The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-01-28

BY Tie EDITOR,
But we know ourselves least mere outward show
Our minds so store
That our souls, no more than our ewes, disclose
But form and color. Only he VINO knows
himself, knows more. DOME.
1t il natural that we should wish to becom
t early and Familiarity acquainted with thos
who have most to do with our happiness ant
with whom it is most necessary for us to 1850
ciate. And this desire is no more natula
than the acquaintance is important. So far
/, Also as it may be our duty to benefit and i'm
prove such persons, this acquaintance become
of moment to them as well as to u.s.
No one will doubt this But it is too sci
dom perceived, that, for the same reason, al
acquaintance w,,h OURSELVES is not onll
desirable in the highest degree, but Of the frs
and most pressing importance. Who, except
our Maker, can have so much to do with oul
happiness as ourselves ?-and with whom arc
we sosabsolutely obliged to associate ? What
can be more indispensable than our own i'm
proyement?-and how can we improve our
selves except in proportion as we know what
we are We can neither get rid Of ourselves
( nor escape the responsibility that rests upon
us to make the best use ofal our powers
! No one doubts that we should understand
an instrument, which it is nccdful to use in
mechanical or other practical concerns and
Oh course, the more important the purpose for
which 1t is used the greater the necessity for
being well acquainted with it. Especially, if
it should be necessary Gas, for instance, in
the case Of Herschel's telescope) to enlarge
and improve the instrument-besides know
ing the precautions required to prevent its
getting oat OF order, how to repair it when
from any cause it should be impaired, and
how to adapt it to the thousand varying cir
cumstances that might accompany its use
nothing is more plain, than that we should
understand thoroughly the principles of It's
construction.
Now, when it is borne in mind that we
must ourselves be the grand instruments for
accomplishing the purposes of our creation :;
that we have a constitution, not only compli-
Gated aad ingenious in It's structure to the
highest degree Of which we have any concep-
ton, but ieartully and wonderfully made;"
that, formed as we are in the image of our
Maker himself, it is almost sacrileqe to COM
pare ourselves with any mere human instYu-
ment; that to fulfil our destiny, improved dis
cipline will be required at every step of our
progress; that in consequence Of sin, (thc
saddest Of all Caamities) disorder already
reigns in our constitution, and unless ar
rested by a wise use Of The means of repara-
ton merciiully provided by our Maker,it will
bring upon us more disastrous consequences
than could bclal us by the arrangement of
the whole physical universe; and that the
to which we shall be called to
adapt ourselves during an external career,
may be no less infinite in variety than our ex.
istence will be in duration the duty Of self
acquaintance urges itself upon us with ire
sstible force How dare we undertake the
Office Of sclf-management and selfdircction
without it ? How can we be our own mas
tiers, if we do not understand the being we
are to govern SelGignorancc and enlight-
ened self-governmenta are as incompatible with
each other as light and darkness We must
know the powers we call into exercise, before
we can use ourselves with wisdom and in
efficiency. In no other way can we attain
skill to operate to the best advantage, with
the least amount Of labor, as well as with the
least wear and tear and waste of material
Nor does the possession Of superior natu-
raj abilities lessen the necessity Of this know
ledge. On the other hand, it makes it the
more imperative The more perfect our bod
lily constitution, the more we may dare to tri-
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