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vision Of the temple of Fame. On one side
lyou behold the serene and classic beauty Of
a Doric front, with images of antique strength
and grace on another, the grandeur and tho
gloom of a Gothic structure on the third
the pride and splendor and magnificent exag-
geraiion of Eastern pomp on fourth, the
dull, impcnetrablc mystery Of Egypt. His
spirit was as various as the morning sky
The truth is, his life was an acted drama,
Of five aud twenty acts.-LANpoR.
| The true and bright view Of Napolcon's
empire is, to consider it Democracy. Re-
garded as type Of that Democratic system
which will overrun the world his empire is
asplendid, mfntcly crouded rehearsal Of
the coming drama Of ages. lie who would
understand the whole nature, power and phi
losophy of Democracy, must study that en-
pire. Many thoughts belong to that sub
Iject. Pitt was the man who said with alb
sou,e truth, that Napoleon was "the child
and champion of Democracy"
| Sensibiy is not sure pledge of "good
poet" though among the most common
meanings Of that many-meaniug and too
commonly misaprlicd xpression.-Coic-
ridge.
No melody is immortal but that of the
drum or cannon that alone is eternally re-
produced. How the Corsican knew how to
touch that insirumcnt--.ie Handel of the
iron flute What brave tunes they played
oil at Boradno and at Eylau What
concert was given under the pyramids
the companies in squares, the nnisi-
clans at the angles, and the shod feet of the
Maneukc cavalry marking time upon the
crus,cd sand For the rest, what composcr
is there whom you recognize as great-whosc
name rushes on the brcaihlcss soul and ech-
oes through the spirit with sound like thun-
der, or the voice of Milton! Fashions vary.
tastes change. Who PLAYS Pur,iel ?-WLo
sings Arnc : The musician cannot throw
himself upon the broad, changclcss instinct
Of popular judgement, which after the sub
tloties of criticism src exhausted, aud the dis
putes of the schools are at an end, must de-
eide upon questions Of taste, and to which
literary creators may directly appcal.-Lan-
dor.
| When a man filings himself free from all
human tics, and is self hurled into the inf
mite abandonment Of the Iusts of the mind
his soul becomes charged with all the weight
aud magnifcence Of all the fires of hell.
| The Iniernn saints all minister their power
10 his spirit; Vanity, with its craving eyes
Pride with its Wanting recklessness-the
stcel-ippcd thongs of Ambi,on-,he fiend-
ish vigor Of Despair.-Ldndor.
There is in human nature more of the fool
than the wise, aud that which addresses it.
self to the foolish part of mems minds will
pravail over that which speaks to the wiser.
BACON.
We little know how liaht a thing
May dry the tear Of woe
| The piltnnce slight and one kind word
! With which We all can part,
MAY take the sting fion poverty
| Or save broken heart
There are instances when the moral
sense and taste, or the instructive feeling of
what is true in human nature, and of what
is harmonious and consistent with itself, are
less falIihlc. we may boldly say, than direct
reasoning even of the severcSt sort; for in
our reasonings afalsc step, at the commences
ment, sends far astray but as 10 the indi-
cations of the moral sense, in gathering them
up, we are feeling our path as we proceed,
and at every step we get on much the nearer
to truth and certainty. Logic takes US on
curcult, viii h,it the course rbc but correctly
calculated, brings us round to legitimate
conclusion. But the method of induction bv
the tact OF the moral sense, is WALKING
with nature, ona days journey, and making
ourselves familiar with the sweet tones of
her voice in a heightened converse Tar
Tor on Spiritual ChristiGRity.
1t is principle of human nature, well
understood, that the genuine workings ofthc
f heart are IN no manner more effectively
depressed and excluded than when they be-
come transmitted into the Elusive form, of a
poetic enthusiasm. What is general be nevo-
lencc-what is lrcndship-wIat is flial love
h when they slide of into romantic sentiment ?
nothing better are they than shining exhala-
tons false and cold Ibid.
lie is an enthusiast, surey--not who feels
strongly on an occasion which would Justify
c feelings much more intense: but he whose
emotions, whether more or less acute. arc
SPURIOUS that is to say, are not the quail
S ity which the occasion demands a; and whose
= sentiments want heart, truth, proportion.--
= fcetiag too little is always the fault of the
enthusiast, and of the fanatic too; even When
his spurious passions mount TO tho hughes
e pitch Ibid.
e AMDITIoN.--Cardnal Alboom, when lc.
gate of Romagna, and at the age Of 20, en-.
deavored to make himself master of,he little
Il republic oiSan Marine, bnt was disappoint.
ed and very nearly murdered by the inhab-
itants. This made the pope Benedict XIV
say, "Albuoni was like gulton, who, after
haging eaten large salmon, could not hclr
casting wlshiul eye upon minnow."
. LOOKING Ur.-This passage is from Cole
ridges A ids 10 reflection
Every rank of creatures, as it ascends il
the scale Of creation, leaves death behind i
e or under it. The metal at its hight of being
seems mute prophecy of the coming veg
l.,. int, e, III