The Pearl River banner. (Monticello, Miss.) 1837-18??, 1839-03-30
loa THE MOBILE LITERARY GAZETTE.
POWER OFSrHE SOUL
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| IN apess In efteeai figssisl stunces pilt 90
| N hue VI IL o,cn .feeiinss.
! Mkaphyseisns and moraists have dis
eourk 4 on Inc powered mind Ia inses.i-
gsfisk dfstlopjrg anJ illustrating The
Hniodples. laws, and infn4ncss which
| govf n universal nature. But very lev
ever Slite and none full nndefstsnd o.
afpftcjSte that peculiar power Of The soul
10I8fpsfiing to circumstances that sur
so4Iil I, The cass and hue Of lis own feel.
vsa'ip his Various moods sees every
ishmg abnUtbjr, as bis mind is operated
opsrby uiIitreui passions that agitaIe and
torfl 9lH human breast, There is no
IpFtac pie IA philosophy more susceptible
ot7iNrupt had lIIat the mind views every
| thing with sshiSh itArnmes in contact,
Through the nedium Of its own tastes and
and always judges according 10
| IA peculiar state AZ the time Of lis imme
dale action. II The spirit is purIurbed
by the various exeiiements to which il is
incideni, al ,biGgs about il have cores.
pending tumuluous character. The very
camness and quiet Of nature seems but
the roar Of The tempests, and the strife VI
contend,ng elements. Il sadness over
whcIms tne heart, all beauty and lowell
! aess but add 10 ibe deep sombrr Of ma
urf's impressive grandeur. If joy
| course through tbe breast, all things look
brsL, and glowing, and the very gloom
of night becomes the object OF highest
| admiration.
So too w,ih The peculiar cast Of the
| minds OF individuals. What 10 Cow
rer WAS coveted with The depths Of gIoo
my reverence. 10 a Byron was clothed 10
| a garb 81 subl,mesl grandeur! When one
heard the voice Of storms be could only
souniemp.aie The awful majesty Of Ma
| lures God; while the other was ecstatic
with joy as
ssFar along
From peak IN peak, The rafting crags along
Leaped in I've thunScrl'
What 10 Newton was The subjpctof phi
losoph'cab investigation. 10 . Milton was
Cause oi spirEl stirring song? When
Napoleon saw the world IN arms, he soar
ed still loiiier on Anbi;ibn's wing; when
Washington saw TIE siriie Of nations, he
read The folly 0! human glory. To The
| ear OF Mozart there was music ia the fem
pest. or The rippiing Of the brook; while
The unrsfneJ cannot distinguish tho least
concord in vast creation. AL things, Ia
all men, with The hues Of feeling that pos
sess their soul. And whether siung by
Ireporse, or gladdened by innocence;
whether reused by angry impulse. Or
sooihed by dulcei strains, every external
circumstance. every surrounding object
partakes Of the cast VI our mind, and is
y.ewed precisely ii accordance with the
feelings that are immediately operative.
When anshrd with victorious Donors,
Xerxes could presume himself The master
| Of the elements, and endeavor 10 lash
The oceans waves into obedience; but
when ~ the calm exert'se ~ sober Tefltc
tons, he could weep over the army OF Q
million men, because ne rememoereo :
century W"''ld pusy 'hem. ~ ms Z,
what Toe oolec'' "he'nrr ra'sf"oon' r'e'
ltIpn. ar Truth. whether Nature, Intellect,
o. he''sion' VAIN wbssever y y surround !.
ed, or whatever y s'eWs' ''e soul, % ~
~ various operations invests mos. papa
hly with me hue and nature OF us own