Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-09-13
*Indian word for Congress.
AN EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG MEN

The f, loving sketch Of the early
s'rug lies Of the boy BowD,Tcu with
he disadvantages Of fortune, is abridg-
ed from the enlogy delivered by Daniel
Appleton White
Soon after removing to Mr. Wards store,
he was favored with the friendship of the
| Hon Naihan Reed, who then kept the
apothrcar'ys shop in Salem. MIR Reed
himself lover of science, perceiving bis
| insaiable thirst for knowledge. offered hlm
free use of his books, among which wer"
a number Of valuable works IN maihemat-
les, astronomy aud natnral philosophy.
This was most welcome prisilrge, aud
he improved it to the fullest extent He
| felt the absence Of scientific books, as u
great impeachment in The way of prosecu-
Fling his beloved studies to his own saisfac-
ton. Every thing which perseyering in
dustrv and labor could do to remove this
irpediment, vas done by him. He copied
in whole or in part, many of the volumes
which he was able to borrow or consult,
perhaps with the double view of possessing
the works, aud fixing their contents more
deeply in his mind. There are now in his
library twelve folio, and fourteen qnato
volumes of manuscripts, from his own pen,
including several volumes of original mato
ter, written at aer period. No one with
out actual inspection Of these volumes, can
form Just estimate Of his predictions labor
and diligence in producing them They APP
pear to me among he most astonishing
monuments of human industry. which ev
err hehed. The first, in order of time, Of
these folio volumes, bears the date Of 1897.
when he was fourteen years old, and con-
tains long treaties on algebra, another
en- geometry, and third upon comic Sec
tons This was the wear in which he stud
led algebra, and he bad no other way of
owning the book but by transmitting it.
Two other folio volumes, the first md sec
ond of those which he denomnnted COM
mon-place books, comprise together over
twenty-ihree hundred pages, each page
containing about fifty lines, written IN his
n eat and close manner.
| But how it will naturally be asked ,conld
any Young man, situated as Mr. Bowditch
was, find time for the successful prosecu-
! ton of such profound mathematical and
| philosophical studies and lahors9 He pass
his DAYS in a merchants store, ordinarily
engaged in business from morning till
night, and exposed to all the temptations
and diversions, which usually beset young
men in populous place. How then could
be find time for accomplishing such incred-
blc undertakings The answer ought TO be
given distinctly and fully, for it presents
his example in most prominent view, for
the admiration and instruction of all young
men, who are capable Of catching a parti-
Gle Of his spirit To all Appearance, GER
tainly, he had no time for such underta-
kings. Most other persons, in his stun
ton, would have had none. MANY would
not have found time for half the business
which he performed, and some would have
found no time for any thing useful. II de-
pends very much upon our determination
md resolution, how far time shall be truly
time to us, or mere duration. Mr. Bow
ditch was determined to make it, If posi-
Bile, more than time to him. He had the
sagacty and industry to create time fol
himself, and to redonbe its value, by his
manner Of usinglif. He rescued the bright
morning hoursfrom the grasp of sleep ahc
Incidence, and devoted them to those alb