The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-05-28

/ FIHOROES OR 79ON O.g.gOSE'S
Delivered On the public commencement il
the college Of Philadelphia, July l7fa
l59o, by Nj. Henry ilntchns.
/ L having become my Indispensable duty
/ ad.e aud gsn'lmen, to address sou e.
1 d.. from the place. have earnestly en-.
! deahunrud II find topic for discussion,
which should II once BIZ new and lntcrrs
bae h'll, atter = painful search, | cannot
iiud y e,nglr subject which has mol been
handled beioge, nor one on which 10y u
happ'pcas 81 composition or delivery, !
think | could interest Nonr feelings. An
experiment however must be madc--such
M II may b., II solcta your candor.
There are two ways, our Of which all
speakers must adopt, L. arrest and tx the
public attention. THE one nv an exhibition
Of sprlghtllneas and ingenuity other,
by suhlniely stor,ning the heart. The
first class of speakers il like little cream
that runs habhhug along, making queer
SIMPLE sounds, the iatlcr resembles the
falls of Niagara, where vast torrents Of
water come Numbering down The rocks
below, dashing and bouncing, AID nouc.
Ing about most tremendously. Now IA
do mol pretend 10 be- one Of your thunder
gnstiral Demosthcnian orators, | mean
Just 10 give YOU u few simple thoughts on
upses
THIS IL subject that you must all ar
knowledge 10 he vastly important. Not
one who hears me but Is personally inter"s.
ted IN IT, Ii affects every individual pre-
sent III a very trudcr phrt. Trust II viii
therefore meet you particular attention.
Noses then are Of a remote origin. They
are linrally descended from as ancient
family, aud possess AZ noble blood AZ hny
upon earth. We receive no particular
light upon the subject, 10 hr sure, from
The book of Genesis; but we have every
reason to believe that both of our first
parents had noses. This deduction is
drawn o poSieiiOrt, as the philosophers
say Tor II W. cast our eyes over the whole
earth, ar II VT trace the annals Of antiqul.
~, We shall neither STE or rad of any
nation, G-nela,lou tribe or class ot people
TINT were without uOses. Ii must there
iorr, he taken AZ a matter IN proof before
You, that nosra have been appendant 10
created. But these no8cs, although similar
III Substance, have been dNslmiInr III shape,
color aud rlze, among the various lnhabi
tanls oi the world, from time immcmurinl
10 the present day, In point Of substance
they have generally been composed of car
illlagr, bones, muscles, veins, arteries, skin,
&c. Some noscs, to be sure, IN modern
tnr4, have been made Of paper, come OF
leather, and somr OF wax; bat these have
heel departures from the general law Of
noers. In respect To- color, shape ~ SIZE.
there have been and sill exist many "a
teiles IA the world.
The one most noted IN history, and of
which there ~" many specimens remain !
Iug Is the roman NJ tqul'nc most. Jhis /
= most astonishing sppeir. Of nosr, for
is appearance and uscs. In regard To the
first, namely. its appearance, hrhold II |
rom the fare Ike tie bow If
ship, or like The sign aud siCnpa1 ST an
ilrllDusc. Such n nose cannot fail 10 1t i
act our attention and command oar won /
lrr Look back, Oh Americana 10 Cor =
'ler ayes, and remember what ,cal5 were
me- performed by the Roman nosre.
y hole armies putto Night, trrpi1aliou IN
used in'o enemies, aud disorder into THEN
'anEs al the aieIr of the Roman nose Re
what Hannibal sad on ibe p'alus
II Gannr, WHEN he raised the brad Of i
,'ain Roman aud brhd his nose: With
ueh aoIdirrsa he EXCHANGED, u could sub
luc the world - Tins nose also imports
genuP. Dad yoa ever see Il man with Il
me aqri',nc nose, thai ues not possessed
# superior oteIloct' When this excrc-
cucr ig hrgr, II follows m a nrecsaary IN
erenrr, that there is greater room left pr
hc expansion of III" brain. pay therefore
III fathers and mothers that hear mr., tha'