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most ne iected byinany ,despised Nv some,
b. few inGcsd duly appreciated. PITY or
symPathy-Thdiated from the eyes on
whose lids the tearsdrop Is trembling,
struggling beneath the bosom whose throes
foreteH the speedy bursting forth Of an
overlooking eide, essaying yainly to 6nd,
utterance in ! voice that falters In all its
functions or else, echoing and re-echoing
with rapturous shout each note Of JOY and
gladness, wreathing the eloquent life with
the answering smile, and rejecting, from
its own umfathomed depths and through
cut its vast expanse, the diverse conditions
Of its numbefless objects, with all the 6.
deity with which the wide-spreading ocean
reflects the eyer-varying aspects Of the
star-lit or storm-corered skies, which are
always bending, in brooding embrace, over
its restless bosom Gratitade--Fafe as
may be its genuine exhibitions, still con-
stituting one of the significant tokens
with which our nature abonnds of j form
er dignity, and making one among many
presages of d splendid renovation The
principle Of imitation-of SO great prac-
tical Importance throughout the entire
path Of life, but most active and most i'm
portant during the earlier stages of life's
journey and extending its influence from.
mau1to man, until it pervadc the entire
mass of society, The desire Of esteem
within the limits ofmodoration contribut-
ing to the happiness of men individually.
as well as to the peace Of communities J;
when inordinate attended always by the
sorest disappointment and the most poig-
nant anguish sometimes requiring gentle
stimulation, but more frequently some
degree of repression. Curiosity, or the
desire of knowledge which according to
the direction it us allowed to take either
conducts us in safety along the arduous
paths Of permitted investigation up to the
eternal Source of all Truth, or, else, I'M
pels US with utter recklessness along a
tortuous and precipitous course to trees
Of forbidden fruitage,. whose foliage pre-,
sents a most grateful yerdancy, whose
trait is radiant with the most tempting
1oyeliness, and whose shade presents re-
sistless invitation to repose But, when
too late to recover from the tragical re-
suits of interdicted explorations the pre-
sumptuous adyenturer discovers that those
yerdant leaves have the power of distilling
most subtil and baleful influence, that
the fruit of which he SO eagerly partook
has Initiated without appeasing his appe-
tite,. and that q watchful serpent lurking
among the branches has, unperceived, I'M
posed deadly virus throughout his
frame. Or, otherwise, this principle Of
curiosity after few early but Intellectual
excursions in search Of the appointed OBJ
jects Of its legitimate qualification sinks
down, under the Earalyzing effect Of unto
ward circumstances, into comparative in
activity and almost helpless dependency
The desire Of possession wrought into
the original texture Of che min 4, and In
seperable fromfthe circumstances Of mans
present mode Of existence, The desire Of
power-displaying itself along the whole
track of our world history. The passion
of resentment or anger, whether instinct
I've or voluntary, and under all its modifi
cations, ofpeeyishness, envy, jealousy, and
revenge. The desire of society, one Of
the most urgent wants of our nature.
All Of these various principles afore.
mentioned, whether under the diverse ap,
pellations of propensity, affection, or pas
sion, are considered as belonging legiti-
mately to that region Of the soul demon
mated the desirative. Nor can we too ear
| " admit to our minds the conyiction that,
though the aid of our fellog-mcn may a.
vail much in the training of our intellec-
tual powers, and somewhat in the culture
of the heart, yet that each human being for
himself must be the principal laborer un-
der GOD, the great, and toilsome, and mo-
mentous work5of the hearts right educa-
ton.
Our remarks on the moral sensibilities
are reserved for our next article NJ.
Like of Louisa Jefferson Co,
January 18th, l9i6