The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-02-01


the burdens of civil society. Like Milton's
Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell
from heaven, for cen in Heaven his looks and
thoughts were always doacnaOard bent, sdmiring
moreihe riches of Heavens parensent, troddera
gold, han aught divine or holy else enjoyed
in visDn beati6c,') these sons of avarice are
Away looking downward into earth for metal
lie Oe, and riling her bowels for glit:erng
treasures. Their never-ceasing prayer is, o
81 ualana aTgenti fOrs qua naitI naonstret 20
thafortune would somewhere shew me pot
bf money! This nlales1aada Edmles,' this>' an-
Ia scra fanaes,' this evil adviser, this cursed
Ihirt of gold, learns no art but that of sinking;
nd,lI its followers, ignoble, sordid, and alb
ectare condemned TO root in the Kennel and
bill the mines.
Slnding on this seedplot Of virtue and
Vce-this embryo Of all that life holds dear,
oInSkes even life CETse-can any one look
fowrd 10 the fruit of this soil, and be uncon
crnd what this fruit shall be: To you who
at bit members of this society, and have no
| llilelnsullied buds OF promise 10 swell, unfold
! AID rpen here, is it nothing 10 you whether
roesaAd GnlGrGTlths, or thOrnS and histLes, are
tn Productions d this place? Is it the same
thpgio you, whether GTOntatics or the UpGS
| ar scwn and flourish here? Do not flowers in
| Ing ITO the air balmy sweets, and is it no de-
| liglt y inhale the fragrance Is the pestile-
| ros bHst and the spicy breeze equally agree
abb and salutary? II so, then you have no in
tensthere. Lock up your Golfers withdraw
tfol society-feast your eyes on briers and
brsnbies, and respire in the exhala:ions OF
| dys ian pools and Avernian lakes In YOUR
htmtage indulge your parsimony-save your
parry tax-feed gratutously on noxious herbs.
rater than bestow few mites of your money
10 'ocure tn, delicious and nutritiye regale-
mds OF the garden of paradise.
YOU who are the parents of hopeful
ofTing-who see, in your little ones, the
tater's iustre md the mothers bloom. can
! yofeel indifferent what the harvest OF this
nuery shall be? Is it nothing TO you, wheth-
erlese infartile blossoms be transformed into
diful Harp;es, haggard and CHASTITY emitting,
whrever they go, poisonous breath, and con
talinating every thing they touch-or the
yang and beautiful Graces, the emblems Of
a the kind Offices ard endearments of life p
Trough your apathy shall it he SAID,
hat knowledge to their eyes her ample page,
Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll;
Gill penury repress'd their noble rage,
Aud froze the genial current of the SOUL
Your respectability and happiness are so iden-
tiled and blended with the tillage and culture
this spot, | am persuaded you will, at least
liten with attention, while appraise the val
H, and tell what must be done for this flow
ely plat, this sweet recess of literature
Every school and seminary of learning
where virtue has been nurtured, philosophy
fourished, and love of letters has been sue.
cessfully cultivated, is worthy of great honor.
ana renown. When the lofty monuments o
S seN.e e -',-alih are ,,1ar'la~I -
seats vi sSithce are held IN grateful remem.
brance. While other things are forootten
with what fond recollection does the mind
hover over the L!yceunp, that pleasant and de.
Rghtfel spot, near the banks of Ilissus in Att.
ia where Aristotle, for twelve years. instruct
ed his pupils in philosophy. The .4fhen1,tn,
place at Athens, where the poets, phil $50
phefs, and rhetoricians acclaimed and repeat
ed their compositions, and was public to al
ne professors OF the liberal arts-was sacred t.
'htneTUa, and never will be effaced from the
memory oil the iiterati. At academia, place
surrounded with high trees and adorned with
spacious walks, Plato opened his school of phi
iosophy; and, to exclude from it profdnene5.
arc dtsaPStaOn, it was even forbidden to laugh
thereF In this place Plato taught forty wears
aAa rom this, every place, sacred to learning
has been called an .4eddemly.
Inc groves OF Academus, the Lycaum. and
Lne banks Of ilissus, are celebrated over the
whole world and they will live in vivid rec.
OBJECTION, TIL the names of Aristotle, Plato, and
socrates, are blotted from the page of history
Our primary schools do not sound with that
eclat attendant on the ancient Atheniau insti.
tutlons; yet their utility is universally ac.
knowles ged, and their fame is solid and more
durable than monuments of marble or BRASS
Iney are embaimed in the affections of all the
lovers OF useful intelligence, rational liberty
ana unaffected Piety. Who, that is eminent
Tor erudition, and mot in the roll of common
men, does not, with reverence and satisfac.
ton, call TO mind the little schooI-house, where
IN his boyish days, under some favorite teach.
er, he conned the first rudiments of learning
where his young ideas began to shoot, and hi,
tender thoughts were reared? No time car
obllteFate the pleasing reimbursement
In these primary schools are the beginning,
OF all that is great or good. Here the original
character is cast-here the stamina is given
ana the outlines of future life are delineated
mere Is discovered aud matured the germs that
are to shoot forth into the philosopher, theolo-
gan, civilian, jurist, and philolosist Partly
from constitutional characteristic, and part
~ from first impressions and adventitious cir
cumstances, the child is to receive his forma-
tion' inclination, and predictions. All here
is pregnant with momentous results. Here
commences career of disgrace or glory.
While contemplating this subject, and re-
meeting on the weishty and lasting conse-
quences, growing out of the future transactions
10 TINS house, who does not feel, like the
rrestess of Apollo delivering her oracles, a
sudden inspiration and enthusiasm issuing
from ground, hencefOrth TO be dedicated 10
learning and religion? DELTA.
1t the following article related only to the pu-
erie sonnet which it attacks, we should not
deem it worthy of the space it occupies;
but, as most of the remarks are OF general
annlINofsns. \