Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-02-03
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pers "Proverbial Philosophy" 1t is work
worth general perusal. We present few
specimens Of the style of the author.
WIsDoM.-VeriIy the sun of the mind,
and the life Of the heart, is Wisdom:
She is pure and full of light, GROWING
gray hairs with lus.re,
And kindling the eye of youth with fire
not its own;
| And her words, whereunto canst thou
liken them for earth cannot show their
peers:
They be grains Of the diamond sand, the
radiant floor Of heaven,
Rising in sunny dust behind the chariot
of God;
They be flashes Of the day spring from
on high, shed from the windows Of the skies;
They be streams Of living waters, fresh
from the fountain Of Intelligence
| Such, and so precious, are the words
which the lips Of Wisdom utter.
! IMAGINARY TLLs.-Thou hast seen many
sorrow, travel-stained pilgrim of the world,
but that which hath vexed thee most, hath
been the looking for evil;
And though calamiies have crossed thee,
and misery been heaped on thy head,
Yet ills that never happened, have chiefly
made thee wletched.
HOPE FOR THE BEsT.-A man too care
ful Of danger livelh in continual torment,
But cheerful expeclor of the best hath
fountain of JOY within him;
Yea, though the breath Of disappointment,
should chill the sangune heart,
Speedily glowe.h it again, warmed by the
live embers of hope;
Though the black and heavy surge close
above the head for moment,
Yet the happy buoyancy Of confidence
riseth superior 10 Despair.
PRoGREss OF MIND.-Still, mind is up
and stirring, and pryelh in the corners Of
con,rivance,
Often from the dark recesses picking out
bright seeds Of truth;
knowledge hath clpt the ligh,nipg's
wings. and mewed it up for purpose,
/ Training to some domestic task the fiery
bird Of heaven; ....-.
Tanned is the spirit of the storm, 10 slave
in all peaceful arts,
T" walk with husLandry and science; to
stand in the vanguard agains, death;
And The chemist balance,h his elements
with more than magic skill,
Commanding stones that they be bread,
and draining sweetness out Of NORWOOD.
STUDY NATURE Search out the wisdom
of nature, there is depth in all her doings {:
She seemeth prodigal Of power, yet her
rules are the maxims of frugality;
The plant re(reshe,h the air, and the earth
| fillerelh the water,
And the dews are sucked into the cloud,
dropping fairness upon the world:
She hath, on a mighty scale, the general
use Of all things;
Yet hath she especially for each its micro
scopic purpose.
THE Moral LAW OF GoD.-Just, and
strong, and opporlune is the moral rule Of
God;
Ripe in its times, firm in its judgments,
equal in the measure Of its gifts;
Yet men, scanning the surface, count the
wicked happy, ...-
Nor heed The compromising peace, which
gladdene,h the good in his Affections.
REPUrATloN.-Someh have said, what is
in name ?-most potent plastic influence !;
A name is word Of character, and repe-
ti,ion s,ablishe,h the fact;
A word of rebuke, or of honor, tending
to obscurity or fame;
And greatest is the power Of a name, when
its power is least suspected.
| A low name is thorn in the side, that
hinderelh the foo,man in his running;
| But name of ancestral renown shall Of
ten put the racer to his speed
Few men have grown intogrea,ness whose
names are allied to ridicule,
And many would never have been profit
gate. but for the splendor of name
Triaes lighter than straws, are levers in
the building up of character.
EDUcAT1oN.-!Them multitude think that
given amount Of knowled ge; to load the
memory with words. No wonder that they
think everybody fit to teach. The true end
of education is TO unfold and direct Alright
our whole nature. lis office is to can forth
powers Of thought, affection, will, and out
ward actions, powers to observe, to reason,
to judge, to contrve-power TO adopt good
counsels, and to pursue them, to govern
ourselves and influence others, to gain and
spread happiness. The intellect was crea-
ted not to receive passively few words,
dates and facts, but to be active for the &C
QUESTION Of truth. Education should inspire
profound love of truth, and teach the pro-
cess Of investigation. A sound logic, by
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