The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-10-06
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GrsrLKxKS:-Ths sss 10 sniasnlly
,t.snc.l and snsfgeslr. lnssery Depart
nea. q kao~ledEs. and 10 III tlss svsaus'
.A.eh lead 10 wsslsh sad hsppinsss AID
haasf. shs l,ghIs I'll sxPsrleace are poaI.
i.s IN spoa Ihs 5sIkasss Of ealjselaIsi
G,I..hsad 10 bosiag benssih lhs scsplrs
.ad ,he d;sesn IL truth and mrn ara
b,s,unins 10 undrrsisnd. more fully and
prapsrly. their responsibilities. sbsolsI.
and rrl.u,e. and &, sTpfeeisss the pos
sts, .shs hrps and me iesnniss Of The
rec. A. M period. perhaps. ~ The hIs
,sry Of me .sslf have he sciences 5esu
a ia,snssly . sdird and 90 widely dis.
,smiaalsd az they are g prssrns. And d
that ~e have been acru.lomsd 70 demo
inmate antiquity. be ao'hing sore than tbs
ial.aey ef mshklnd. hen indeed do %
live in the sigar sad IN ihe fuIlness Of lime,
.hsn lac sad arIer and civilization. re-
6n.c snd purified by the fires oi gene
roo. freedom. and mslIu~ed By the hand
of chfl,ussiy. throw their board Shields
a once o.ef The richest and The pnnresi,
f,ylas no frss,er prn'rrllob 10 the Prince,
sm a The pomp and gafaiiure ol d,,iine
ton. than ihey do 10 The Mechanic sad
the A,uz.n. sm,d their rerplexi,irs. their
Tolls and their l,bours. The sesplfe oI
,hass Who ~eIs onre mighty % cypress
lhs nslians. has bren bsnk.a ke "a Dh
wmpersd sprsE aud The systems Of the
dslk .grs. ~hish rose shady bal sdec,u-
sII,, ia ihs midst Of bls.d. and carnage
and disorder. have bern torn aud scst,rrrJ
"a The Winds of eesnl.noa The teudsl
,ys.en--@hers ,sni Ak The occup.nls
aflhe loi,rrins thrones Of Europe. and The
reluctant answer shall come lonh, thai
she re.Issl aud extension Of lssralng in
the ff.een,h century, the invention ol
Pre- lug, The usnsc-ndsM siu9urner ol
M.rua 10 her. and the progress of liberal
op,nions. reused mankind 10 knowledge
II ihsr rights; sni Iha, sturdy ESQUIRE
aud D .rsa he'd. the siaieliness aud the
stsHdrsr ~ leudsl ceremonial. and the
sxcismsns aud renswn III lili and taurns
usni. rspme in death amid the ehsnbess
Of The mgh,y past.
The benefits which isve bsen conferred
upaa msa BY he so,ssss af ss, sad
science. are almnsI iucslcnlable. They
have nj only gssnfedhis ply steal waa,s.
bot opened wru Gslds--boundls.s and
svsf-during Gsids--s,v which his mental
t.esliss may l,ng,r. and psrpesually gath
or The yirmsnis ef freshness and delight.
They have done more Than this; they have
charged his IDEAS Of human greatness.
fani6ed BY the principles IL sound aud
pr-cueal philosophy, and sensIble Of hIs
usmevdms responsibilities % . ciiErn
oil lwo worlds. The po.srssor Of high INTEL
lssnes nos weighs every thing in the
scales Justice and Of vntus, and c,tiasies
hunsn g,ss,nsss, not BY the number u
elites The s.piran, fn renowe may have
demolished nor yet by che gore ne may
have spil,. bu, by the amount Of perns-
uen, sSbsssnust benefit he nav have con-
uIbuled 10 confer upon mankad. Thus
estimated. how little 10 Napoleon. and
Lou crest ATE Wsu and Fulton! How
d"es he sink in the comparison! When
che forme, uiamphsd a, Areola. aud plant
cd bic eagles upon the ba',lsmsns Of in
penal Rome; when throne aflss thsone
ned crumbled sad gone dosa beneath
the l,gh,n,ngs Of hrs eye: When HE bat
ue-.hundrrs. rolling from the Pyramids
10 the shores Of ,hs Baltic, had laid al.
most Ill Europe PROSTATE n, HE fee'; and
when. With The IRON crown Of Chsrlc-
aafne upon his brow, he was seysllsng.
IN an,icipa,ien, asId all ,hc pomc and
splendor aud msjsssy Of universal EN-.
pire. the astonish,d spectator might have
f.neisd, that, az he VAS The CONTROLLER oi
the desiiuiss Of nations. 60 he was also
their erea.es, benelsc or. thai and he wss
not more The iavori'e OF lortune IN hrs
contentious Cur dominion, than ~ the cx-
traordiasty fsc,lty with which he bent
learning aud art and science to the perfer-
nance Of h,s will. fc, whs. European
what American ihoush'--when gazing
upon the wonderful achievements OF the
child Of de,aoy. tia, long bef"rs this
prodigy u va,our saw The light, there had
been approximsuRg To Perfection an in
ventian winch was 20 be rendered 81 more
prac,iesl importance Ia the world than Ill
the chieft.lu. that ever rose. ar reigned.
or fell! Napoleon persisted in the midst
Of the splendid visions Of hi' high amb''
u"n. leaving no enduring memorial OF his
sffec,inn fnr mankind; hut Watt aud Ful-
t'a have wrought hen.h. which VIII
raise emotion, al admirstinn sud gratitude
in the human bns"m. ~hore.nevct Their
name Oh be uttered throughout all COM
Eng time.
An eminent writer Lord Bro"gham)
has said that science means knowledge
reduced 10 q system; that is, arranged ~
= regular order, so a, 10 be conveniently
taught. easily remembered. aud readily
an ,l,sd An,i ,ha saue wr,t,,r has Jlvlu