Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-01-17

n Thorough familiarity with that volume such poetry
and such prose that of MILroN can neither be
produced, nor comprehended, for the knowlelqe of
the Bible is not merely suggestive Of The lofest con-
cep'ions, but in awakening the mind to the idea of the
infinite 1t coners the power OF originating aswe as
of approaching them.
Pat have not yet fully evocpal the influence Of
climate ipon the character of Que fathers. Man is
affected by this influence as well in his social in
his domestic relations. The sparse population Of cold
climates, ollges their Inhabitants TO restrict their
social enjoyment 10 smaller circle while their rc.a-
tons, nj the same time, are CXiendli n wider
space. Social intercourse is at all times difficult.
often impossible, and it is valued the more hecau.e il
in compGratvely rare ard nccnveno1t oi attainment.
The solitary cottaeor widely separated from even his
nearest nei1hbore, hemmcd in by snow-dfii's or i'm
1'@oned by Hoods, mast on many occasGrs OF trial,
dispense with aid which none 10 At hand TO lend nm J
h e.n.en ,.,, 70 WIDER ngn'raihe- 'iiHn those Of
He thus contracts feeling of Independence and
self reliance on the dextcrty, strength fortitude,
which have borne him unaidcd and nnscathed through
many peril, and Mt the same time, when occa sion
offers he is all the reader TO yield to others the sue.
conr, which experience has taught him how hard it is
to miss and to exercise the hospitality, for whose
refreshing kindness he has often vainly lonqcd
The same feeling OF generous Independence is more
over fostered and strengthened BY the necessity of
wanlng perpetual war with sterile soil and an
angry sky. Being always victorious in this strife if
he relax not his efforts, and depending neilhcr upun
the caprice the unequal justice Of al the hardy
husbandman acquires the confidence o! certain sue
cess, and spurred by the sting of necessiiv, and
ing will be rewarded by the Joyous labors Of harvest
he contracts fixed habit of untirinG industry, and
realizes that fine sentiment which Puarch ascribes to
Coroanus that II is not for The victor TO tire OF the
battle. And if sometimes, in this unequal combat
with the elements, he win but doubtful triumph,
his spirit is not broken, are his energies crushed
for he accepts his temporary check as dIspen>aton
of the Providence of God or the result of some in
he xihle but rarely enforced law Of naure, and the
humility, which flows from the consciousness OF his
impotence to contend with influences dctracts no
whit from his self-rcsnect rs man. or his indepen-
dencc in his relations with hi> fellows.
1t is obvious, that character con titu'ed is peci
larry adapted the pton of the teachings of the
ReGlrma,ion and in fact with few exceptions, those
doctrines were most readily adopted by the tri IS
most exposed to the influences have described, and
tn cognac families which had not been long enough
separated from the parent stem, to l1se us predum
nant traits. In ihcse races, the preachers of the
Reformation found prepared hearts. In the thiuly
peoped regions of the cold and sterile North, where
churches and min sers of religion but sparng'Y
distributed men had already learned TINT no temple
is more sncre than the domestic altar and hat under
roots unconsecrnred by candle, book or bell. rravcr
may be acrrptaby offered. though sanctioned by the
presence Of priest decled in the borrowed trap
pings of old idoatres. and they who were wont to
rec gnze the voice Of God in the du ky terrors Of the
winiry tempest, the bellowngs Of the troubled ocean
the avalanche, the torrent, the thunder reecholng
from the TANKS Of the mountains, required not TO be
told that there needs no anpjnted interpreter between
earrh's chdien and their Heavenly Father.
al ,,,; A. non c,s ;.l,
act upon our character and so long the great lea-
, y, a. n,,,,r, orn unbalanced sn Ion, ms the same
i, and ,;,s and stormy shores shall be cx
sI ~ tt saba ,recvtremes of cold and heat,
49, 5u 10 cbaroc,er of New Fnrland he con.
:" 'o''A CIV c IT, ,r;, ,hi.h no,,, Ls,ingush /.
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h'' " rs VIC - '', o,'
e,',es' NJ. ih ,,e necIor md II NAV he ho
, -, ;,,Ji,I, .,,r,n "a the mind ,ybirh we have
h 81" f,,, ,r, ,,n'r,adio q once.to,s W. o,n ,r
l =, .nt ,c he nr,,s,nt os conference.-the an
US. ~ ,,;,,,,S,,, ,nd ,l,a I,st bolf can,rry h,s in,
J,oi , ,,i,GI If ,reo, events nrcrn,nt of unaosv
,, bn, L,ye 9Itornotalv nornly we'd with i,or
t ;,yna,aJ ,yi.h homo tho mind of The Chris, ,,
a', I II,,',a,;,n bos toic, I,nT etride rho
e s,'',n,, haze beon nrofvyyicre is
cs5 and ~ forms here m, flied and there tptallv
rovolu,ionized Dvnastlrs have been overlhrbwn
and restored sometimes under most apnanr cir.
cu,rstanccs az h1od she'd violence and crime some
times with scarcely the loss of life or even m hour
dsturl once of the p,ll lie peace War has been wa
aei ON scale of efficiency compared with which oil
former military operalions are but the games of chill
lion Ionan,uo5 whose very ophabct had hepn f,r-
,a,,n, n thnrsord veor. have been ,apuht o19in +,
sne.k and tho le,rnnu of tge Ervntians like their
| ,num,,,ips has been eyhumed from Their caracombs
/ The natural sciences and their practical application
to tie arts of material LIE, have made astonishing
progress The means # locomorion have been mul-
rplied and improved even bevoni the tardv dreams
of onr tagging imaqinarion. The Bible, which some
translated into hundred barh1rons TONGUES and tho
oosnnI preached 10 a thousand hcalhcn tribes Tn,
far stretched arm of commercial enterprise has m
,? ; ,',e ' Jro;. ;r,aiio ,r,,,raL hi
",' b h,'' boa onenrd by ,ha sworis r,int her
r,rced IN reco,nize n1riti,,I ,p'aon.
I'M m orli AMI her ,bre hundred mi,