Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-05-13

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sKETeH OF PROFESSOR LEE
}, HOE ENGLAND.
EneouraElkRs to Young Mechanic.
Tbela hundredsIof young inechan
les inpu ssountry who might, with tha
indomifa1as PEI severance which ever,
man can 6tingtto his aid, rise to dis.inc
tion siK HE republic OF letters. w;
know fbdEe are difficulties to be encoun
tered SaniE obstacles to be overcome
which alb almost insurmountable, b
those 'wh1have to work at mechanical
trade andsfudy al the same time. Shoulc
this artick:eyer come Under the eyes o
one such3Ehe may, perhaps, be melted tc
renewedssxertion by perusing the fol.
lowing brief Sketch of Professor Lee, Of
England.@hu rose from the huyiBles
wniks'oflneto an enviabe eminence as
cIassical,ind oriental schoar-compet.
ing in excellence With the most talented
of his coaptry.
Professor Lee was born of poor pa.
rents in i6e,,own of Longer, in Salop,
EngIandsiand was indebted to charity
school in bis native town, for his inilia>
tion into the rudiments of fearning. This
was the}6nly education he; received,
save lhat;Rhich he acquired by his own
exertions; ;inSaftef years; for at the age
Of twefveihe was apprenticpd to car:
penter:H His father died during his ap-
premiership, and his mother having to
take carasSof the TWO younger children,
was unable to shield him from the many
hardshipsfto which .hei was subjected,
both in the house and in the shop OF his
master. But the foundation of his future
greatness lad been laid in the charity
school Of His native town, and poverty
could d2ndtsextinguish the use that had
been kinaled there. i.
$ Fhe saste for literary pursuits" !"
says thes5Iographer, "acquired in early:
life, did nJfs become sextinguished,s but
ratiass ST zzsHeartV amid stIies
dIG:rahd bqsliea OF mechanical employs
nents. Al the elage of seventeen while
employed in building a Romish chapel
for a country gentleman, 'he first saw
Latin. boo sand became fired with The
desire 10 read them. He purchased for
himself Ruddicom's Latin Grammar, at
a book stall, and preserved until he
learned ,hrougl, by note, His resour-
ces Of a pecuniary, kind, at this time,
only amounted to six shilings ster>
ling week, and out of this he was
obliged 10 pay for clothing, washing and
|odging.-But, notwithstanding liS'scan-
~ means. he contrived in the course of
The next year, TO increase his stock of
books, BY purchasing d Latin: Bible,
,omr of Cicero's Oraiions, Casar's
SaIusr, Virgil and some
other works, though it must be remarked
that he was never, during that time, so
rich in literary treasures as to number all
these works.at 10 his little library.
He read one. and made himself master of
its contents, and then selling that, with
The purchase money and little more
added 10 it he would procure another
author in ts place."
Thus he labored on until his appren-
lceship was completed, when he com.
nenced the study of Greek, by making
himself master of d vplume of exercises
in that language Xanophon, the IIiad,
he Odesey, and some Greek tragedians.
we're sutcessiveIy mastered: His liter.
,ry ardor, gathered strength at each
victory, he next attempted
Hebrew; bur here he was destined TO
encounter an unexpected trial. His eyes,
axed beyond their powers Of endurance,
we're suddenly attacked with disorder
If an alarming kind, anch threatened
II once 10 blight his most cherished en-
oymeDts. =
After time, however, the disease
lbated, and the indefatigable student,
lndaun,ed BY any obstacle, now pre-
:eeded 10 enter on The mazes ofthe Chal-
lee and Syric languages.
"By this time he had reached his 25th
,ear, and found himself the master Of
,ood chest oftooIs, worth little oyer a
hundred dollars. He was now sent into
mother county 10 repair large house |;
Ind while there he went through Sc.
,ere mental conflict. At times he was
almost persuaded that duty demanded of
lin, the bitter act of self denial, involv.
ID in the sacrifice of his long cherished
i.erary pursuits. Finally. he married,
md determined thenceforth 10 devote
himself to the duties Of his mechanical
Ealing; and for time the lsbors Of The
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