Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-12-03
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AuFeam quisqais mediucesatem
Dilget, TITUS csret obsoleti
Sofdidus teci', csret invidenda.
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The man @ithia The golden mean
Who can his bollcst w,sa restrain,
Securely views the ruined cell.
Where sngdid GIANT and sorrow dgep.
And. in hilpsslf serenely great,
Declines an enyied room OF S ate.
Fancis.
| thank heaven for no earthly blessinr
nore than for this: that was born sith an
1 equal and contcnicd mind. Il is incalculable
I from how much disappointment and yexation
/ and misery, this single trait of character has
saved me. Neither plodding ayariee, nor
wounded pride, nor schen,ing ambition ever
planted one thorn in my pillow, or troubled,
i for an instant, that sweet and careless repose,
II that nightly sheds its peoples around my
head / thank heaven, too, that my native
sqlaniuity has been so happily exempted
from disturbances by extraneous cirrunstan-
ces; that have neser experienced either that
pang OF poverty which is, on all hands, adj
mltted to be 50 dangerous to virtue, nor the
i equally dangerous impulse of redundant
wealth. Ii have been obscure, have ne
iFertheless been happy; at least as much so as
Han Old Bachelor can be. Satisfied with the
4 private station in which was born, have
4 endeaVored, to the utfaest of my ability to
i discharge the duties of it, and have never en-
I We'd either Woolsey his dangerous honors, or
Dives his damning gold. take no credit TO
myself for these advantages, The orderly cur
rent Of my blood, and the happy mediocrity
of my fortune are, alike, the free unmerted
| boon Of heaven.
dare say that many of my young readers,
| far from envying rae either of these blessings,
f. are really, Aereupon, to denounce rae as a
/ poor spirited fellow; drone that never felt
The sting Of genius; and this, | grant, is true
But they cannot justly reproach me with
having been SO duh and stupid in my youth,
SO prone to the beaten track of my ancestors
/ as never TO have paused to look around me;
and to examine and compare the various
Duts through life which opened themselves
to my view and courted my choice. Nor
can they say, that | was SO purbiind. as not to
see the temples of wealth and glory seated on
| alpine heights, which seemed to bound and
Overlook these bright careers, and beekon
the young adyenturer on. | saw them all;
and at q time of life, too. when neither inter-
Vening glaciers, nor overhanging sleeps, how
ever arduous or periious. would have deter
red me from the enterprZe. saw them in
my youth, when was borne along hV an en-
tusiasm Of character before which The Alps
and Pyreneans would have sunk into plain,
m any cause consenia, with my soul. Bat
nat enthusiasm was never touched by the
prospect either Of wealth or Of political hem
ors; and had it not been to please one among
The best and most beloved Of mothers, | am
very certain that, unless from literary cunos-
ty, should never have perused page either
of Bracton or Hippocrates.
AS to wealth: very early in my childhood.
was iorcibly struck with a plate in one of
the volumes of Pope's works, which repre-
seatod miser. He was lying among his
bags OF money, pale and emaciated, with his
conntenance marked end furrowed with pain
III apprehension and pining want;-while a
a9wii serpent encircled his body in several
l3lds, and, @ith iangs fastened IN his breast.
seemed 10 be sucking from his system the
list DIP OF the milk Of human kindness, and
supplying It's place with his own poison. The
plate was large, for the volume was a uuarto.
and the device SO web executed, so true to
INC hie, thai slluddered involuntarily, and
drew back as | opened it. 4 was too Young
10 understand Inc design bT reading the text,
and, OF course, had &c ask lis meaning of my
mother. 1t was then, for the first time, and
with feelings all ayv.ke, that heard the dan
gtT OF riches described; and saw painted, to
the tnind's eye AMI 10 the heart, a picture of
aYance 50 strong, SO indeiihly impressive,
at all ihaYe since heard and read upon the
SUBJECT (Bourdaloue's sublime sermon not ex-
clpted} has seemed comparatively dull and
Hat Ny Fdotlrer knew well that The whole
secret - producing great and Esting effects
consisted Ia hitting the critical minute, when
a. '1c powers and feelings Of the mind were
VIOLENTLY excited and drawn to die inquiry,
shd no cue knew better than she did how to
we aBd improve those occasions. She
nath great spirit as web as sensibitity,
lle had eye that spoke more inpres-
sven than her lips. ! shall never for
InG lecture while my mind retains its fac
nlaes; Tor striking as it was in every other
aspect. size intcrwoye with il several little
s,osies, which gave ii all the dramatic inter
est ihat suited my years, and was most hap
lly calculated TO engrayethe moral ON my
hcmory. There was one Of those stories, /
neli remember, whose incidents, as she re-
called and repeated them, frequently filed
hei eyes with tears, and pbstructed her ut
TRANCE have often thought OF that story
and, recolleeiing the strong emotions with
winch she related II, cannot beip saspectlng
INT the hero OF her narrative had, in her ear
y lie, had deep interest IN her heart.
H0vaS a cousin of hers, she said, hal lived
III Inc same village, gone TO the same school
and mingled with her, for many a happy
year, IA the same christmas gambols and hc-