The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-06-05
ron TIE vIRGISIAS.

i""od' " ~ fanny, Il very RftHt aC1 sisitlpu
to our town, and 10 the country around -
Even the most inaittnt.e observer must
see the great influence which woman his
over the world. i is from woman th.i
we derive all those softer moral prlirclians,
! by which socIety is held together Our
| harsh natures have constant tendency To
return To the savage statr,put Of when ~
never could have emerged but far thu d.
Vre influences of woman. When rad
says harmontel, that Perleles sacrificed
Ic'ery morning Ia the Gfacts, | understand
by that, that Perlcles breaklasied e,pr,
day with Aspasia." Graces that are natn.
raj to women do not hlndcr their posses
my profound aud extensive minds. Blu
most of then, knowing that they can go,-
ern by opinion, dlsdaln In govern also by
wisdom and thus they are almost never
what they might be. We have man, iu-
stances, however, Of women, who wrte
! unwilling 10 trust then empire over man,
to their "imperlal smiIes.n Christine,
daughter of Gustasas Adolpius, and Q4,eu
lut Sweden, received lessons from III. i'm
mortal Drscartes, at O'Clock in the morn
ing, urlnG the cold wioters of thai cono.
ty, such was her zeal for his philosophy
"C0me," SAID she To Deacartes, Il an
Queen, aud you Philosopher, let rs NAH"
treaty together: you proclaim the II nth.
and will defend You against your en-
mics. The walls ot my palace shall be
Your ramparts In Monsieur LIS school,
many, may say almost all, of the Young
ladies' seem To he animated b, that zeal
which distinguished the daughter f Gusta-
vus. They seem 10 think her lessons az
thing but task, and then progrrs DUNG
the short tune they have been with Mon
sieur Lenha, is really wonde,lul. NJ, in
tention, however, is not To praise Nlonsieor
Leuha as teacher but wish to call the
attention of the people of this part of the
country. to the importance of branch Of
learning taught IN NJ. Is school. by thosr
who are cmlnrnth qualified for the task; |
mean the French language. To those who
are Intimately acquainted with any one
language, need say nothing. But there
are some persons who had not an opportu-
nifty of liberal education themselves, who
ardcntly desire to have every avenue to
intellectual wealth opened To their dangh-
trrs. 1T is great satisfaction says NJ.
Burke, {" to ste the sense Of one good an-
thor, in the language of another. He l.
thus alias Ct idem. Seeing your author IN
new point OF view, you become better
acquainted with HIM; his thoughts MAKE
new and deep impression on the mind
have always recommended II 10 young
men IN their studies, tbat, when they had
made themselves thorough m sters of a
work in the original, then, lb0t not TIL
then TO read ii in translation, if, m any
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was to BE- found" H. translating from one
language to another, we are forced 10 fx
erclse ourselves in the choice of words, aud
to study the construct ton of orr Phrases
The incest shades of thought are thus per
ceived, and many new ideas received into
the mind. The study oflansuag. lbs been
Justly called a rich and extensive course OF
elementary philosophy. "A Professor OF
Greek, from a foreign university, being IN
company with "A late Professor of Edln-
hurgh, there was much conversation upon
the subject OF languages, and upon the all
vantages to be derived from studying dli-
tcrent languages. Nj. -. regretted that
all mankind did not speak the same Ian
guage. The Edinburgh Professor, on thu
other hand, pointed out the advantages
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the facilities thus afforded Us IN the study
of the mild; in the clue that is given for
tracing the current of human thought and
also in the lights that are shed upon nation
al character" The following passage
from the life of the late Professor Brown,
of Edinburgh, trust will not be unlnier-
esting to those who are about 10 enter on
the study of languages. In commencing
the study Of new language, Dr. Brown
scarcely at first paid any attention To the
grammar. but proceeded at once u peruse
| some work thai was familiar tp him. His
| first step was generally, 10 procure New
| Testament, in the language he MAS to STU
DIV, and he then Immediately hogan with
the Gospel by St. John. A similar mr.
thod, he mentioned to me, WAS pursued
| by his friends, Leyden and Murray, two
of the most eminent lingpsto that our
country has produced"
When the mind becomes fatigued with
subject, Il profound knowledge Of which WE
consider as highly important TO us, we feel
a new impulse when We take up the same
subject in fareign language. Pope re-
peats, what BoiIeau had before said, 8 that
wit aud fine writing does not consist So
much in advancing things that are new, as
in giving things that are known an agreea-
bic turn The power of language over the
mind is beautifully expressed IN the fol
| lowing quotation from "a tn0dtrH author -
"there /, 10 every bosom love Of truth,
as there is love Of light il every cJc that
is capable OF vision. But the permanent
effect Of indifference OF jealous interest
which truth produces in the mind, depends
as much on the mode in which knowledge
is communicated, as on the knowledge 1t.
self. 10 this respect, science is truly like
that common sunshine, to which il has
been so often compared. 1t is not IN the
mere intensity ofiIsht that the charm con