Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-11-10
Intellectual improvement.

We all seeking for the promotion Of snowirdgr;
Let the knowledge he what It may "e wish II 10 hr
but it may be resrained and it Is only thirst f"r uor
nation that prompts the curious. Well would he If
that desire could be always directed to 5ects o ul-rc
tua import We need not tear any mpedmehts Tor ali
obstacles may be b. perseverance. Shall
then be dismayei, because " labor of the head Is
requisite Is BY sPineness ana !"thtrgg that W.
be useful ourselves the community around
If so, Why not boldly proclaim II a. exon in moral
rule; and plainly tell our eieborS that too APP
athletic to exa ourselves above the iiots ignoraIn
ses, benefit fellow men " the course
pursued by those i!ustfous cedd, whose names
the boast of cur country \ writer speaking this
subject, says: ''thaf the who. the ages Of
the world, have made the most substantial pillars Of the
church and the strongest OF the state were those
who their youth had other expectations dian the
blessings heaven their own exrtions and no other
than those winch arise from lad upon their
own energies of body and mind. And, III illustration
of tins he bring. fortyar that indyt ,,,o v tn,
son Of widow, born beneath the p1terulI roof of Il
Westmoreland farmer, the banks Of The Potomac
No Academy welcomed him to It's slaie-no College
granted him diploma. To read, ami to writ. and
cyphcr the cxte mt Of his school learning which no
improved II the path Of humble industry that he
found AT the Of sixteen the head of the o
tornac, exposed TO all the hardsfps and dangers po-
surveyor. In word, from youth up Of Of
fees and appointments involving the greatest response
by and fled with proprety and flthtuln-ss prepared
the head a most iluStrious
patriots the world ever set of of whom the
great Earl OF Chatham declared IN the house of lords
That TIE master spirits Ct the world, know the pco
pie senate who, in such complication of difficult cir
cumstanccs, can stani IN preference to the delegates
of America, assembled general Congress Phila ell
pla.' Such, then, GEORGE WAsiIvGTox-the dis
tnguished instrument the hand the infinitely
Jehovah for establishing the American Republic: a sys-
tenn of government the most healthy and happv-tto
successful and generous, under
benevolent institutions becoming and the
admiration of the world; and while virtue liberty aud
independence continue 10 be esteemed by the children
the of W will be uth
yeneraton and respect by millions of intelligent beings
1t rs not to be expected that the lot of every will
be cast those crcunst that the aud
prove the stuii OF which formed; hut Il be
the with some, that conflicts of ordinary carac
be prepared to repuise though APP
pcar-and If The band of those who longer
ants OF this world oil attained such exalted
point on the hill of renown, why not We who pos
many superior advantages. attain proportion
of similar and, by increasing our own kroyv-
edge become tf 1t be less degree bcneftc
of and namel And the thought that those who
possess the latter will look with placid sensations
ought to form strong avoid that course
which will prove by-word and a repro1rh those o
whom transmit the of the future. And u-to<n
shoulders must the ccnsure II fail properly
direct the powers Of their minds Iii lie hopnI
will fail; but that all will progress the vari-
branches of art Of science and
getting that most important III which. of
the world well as members of literary BODY
interested and by careful there
which is 81 anonymous with The art Of beng happy. r.