The St. Landry whig., 1844-11-28
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. Srlianaant,
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aasfed fatths edp
ssmlddls-classes y sHhe inEeIlerlNal INN
ges which cart only bespktsItsa alth Of the
other combination Of nHin From Ibis adj
dress we clipa few passages M4lkh tcheha high
and noble lesson Aesson cblApAise
in two words--LooK UP Ws Somnasla she
extract 70 the attention of Ii yeuthlua III or
Tree land. Let them aspire lELet them look
up # they tx their gaze upon the sun they
Gan only fall below ii. Iftheir aspirations are
exalted and noble they will achieve noble ends; IN
even though they fail 10 reach the highest olieet
Of their hopes. High resolves accomplish hish
purposes, while timid groyeIlers burrow In ie
earth. Look up Look hight
sIwoold address myseifto that youth on whom
the hopes ola societies rebose and depend.A
[Cheers.l doubt not that they fael e~0uscipns OF
the position which they occupy q position which, Il
under all circumstances, atall periods, III every
cline and country, i some repiess with duty. The
youth Of a nationsnrG the trustees 0f p~0SterifYg;
but the youth | address have duties peculiar to
the position which they occupy. They are Tie
rising generation ola society unprecedented III
the history oi The world that Is at cnce powerful
and VI other parts offhe Kingdom the re-
mains 81 an ancient civilization are prepared
~eyerto guide, to cultivate, to influence the rising
Il tNAsNENNf 0Shl ShNI AA0 RAt "a III 81 NAttAd Ed
Of novel powers, and il IL rather prOvidentiaE
instinct that has developed ths necessary means
Of maintaining the order d your new civilization,
than the natured foresight Of man. This Is their
Inheritance. They will be called on 10 perform
duties-great duties. /, for. one, wish Tor or their
sakes, and for the sake ofn1y country, that they
may be performed greatly. | givesto them that
counsel which have ever given 10 youth, and
which | believe TO be the Wisest and The best
l. ALL ft,c..l X 80. IL EfrxExE +M ~ @%T 75ufs4ZzA HAtIh&F
the man who doesrot look up will look down
~[chcersl and that the spirit that does not dare
TO soar is destined perhaps 10 grovel. [Cheersl
Every Individual II entitled to aspire 10 that posi-
ton which he believes his faculties quality himto
occupy Eoud cheers. + know there are s0nle
who look with what 4 believe fs #hort.sighted
timiditH and false prudence upon such vfews.-
they are apt to tell us "Beware ofs filling the
youthful mind with IN ifnpethous tlmuIt Of tlr-
huleAt tahcies :-.teach him, rather, 10 be con-
tent with his position don't induce himto fancy
that he is thar which he Is not, or 10 aspire to that
which he cannot arkfeyc!!sAts b my mind these
are superficial d~eiusions. Cheers. Ha who en-.
ters the world iihes'lhis level. Itis Inc solitary
being, the isolated Individual, alone iii hs soli.
tlde, who maybe apt 70 tniscalEnlate his powers
/ and misunderstood his character. But action
, teaches him the truth. even II iEbe'a stern one.
Association affords him the best criticism III HE
h world, and 4 will venture 10 that IL ho. belong
b TO the AthetIseufn, though when he enters II he
may think hifnseifa genius, il hatare has not
$ given him d creative and passionate soul, before
. week has elapsed he Will ~b5gconse Il yary sober.
minded individual. aaT Tfetnendots cheers, andA
i laugh Il wish To- damp no youthful affdor.
+ can conceive what such an institution would have
afforded to the suggestive mind ola youthful
Arkwright. TCheers.1 can conceive what a.
il nursing mother such aH Institution must have
e. been to tie breeding genius ofyour illGstrious
h and yeneIated Dalton. IL III the asyIam ofthe
self.tgmed II is the counseilor offts6osdes who
\ want,Eouhsel, but Il Is not d guide that will mis-
"A lead, hndi Ii the last place that will I'LL tho mind
of m N with false ideas md false conceptiOns.-
He eadsa newspaper and his conceit oozcs az.
" ter sadingea leading article. He refers 10 the
libf=ry, and the calm wisdom Of centuries and
A sagss moderates the rash impulse of i~tvenes.
A. cence. [Cheors. He finds new trsfiSi iii the
n lecture-roonl, and he goes home with i conyicy
IL ton that he is not so learned as he imagined.
,e Cheers.l In the discussion ofa great question
~ with his equals in station perhaps be finds he
ID has His supcriors ID intellect. [Checrs
u These are the means By which the mind 81
man Is brought to d healthy state, by which that
" self-kno@ledge that Away has been lauded by
sages, may be most securely attained. Il Is a
rule Of universal virtue, and from the Senate ID
NV lut CuuHilAS -HoubcJ VIII DC IUuuu Oh unINeTkul
aiplication,-Ihen to tic youth Of Manchester
ID, re- presenting now the civic youth ofthis great
Of o, lntfy and this great district, Inow appeal
iet I1a II never be said again that the fortunes D
.of tits institution were ii ddngcr. Let them take
ttIje advantage Of this hourof prosperity caimll
'e- . examine and deeply 70 comprehend the char
ms acter Of Tint institution in which their best inter
NJ. ests are involved, and sfhichfp b them may Aior
ted q relaxation which brings no pang nnd yield
IN information which may bear them 10 fortune
ere LIQUID ~cheers.l II Is to them l appeal With con
Hdence because feel an, pleading their cans
ap with confidence, because III them ITcpOse N
ich hopes. When ialionslalI, It'll because d degef
hey crate race interyenes betweeng the class that ere
.go ated and the class that ii doomed TCsheeFs,
the Let them then remember what has been don
Who for them. The LEADERS, Of their community hav
uid not bsen remiss in regard to their interest
Let them reInemberthat when the inheFitane
no. deyolycs upon them, theyar not only to EMS
hut 10 improve.-lCheers They will son
day succeed q tie high places Of this gre
has community let them r~ecoliect those who ligh
ms edthc way forthem, and when the have weaIt
ave when they have authority, when they have poy
re er, let i net be said that they were deficient
ear public virtue and public spirit-[cheers
70 When the torch Is delivered 10 them, let the
'er. also lead the path ofhuman progress TO educat
ing. man." @sssf @f e
rent ga,
safs PoetEYsis defined by Burke as the art Of 81
-, /, y Stimulating shadows, and Of lending existence
uns nothing.