
unht me for every thing but the contempla~
ion of that vast and awful subject
| Enthusiasm is the promnenr feature Of NV
character /; and It is no, mar e. Of wonder
| hat so excited, my genus ook a new dI
rection that my abortve effocts 10 she'd
my fellow creatures from death were n wv
| converted into an eXertion to teach them
now to die. l Immediately set about ac
curing the Hebrew language studied the
| Id testament with all the commentaries of
the Rabbis; procured and read all the re
mains of Porphyry, Jamblc us, and the
whole tribe OF eclectic philosophers. who, in
the third and fourth centuries attacked the
religion of the son of God together win the
| able, the eloquent and conclusive replies of
he Christian fathers travelled, minutelv
and laboriously through the whole course
OF ecclesiastical history, and perused everv
thing OF any note, fro and con on the Chris
tan controversy and scheme of salvation
winch had ever been published either in E.u-
rope or America. And although, at last, |
did not feel myself uhorized to enter the
sacred desk IN the charac er of a teacher
vet shall never regret my having fortlfie d
my own ia'th against the>assaults of sophis
| try and qualified rnyseifto silence the caviIs
and wltticisms OF the ,nidel
But am admonishcd by nv sheet of ma
per that Rave already INDUCED the e,rru
iity OF age far enough for one number. In
the neXI | propose g close the accom-, rf
myself, and 10 explain the motive and object
Of these papers.
We have been surprised to see, in one Of
the ablest prints in the u. ) (The Baltimore
| Wing the following extract
IHE ORLEANS BArTuRE.
&c rae ~ The editors da,ed
WaShing on. Dee Is 1910.
Edward Livingston ia, AIKEN 20 ,e,si
on OF The }auure, III Connection win some