Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-03-15

This life is a succession of mysteries. Where
ever We -behind--before around we are en-
yelo ped in shades which the mind of man may new
or penetrate. II We cast our eye upward, the stars
are "a beauty and mystery, and they roll on their
paths Of melody, forever beaming on US, in mild,
uncarihly glory. Dor very existence is o mystery;
our origin--oor destiny past, the future-all
is dark involved, mex 2Iicable. We mutilate the
noble nesmcnts Of tue human form divine the
burial place of afection-the peneirahd where rea-
con once dwelt we violate and those cells where
memory slep, we rudely burst asunder with sa-
eregious baDd, we tear open the secret sanctuary
Of Nature, and reckless, desecrate her hottest re-
trenents to gather up Conclusions most forbidden;
and then We turn away, weary, despa'r'ng, sick at
heart, with disappointment. We gaze upon the
sweet face Of inanmate nature, decked IN all the
bew,ching loneliness Of woodland and vale, OF the
lake and the bill, the mellow gorgeousness OF
Auiumn--the balmy freshness of Spring and then
drunk with her beauties, we turn AWAY unsatisfed.
Lake the wailiag infant for the bosom Of its moth
or, the heart yearns TO join in full uninterrupted
communion with Natures self but the cold re-
pulse the deep silence, the rolling back of It's own
troubled surges upon the soul, tell too truly, that
even here the stern mandate has gone forth, Thus
far and no farther J.
ience, and dive into The unfaihomsble profundities
Of mind the inscrutsble recreces Of the soul, then
it is, that mystery blszes forth from every dusky
portal we would unfold. How Illuminating to the
pride Of man. there TO be repused where he had
fondy deemed himself at home. Yet. there is a
melancholy pleasure in scrutnziiDg the operations
of the human intellect /: and that, too, even when
the silyery tones Of reason, which once rung on:
clear silenced the rich harp strings OF the soul
dashed, aud all is faulty, chaos, and night
The music Of a ruined mind is onen exquisltely
mourncd, and like the sad wsilings Of the midnight
blast, sweeps over the feelings, with influences IN
seen. but resistless.
OF all the varied phenomena, which the human
mind in its cesseless beaving, has thrown up TO the
cognzance Of the meta yscian, none are cncula-
ted TO arouse within the principle Of curiosity
more intensely than that mysterious arrangement
Of it's faculties. called iHsanity. There is IN the
condition of those bereft Of reason. a something so
upesrhly and spirit-lke, that their every action.
and feeling and thought assumes a strange, unwon-
ted Importance; as the tongues Of dying men,
their words
Enforce attention like deep harmony"
We look upon them as inhabitants of ano,her sphere,
the beholders Of other scenes the recipients Of 9TH
or bountes. the subjects Of otber emotions aud as
Of the Messenger Bird from happier world OF
them, we loLg to learn what they see and feel, in
their own state Of existence.
As q department Of medical literature aud intel
leotuai philosophy, few topics have given birth to
speculation more wide and contradictory, than that
@. internal alienation. Bu; not to the meisphysi
can or the professional maa alone does this inter
es,ng disorder presen, subject for inquiry aud re-
iection. Many there are IN every path Of life, who
though Indifferent; to other departments Of philoso-
ply and medicine. cannot but feel painful interest
an those diseases aseFibed 10 the immortal mind
And is IL strange. the feeling manifested upon this
mosi melancholy disorder, when We reflect how in
ssiiate have been its rsysges among the children
Of men, and that from It's fearful attacks none are
secure. Who, that now exul,s IN ell the pride and
dignity 81 reason. can ssy how the golden
chord q intellect may be r0dcly snapped the deli
cate machinery q mind become impaired, and lie
glorious structure be laid in ruins Who can say.
as he looks on the loved ones around him and
meets the k0dness and love that the reh Light Of
iniellee besmng from the eye, the bland and beau
ufsf expression rePosing The features. may not
ere ious be quenehed in the dresry midnight Of dec
pair. OF tineled In the flashing wildhre Of madness
Hos fes eau survey the dear circle 81 hundred and
love and Throughout the whole feel the heart wrang
with snggish a; no solitary Instance Of lh,s tern.
be disorder IAus IA sksles0z IN erny koass =
Tbs interest felt VPon the subject Of asaRiiy has
seea reeP--si ho beea Bnive-sAi. The mists N