Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-10-17
}Jopnlor Coles.
From lho Now York nirrur.
i III.
TRIUMPH OF GENIUS.
CHAPTER I.

II IL ndllcIS uol NNCfc lnpN uIt louhu-
whether IN the more elevated spores oi
society, bri9h shining, co-.nnssrd with
wealth and grandeur, or beneath the
rough exterior of poverty, where not
even the light Of education has pcnclra-
ted, even there thou wilt be confessed !
for ihou art not like the unwruught dIa-
Ennd which waits iog tl,o hand ui thc
lapldary to produce those dazzling rays
of beauty, but, like the glorious sun,
which Of itscU bursts through the dark
ness, aud poura forth light and glory
over the uniye,so.
Let US glance for moment at the
early liio Of young Warren Gray, aud
max, how strength Of Imagination aud
fire Of intellect will triumph over All
obstacles. Poverty and hardshps were
his lot. Ere the stars paIcd III the
dawning, might ho be seen commencing
his daily tasks, and when the gentle
twilight passed away, and the heavens
were again Respondent with the count
less gems OF night, still. The iarmcr-boy
ceased not from his toll. 1t was To aid
his honest but poor parents IN the sup
port Ola large aud helpless family tina,
! he thus laborca ever bearing within
him a spirit ilutterlng as the Gagged bird,
to break away from It's narrow confines
and soar to that einincnco 10 blch the
| light of inborn genius marked the way
! have said The parents Of Warren
were poor--thcy were so--yet if on
them poverty barred the door, they
were rich in conlcntmcnt, in domestic
,oye and happiness, and, more than H'l,
they enjoyed abundanlly those riches
"rhich The wori4 can negher gire on take
arog."
From his earliest years, young War
ren had evnccd but lille in common
with other children. lie was ever Civ
en- to deep aud serious thought, and
rarely mingled with the sports of boy
hood, but chose nature for his friend aud
companion. He saw that all around
/ him was beautiful aud glorious, and his
young heart delighted therein but -.
vet her lovcIincss was 10 hlm as some
/ Jcatcous pageant, for education had not
taught hlm 10 read her charms Alright
I The yuu0g chlldrcu wanted bread
therefore no money had farmer Gray TO.
bcstow upou his sea and oItcn woGld
poor Warren pause AT the little gate,
or Guicr the windows Of the village
school, and listen with ycarnug heart
and fearful eye, TO the busy hum of his
more fortunate companions. AT length,
aided by q lit.o instruction from hIS
mother, through perseverance, the poor
lnrmor had learned to read aud write
and from that moment new existence
seemed spread oIt before hmo. There
.,as 40 hardship too great, no toll too
severe, provided he could obtain tIcic-I
by but one short hour of study. True,
+ his books were ltmltcd to few old and
taticrcd volumes aud lrom fragments,
of Shakespeare and Milton, lrom Eamyan
aud Doddrldgc, did the future poet i'm
bibc deep aud delicious draushts Of IA.
apIra;IoE.
Although the narrow bnok-shclr OF.
Warren Gray might chcu smIc Of
contempt irom the heir of whcalth who,
sits IN slWporcd case, surrounded by
volumes in costly bindings, and IN whose
library the rich mnhogauy cases groau
with The weight oi rare 9G' yaluJbl,
books, yet 10 such, be ii known, there,
was that ~ the bosom of Warren which
SNtl'tu thCt StIi'Utt ~ 'hbHt Ndllfltt
pages mlo Volumes of dclgh,-opcu-
cd Tor hlm the charmed book OF nature
.-dcckcd has path IL lio with all the
nnuscry OF Il bugu aud purc spnii,
aud wrought for hm name which even
now adorns the page Of Itcratuc ! for
reader, this story Is no fiction.
1t Is not, therefore, tho possession Of
the greatest number of books--it is not
10y daily access to oar large and vaiua-
bic Libraries, that the mud ofthc student
most improves VIII IT not be found
that few volumes, iud.ciou,ly selected
aud repeatedly poruScd, form the best
discipline for the young aud ardent
niud
Mud nav, as the younger branches of
lalinoi Gray's household were lasi grow
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