Litchfield enquirer., 1835-11-19

ty-JtUe to- iIr one s and all our best books
commonly run through more and larger edi-
tons, there than they do at home. aas
"ts They have no literature, indeed! The
fact is, they have all the literature that is
possible to their age and circumstances /;
and as these advance, they will assuredly
advance in the more abstrGse and abstract
science, till it shall be a bold thing for any
to call themselves their peers. Their A.
deity for the past is their security for the
future. Meantime, are not Newton and
Locke, Bacon and Shakespeare, as. much
theirs as they are ours Would il be Wis
dom on their part to repudiats them, even
# they had not an equal claim 70 them :
Would it be wisdem in US to reproach them
with tastes which do them honor, and TO
endeavot to separate them from commune
tyin our common republic of letters, which
moro than any thing may make two great
nations, that are one in affinity, Que in fact .
For my own part, i know Of nothing more
truly sublime than 10, see this people, 10 the
very infancy Of their national existence.
put forth such Herculean energy, for the
diffusion Of universal knowledge and uni
yersal virtue. But prejudice has neither.
eyes nor ears."s s-'ta>st ~ ~ a4
"uessaa TRUTH y
Truth Is the basis Of all other virtues,
and he who does not hold it beyond all
price--who would not adhere to IL, throS
every vicissitude and every peril---who
would not cherish it as the6anchor Of his,
hope-is lost to the impulses oil. honor and
self-respect., It being the foundations Of
nv fhow 4a%f sh,,hO OT
probation, follows as a ! natural consa-
quence, that if il be distracted, the whole
moral superstructuref falls TO the ground
The individual, therefore, who. can so far
forget himselfas TO give utteEance 10 false
hood, is more an object Of adherence than
Of pity and tho we may deplore as men,
the existence in his breast of that depravity
which may have reduced him to- a level so
revolving TO our nature, we cannot without
doing violence TO our principles lend him
our sympathys Hence then every parent
should feel himsslG imperioosly called upon
by every endearing consideration, to teach
his children the value Of truth from their
earliest lispings. Its beauty should be ear
~ exhibited before. their eyes, not only in
parental PRECEPTs but to these, should be
superaddsd the, force Of EXAMPLE. For
he who teaches, should illustrate by his
nsun Goou uccuSS HIS DyftTr JgT gUU UxceI-
lence ofthe doctrines he may desire. to I'M
culcate, as, without practice, professions
become ridiculous in the sight Of others if
not positively pernicious in their tendency
upon private and public morals. Profes-
sions without practice. is like faith without
works, deficient in the evidence Of their
SINCERITY, that most essential ingredient
in their coRpOsitiop, and which alone can
impart dignity to human actions, and sane
iify human motives and adorn the human
character.
Insanity-There is no end to the false
impressions and decisions with which the
mind may be affected. A physician was
once called TO see a man laboring nndss the
fancy shat he was tea-poi, And when
the physician endeavored to ridicnle him
out Of the idea, he indignantly replied, ~
am teapot" and forming semi-circle
with ono arnA bv placing bis hand upon bis
hip, he said, "there is the handle" and
thrusting out the other arm. !" there is the
spout" Men have believed themselves
converted into barrels and rolled about tho
streets. One case is recorded Of man
who believed himself a clock, and would
stand for hours ut the head OF the stairs.
clicking with his tongue. A respectable
iradesulan in England even ancied him
self n,etalnorphosed into seven shilling
piece, and took the precaution Of request
ing, as peculiar favor, Of his friends, that
IL his wife should present him in payment,
they would not give change for him. Some
have supposed that naaRy armed knights
were engaged in battling with them. "A
sea captain in Philadelphia, believed for
many years that he had wolf 10 his liver.
A madpan 10 the Pennsylvania hospital
believed that he was once calf, and men,
toned the name Of the butcher who killed
him. and the stall in Philadelphia market
on which his flesh was sold. previously to
bis animating his present body. One man
believed his legs to be made Of butter. and
with the greatest caution avoids the fire;
another ipaagines them to be made Of glass,
and with extreme care wraps them up and
guapds then, with wooden boxes when he
goes out 10 ride. 4 prince Of Bourbon
often supposes himself to be a plaRA and
taking his stand in the garden, would insist
upon being watered in common with the
plants around him. A Frencl, gentleman
imagined himself "a be dead, and refused
to eat, TO prevent his dying with starva-
tion, tive persons were introduced to him
IN the rharaefar of ;li,asfrioms daad kka