Delaware patriot & American watchman., 1828-07-29


and are transmitted rs axio,ns. from age 10 age,
because uttered by men who had gained high re-
pute for wisdom aud for learning. But he who
considers that the wisest are not always wise
that circumstances may occur to ruhe the calInest
temper, and cloud the clearest mind I; and that,
during an hour Of disappointment. or OF calamity.
sentiments may be expressed WVch were never
seriously entertained. will hear with suspicion and
pause before he adurt an ornion, like that Of
The mist0c,es, calculated to chill the ardent beat.
ings uf the heart, and render it msanthropic and
unhappy. That sorrow and misfortune are the lot
Of all who bear part in the complicated drama ol
life, is undoubtedly true but even those who ap.
pear the most wreched, have. provided they are
not guilty. their alterations of pleasure; and all,
whether Of high, or Of low estate, in looking back
over the waste Of years, can fix their mental gaze
upon some sunny spot. which cheercd them as they
advanced and tie retrospect of which it continues
to cheer
1t has often been mated Of aged meu, that, in :
counting the events of their lives, they dwell most
frequently. and appsrantlv with most pleasure, on
those, which as they occurred. occasioned them
the most uneasiness. The dangers they encouil-
tered in youth, their trials BY sickness. and even
the havoc made hy death in the family circle, are
the usual themes Of discourse, aud though the re-
la,ion Of circumstances ike these universally gath
crs kind Of twilight shadow over the mind, yet
It possesses the soitncss oI evening, destitute Of
gloom.
To him who Is approaching. after well spent
life, the bourn where earthly pleasures and earthly
perplexities alike must terminate, memory is in
deed friend, with whose consultations the soul
could not be induced to part. Bat lie. whose sur
vey of the past. rests only on acts Of folly, and
on fair occasions gone forever bv,' may well
shudder at her un-poken reptoaehes, /" ioud to the
mind as thunder to the ear There are none, it
is true, to whom memory does not suggest indis
cretions and extra, iganelcs, for havin. committed
which. regret must be experienced; but il is to be
hoped that there are few Who cannot revert to c.
vents of an opposite character, TO couDteiba ancc
the effects Of these.
Memory was given 70 man as a guide and
monitor. 10 tie outset Of lie il gathers bv its n
cessant operation. the stores Of knowledge into his
mind and as lie progresses and has occasion IL
Use them, it hrinas them forth from the thousand
mysterious chambers Where they had lain distrbut-
ed when, having answered the purpose of their
production, it re;epusItes them, nnl they shall be
required for future USE. Without memory, no other
faculty could exist. We know nothing of the fu
ture but by five past We cannot reason bit BY
comparing and yaiiouslv combining those images
of which we are areaay Possessed aud imagination
could never wave her soaring pinion, did not me-
mory direct its flight.
From her, sweet hove her airy colouring draws,
And fatcy's fight, tec 70 her laws.
Let any one, who has arrived at the middle STAGE
Of existence, when the delus,ve antictpatlons nt
youth have ceased y bc9uilc, and when to look
back is easy as 10 look forward. be asked from
"iat source he derives the purcst and sweetest en-
joyment. HIS answer viii be from memory. The
pleasures Of his boy days hc will trll YOU
often rise in shadowy sembance to his mental
,ew associations then formed. and never 70 be
forgotten seem awhile to be renewed, and thn
Otrhatd, tie mcedoH. The derp-anglel wliG
w0od,' are again trod by busy feet and vocal wlth
the iocNHa laugh of innocent chahnod. Or The
0li man these remarks arc ,jaticuIa,ly tt9e.---
"lih hlh the season Vi antcipa'lon has nasNed a.
way, and he ltye. atnnSt entirely in Il by-aunc
world lie has nothlng 10 hope for, but mach to
remember and that meno'v cenfcrs happiness
needs no other proof than the tranquility which Il
sualy accompanies Oh a,r.
" Lighter thaa air hnpe'5 sumner visions as.
If Dat a HsetinS clo' i obscure Ec skv;
LEI but a beam T srber &c son b ay
let fancy fairy itast wcrs r,elt away;
i'ut can the wlles OF art. The gtasp Of tow.r
Snaci the rich relics or awt y spent li,Ytl
These "hen me trembling soul shat @ng her Fight
Pour s-"nnd her path tood nF living rglt
Anh fi'd those realms OF pure and perfect rest
Nhefe virtue ranlihs, aud her are best."
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rnoM LATE sSGIIsU pArrrs
IS curious fact proved hv one IF he rnost c,,rc
medical men vn%, that the number of SHE des y es4 IL
given number Of esons in this couny ia, in .ry ON !
country ~ Europe. france e!io l Me artres number
nd We believe. Prussia. the nex B4t the rc,.oa W.
sve always had MS b. pre.,mnerc. ass sncd Z. IL h
ht no man DIES sudd My country Hiho0t Al M.
quest Af'nE aFen npon the body. which nqats; aIway.
Natc pahic Tbs is nAt the ctsc abroad Nn incnc,t.
r- held, anl h;ilc or no inquiry made Tie an -, Of
bodies taFen oH' a The Sciae aud cnusi ed X NJ.
'orghe IS 'e'y great; yt is never pnhi,heA lf 'hr
BODIES are osrei by Isl les and rcns thoy are ak,
way aud hnrtd II not o%e, theg .ured at,er er
tia time, ard me pnic kur* thing NE nsrtr re
,cies AT Fais drng th4 last year Are stated N 17s; N
wi.ch 9l3 were occssioucd by gaming.
Sciiao Journal sta ca hat youth ouly thiitc year.
4 a the son Of poo stnne uasoa has ed ,,el o