Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1841-12-17
THE WORTH OF THE MIND

nc mind how little it known or consder.d,- tia.
a.. "l''n man permanently is-thc inward being the di.
VINE energy the immortal thought, the boundless canac;v
the infinite aspiration, how few value this-bis vaJ
mind, for what it worth. How few see ith,, h,
mind, in others-see it in all the forms of wro,cboJ
and splendor alkethough fenced around with ali tho COS
ica distinctions Of socetysec through the ran. ;,,
which poverty has clothed it, beneath the crushing bar,h M
OF lie, amid the close pressure of worldly troubles want,
and sorrowssee it, and acknowledge and cheer il in ,b,
humble lot and feel that the nobility of earth. tba, tho
commencing glory of heaven is there! Nor is this tb,
worst, nor the strongest view of the case Men do no,
lee the worth of their own minds They are very nroud
OF their POSSESSIONS they proud their minds NAV
nc' as distinguishing them but the intrinsic the inward
INC minnie "o OF their own minds they do not perceive
How many man there would feel if he were introduced
INTO some magnificent palace, and led through suc
cessioh oil splendid apartments filled with rich and porgeous
luh'ore-would ieel' say as le lofty, immortal being
as lie s were but an ordinary thing amid the tnseed show
around HIM; would feel as if he were \ mor od;.-'
ed Will" ITO "aiA-
How many who, as he passed ALONG tho .,,,.;1.
saw the chariot OF wealth rolling by him. would forget tho
intrinsic and eternaldgny of his own mind in noor do.
grading envy OF that vain pageant-woud feel himself to
be an humber creature, because in mind but in meas.
uraon he was not quite high! And 80 ono ,s this !.
the case, do you believe that men understand their on
mnds-tiat they know what they possess within ,bem
How many, in fact, feel their inward beino tb,, mind
were respectable chiefly because their bodies lean on silk
en- couohes and are fed with costly uxIres How m,nv
respect themselves, and look for respect from other. IN
proportion as they grow more rich and live more splendid.
y, not more wsely-and fare sumptously every day
surely 1t is not strange while all this is true that men
should he more attracted by objects of sense and apnc,e
than by miracles of wisdom and love- And it is not STRANGE
that the spiritual riches which is exhored to seek are
represented in scripture hidden treasurcs for thew arc
indeed hidden IN depths Of the sou-hdden covered I'D
with worldly gains, and pomps and vanties 1t is not
strange that the kingdom OF heaven that KINGDOM which x
whin IS represented as treasure hidden in field he
Mowers DIoom ana the long grass waves there, and men
pass ny ana say 1t beauiu but this very beauty, this
very uxurlance concea the treasure And so is in th,
life that luxury and show, fashion and outward beauty
worldly pursuits and possessions tho eyes of men,
and they know not the treasure that is hidden in every hu-
man soul-OrrWe Dewey.
The DAGUERREoTyPE AN INSTRUMENT OF Po1nr-It
never entered the head probably of ~ Douoerre when
perecng the process OF causing the sunbeams play tie
Inner, that this beaut ul application of science would be-
come rccource for the repression of crime Such how
ever, is the fact and now the French police wien any
suspicious person or known criminal is arrested cause him
to be daguerreoyped and his likeness appended 70 tho
register so mat II, after lie liberty he shall again
be implicated in any offence, his likeness being exhibited
to the various police agents. the detection lecomes more
|
The rogues however have found this out and now. when
subjected to the process of dagucrrcovpng make such
hldeos grimaces entirely alter the usual EXPRESSION
OF their countenanCe.
The difficulty procuring unamitv in jury trials las re
Gently found remedy in Illinois, and one which flrnshe,
no very feeble illustration of the SYSTEM |, seem. that
some notorious horse thieves had been arrested and tried
several tmes but 1t was quite impossible convict them
though the ceares evidence of their guilt was PRODUCED
probably because some of their confcderates
at least having abstract scruples to the con-
sutionaiy OF the law publishing such Offences were en-
pannelled In April last however, couple of ewes were
tried and found guilty beyond doubt but one of the Juror,
refused to convict him. whereupon the other eleven told
the gentleman OF contentious scupes that he must agree
to find the fellow guilty they would cowhde him. This
argument had weight with that wrought wonders upon
the Conscience, and the thieves were convicted and sem
tcnccd.-N. Y. COm. g. Eng.