Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-09-11

that superiority | conceive 10 be ms iohgeei'lve :
without it, that accumulation OF experience ID acueh
and knowledge, in speculation could mol ha'e exist
ed and though man would still have oeen lne lrs'
of all animals, the difference between him ana o'hers
would have been less considered than 1t now Is me
wisdom of man is made up Of what he obserVes,ahd
what others observe for him and OF course the sum
of what he can acquire must principally depend up
the time in which he acquire it. All that we
add to knowledge is not an increase by that ex-
act proportion, of all we possess; becadse we lose
some things as we gain others; but upon the whole
while the body and mind remains healthy, an active
man increases in intelligence, and consequently in
power. If we lived seven hundred years instead OF
seventy. we should write better epic poems, build
better houses, and invent more complicated mechan-
! ism, than we do now. should question very much
il Mr. Milne could build bridge so well as gentle
man who had been engaged in that occupation sew
en- centuries and if ! had only two hundred years
experience in lecturing on moral philosophy, am
well convinced should do little better than | do
now On The conirary low diminutve and absurd
all the efforts Of man would have been if the dura-
ton of his e had only been twenty years, if he had
died of old age just that period when every human
being begins TO suspect that he is the wsest and most
extraordinary person that ever did exist think 1t
is Helveius who says, he is quite certain we only
owe our superiority to over the ourange-oatangs 10
the greater length of life conceded toslsS and that II
our life had been as short as THEIRS they Doula nave
totally defeated the congestion Tor nuts ana
ripe blaekberries. can hardy st2 ths eX'raV-
aeant statement; but think, in a asgenty years,
lie effort of the human mind would have been SO
considerably lowered, that VIC might probably have
thought Helveus good philosopher, and ADMIRED
his skeptcal absurdes as some of the greatest et-
r. ,I,oI I,,, Richard
more would have been our greatest poet; our wal
would have been Dutch our faith French the Hoten-
tots would have given us the model for nalaers, and
the Turks for Government; and we might probably
have been such miserable respecting the sa-
cred truths of religion, that should have thought
they wanted the support of puny and childish Jeal-
ousy of the poor beasts that rerisi,.-S. Smith
4 SECOND "SroRY OF RIMIN"-Leeh Hunts sto-
ry Of Rmini is paraeled in the following from The
New Y ork Star, if it be real occurrence.
In the H packet Ship from -, came out
the other day, say two weeks ago,a beautiful woman,
about 80 years old, having curly head boy about
five years of age with her and being accompanied by
young mouslached man, elegant address and easy
mannerswho appeared TO be ofsome tender relation
ship to the beautiful and interesting stranger They
STONED for three or four days al the Astor house,
from which they removed exquisite villa in Ho
boken. This was most luxariously furnished, and
money seemed no mpedimest 10 the qualification OF
cultivated tastes Of the parties. They sroRed Of e.
venings along the banks Of the noble Hudson, and
deeply mpassoned dialogues were the customary
Accomplishments of their recreation. On
board Tie Canada during her fine and rapid passage,
might be seen tall man,of grave demeanor aud noble
proportions lie was enihenhy arisocratic in look
and Bearing. He spoke but little during the passage
Something pressed heavily at his heart and he could
not enjoy the voyage or society Of any kind: kind Hs'
tain lady, child and gentleman; tracked them TO Ho-
boken and discovered his own brother, the seducer
of his beautiful wife, and the destroyer of his peace
forever He returned to Europe with his darling boy,
leaving The guilty pair to pursue their course of sin
and shame as they best might these parties may be
met daily in the Elysian Fields, seeking to drown re-
morse in the enjoyment G) of each others society
The cries of the lady after her adored child are some
times extremely frantic. She wishes she had never
been born.
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