Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1845-08-21
NUMBER SIX.


NUMBER SIX.
My DEAR Morris may rcmem-
Der that some months since became en-
amored of a book called "ProYerblal
Philosophy quoting from it in almost
every article for the Mirror, and at last
naming the author, and commencing it to
our readers as a treasure OF sweet wisdom
most cnriously overlooked, The measure
in which it was written was that OF the
Proverbs of Solomon, and it had all the
well .chiselled finish and complete truth
luIness of a collection Of timc-worn say
ings. thought that it was probably an
old book overlooked, or that the author
was an old man who had passed his life
in boarding up shrewd aporhegms, and
had at last given them to the world in
compact chapters, Great was my sup
rise day or two since, on coming home
to my lodgings, to find a card on my ia
BILE the authors name-Mr Martin Far
quhar Upper.
| called on Mr. Upper the next day
with some curiosity-picturing to myself,
however, a grey-headed patriarch, and
preparing myself to treat him with prop
or reverence, and express very greatIully
my sense of the honor of his visit. was
shown INTO very elegant Iibrary of we'll
Ihumbcd books, by a servant in mourning
livery, and after employing myself few
minutes in looking al the stationary and
other marks of taste around me, enter---
very young man with black curling
locks, twenty-sevcn at the utmost, rudy
and handsome, and with manner boy
ishly cordial! One draws his breath very
long after such an overurn Of his antici-
pations!
believe we have made for this gen.
temen, large parish Of enthusiastic ad.
mirers, and am quite sure that "Prover.
bal Philosophy" is now treasured as I
book, not merely to read, but TO study
and live with, (alter the manner of rate
mccum,) by thousand oflovers of though
in our reading country. To these it vii
be interesting to know, that MIR Topper
has written several ether delightful books
which | shall send you, and which YOU
can extrat from, as | did from the Other
till the publishers see fit to give You al
American edition of them am not sure
whether "The Crock o: Gold" has no
been re-publishcd already, but "Tht
Modern Pyramid" has not, nor has seer
aldinc, and other poems," nor a smalle
volume called ga Thousand Lines"
lie has kindly presented these to me
and shall give you some account of then
as | read them.
MIR Upper is IN an of fortune, and ha
beautiful residence in the country ant
a house in town-caring little for th'
profits of literature, and writing only tC
please himself He is the most courage
DUSTY natural man, in his manners ant
conversation as well as his books, whom
ever met with. Considering the ais
tocratic class he belongs to, this is mucl
more wonder. He talks directly at the
, truth, with no DISCUSSES, no heed of usages
no revcrscs, and no apparent dread o
being misunderstood Ills account of hi!
reasons for writing his Provcrbial Philos
ophy, given me in ten minutes after W.
first met, but so connected with his pri
vate life that could not repeat it, } was t.
my mind one Of the most beautiful in
ances Of bold and frank simplicity possible
to conceive. His mind follows no o,he
mans. 1t runs, as the French says
tr0rers TO everything. How he perserv
ors his originality is the mircacle-thougl
with secluded habits, and the complete
hedgings-in of wealth and indiyidna
privacy in this country, he is probably il
the only place and circumstances in TIT
world where it would long continue.
You would like to see how Mr. Tuppe
writes in your own lavoritc style ant
s'antza, my dear General, and will clos,
this notice ny giving you a couple of hi
songs from "a Thousand Lines:"-
NEVER GIVE UP!
Never give up! it Is wiser and better
Always 10 hope than once to despair
| ring oil the load of Doubt Cankcring iettter,
And break the dark spell of lyranncal care:
Never give up! or the burthen may sink YOU
Providence kindly has mingled the cup,
And IN all Trials or troubles, beihnk you,
The wachwOldsof life must be, Never give up!
Never give up! there are chances and changes
Helping the hopeful hundred to one,
And through the chaos, High Wisdom arranges
Ever success-if you'll only hope on
Never give up! for the wisest is boldest,
Knowing that providence mngIes the cup,
And otnll naXims the best, as the oldest,
Is the true watchword of Never give up.
Never give up! though the grape shot may rattle
Or the full thunder cloud over you burst,
stand like a rock, and thelsiorm or the battle
Little shall harm you, though dong their worst
Never give up! if adversely presses
Providence wisely has mingled the cup,
And the best counsel, in all your dsiresses,
is the stout walchword of Never give up.
NATURES NoBLEMAN.
Away with false fashion, so calm and so chill.
Where pleasure itself canno, please,
Away with cold breeding, that Gaithessly still,