Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1833-09-19

EFFEcTs OF CLIMATE AND Passions
ON TIE MIND Climate, by its influence
upon the body, produces endless diversi-
ties of mind. Compare the timid, indo-
lent, vivacious, and irritable inhabitant
Of the line, with the phlegmatc and stu
pid Greenlander. Every man knows
how the state Of his mind is modified by
different periods of the day, changes in
the weather and The seasons" He who
attempts mental effort during fit of in
digestion, will cease to wonder that Pla-
to located the soul in the stomach. A
few drops Of water upon the face, or a
feather burnt under the nostril of one in
4 swoon, awakens the mind from its deep
sleep Of unconsciousness. A slight i'm
preston made upon nerve often breaks
the chain ofthought, and the mind tosses
IN tumult Let a peculiar vibration guiv-
or upon the nerve of hearing, and a tide
Of wild emotion rushes over the soul
"By turns they feel the glowing mind
Disturbed, delighted, raised, refined"
Strike the Marseilles hymn in the streets
Of Paris, and you lash the populace into
fury. Sing the RAM des Naches to the
Swiss soldiers, and they gush into tears
The man who can think with a gnat in
his eye, or reason while The nerve Of a
tooth is twinging, or when his stomach
is nauseated, or when his lungs arc op-
pressed and laborng-he who can give
wing to his Imagination when shivering
with cold, or iainting with heat, or WON
down with toll can claim exemption
from the common lot of humanity. In
different periods Of life, the mind wakes
and wanes with the body; in youth
cheerful, full of daring, quick to see
and keen TO feel; in old age, desponding
tmid, perception dim, and emotion Ian.
guid. When the blood circuates with
unusual energy, the coward rises into q
hero; when it cree p ieebly, the hero
sin S into coward.
The effects produced by different
states Of the mind upon the body are e.
qually sudden and powerful. Plato used
to say, that call the diseases of the body
proceed from the soul" The express.
sion Of the countenancc is mind risiJie
Bad news weakens the action of the
heart, oppresses the lungs, destroys ap
petite, stops digestion, and partially sus
pends all the functions Of the system
An emotion Of shame ilushes the face
fear blanches it; JOY iHu,ninates it, anc
an instant thrill electrifics n mlllior
nerves. SurprIze spurs the pulse into &
gallop. Dclirlum iniuses giant energy
Volition commands, and hundreds o
muscles spring to execute. Powerful
emotion often kills the body at a stroke
Chilo, Diagoras, and Sophocles, died o
JOY at the Elean games. The news o
a defeat killed Philip V. One Of tn,
popes died Of an emotion of the ludicrous
on seeing his pet monkey robed in pom
tiicals, and occupying the chair Of state
Nluley Moluck was carried upon th
field Of battle in the last stages of an in
curaLle disease. Upon seeing his arm.
give way, he leaped from the litter, raj
he'd his panic strlkcn troops, rolled bacl
the tide of battle, shouted victory, an,
died: The door-keeper Of Congress ex
!, pred upon hearing Of the surrender o
CORVALLIS. Eminent public speaker
have often died, either iu the midst @
an impassioned burst of cloquence, O
when the deep emotion that produced
had suddenly subsided. The late VI,
1 Pinckney, of Baltimore, MIR Emmett, G
Newly ork, and the Hon. Ezekiel Wei
ster, of New-IIampshire, are recent in
) stances. Legrave, the young Parsar
died, a few months since, when he hear
that The musical prize for which he ha
competed was adludged 10 another