Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-03-29
For the Herald.
THE GLORY OF YOUNG MEN.
Continual !
(COnHnued.)

The glory Of young men is their suength.--SoL
Hitherto our attention has been COINED to
traits Of character in youth. which are natural,
and such as are generally pos sessed. There
are still others OF somewha, differen! kind,
and which. perhaps, we could not better dsin.
gnish. than by calling them moral traits. In
respect 10 these. we may observe in general.
iha. they are no. only necessary 10 the devel-
orement OF The FULL glory Of youthful charac-
r,bui essential 10 the exhibition OF even any
Of It's graces, in their true excellence. No, on
~ without them can no character be perfect.
uu, no youth can shew the beauties he does
possess 10 their best advantage. If he be desti
tute Of The appropriate moral qualities be.
cause they ars obscured by connection with
things which sre incongruous and ou, of taste.
II is with human character, very much as il is
10 architecture. Any one, at all acquainted
with this science, or who has made even the
common observations upon il. is perfectly a.
ware. iha, TO produce architectural beauty, the
PROPORTIONS must be observed: one par. must
correspond with another. and "al be in keep.
ing" A ligh, airy structure. reared upon
a massive foundation. would appear monsifous
A slender pillar. standing on broad pedestal.
would be equally homogeneous. The same
may be observed Of youthful character. II
has broad foundation: strong. massive aud
solid. All The natural traits which compose
IL, are Of the hHest material and The largest d.
mensions. 10 have u perfect building. the
supers,ruciure TO be raised on this founda ion
should be made TO compare; il should be OF
the same kind of material, aud the pr portions
should be observed Otherwise, you mar its
beauty.
In coincidence with the above illustration.
sKEPTicI>M, in my opinion, would be an incon-
gruiiy. in the character Of young man ; as it
would be au indication Of mental weakness,
no, natural to this period of life. We look for
strength ip early life we find it 10 most thai
pertains to youth. Bot skep'icism is no mark
Of strength; il is rather an indication Of weak
ness. shall probably be me, here BY the
2reiudices of some young men who have been
seeking to throw of what they call the shack
les Of early education. principally because they
conceive these TO be restraints which are in
consistent with true greatness Of mind. They
wish TO be independent wish TO have
the reputation Of intellectual greatness. With
this view they have become skepIics. This
perhaps, has been the principal motive which
has operated to make them such. | know the
influences which have operated TO produce them
erroneous impressious-it is the false glare
which has been thrown around the names of
certain writers who have fiourished 10 the ranks
Of inhdeliiy. Among these, none is more
conspicuous than that Of yoltaire. Bas
who was volIsire! A French writer living
ia the latter half Of the last century, Who had.
IS he confessed himself, never read the Bible,
and knew nothing Of Christianity excep, what
he had seen exhibited in the lives Of a most
corrap, priesthood, in the most corrupt age
which the world has ever seen. Taking The
diabolleal Jesuiis as his models Of Christianity
without looking into the bble, he took up
hrs pen to write agsinsii it. Ills course in this
ding is indicative Of weakness which, seems
, hardly 7s'donsble ia a man vho, 90 ether sch