The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-07-24
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much credit upon its author. Un account Of q
scarcity OF room, We have been obliged to omit
tae preliminary correspondence between the Au.
for publication:
I'aiedietory to tie Gr0dtatiHJ Class of the Nor.
NAL Departmsnt--By LYDIA HAMILTON.
Esr.fNtD CLAsSHaTE - Aios. highly do ap.
preca,e the honor winch you have done me, in
assigning me the responsible, but pleasing ta.k
Of addressing you on this interesting occasion
and would request that yon accept my sincere
gratitude for the same And now dear Class.
mates, in thus approaching the terminus of this
our present session. ! cannot but express that it
is with mingled emotions Of pleasure and regret
And doubt not, that this sentiment will meet
with congenial response from the heart Of each
member.
With pleasure we respite from the rigid, and
monotonous tolls Of the study roOm,--f from the
unremltting ardor, in which we have so long been
engaged, IN endeavoring The investigate and CON.
prehend the profound truths Of science and in in.
scrbng these truths irdelIhly upon the tablets Of
our memories. And doubtless no less degree
OF satisfaction is afforded IN the contemplation Of
so soon rejolnng our friends, and the happy com.
pauIons Of our h.mes Of once more m:ngling in
gam, retracIng hose hy ald secluded paths o.
We were wont in sUlcitude, made cheerful only
by the nocturnal songs,er and the sweet murmur.
ing Of the zephyr, as it foatcd anid the topmost
boushs of tie pride OF the forest Ia these vivid
chlmeraS We realize a pleasure.
Bat when memory Trvrfs to The past aul re-
calls TO oUr mind. the many happy seasons We
have spent together during months that have
flown, and admunIshes Us that these are now to
terminate" and that pe,haps forever, we cannot
suppress Ugh o! regret True during tie pre-.
sent ses-i ion uur number has been mall but, n.v.
erths e-s II ha- ocen pleasant Aud rs by the
timely molitor. We have teen called to tie dis
charge Of our several duIies from day to day,
aud week to week | trust, that not only the
pleasure We have here realized, but the las ug
benefit that We have desired, NAV afIUrda sweet
-ulace in future, and solitary hours of reflection
and row rs We are about to take the bar ling
hand, uhle unr helfts mutually res pond last
adeu to each other, ani our kind and f. III ful q.
cher, v hu a. 80 long presided over us and with
much asslduity and unwearied patience aided Us
sep by step IN ascending the rugged hill uf sci
enee. As we thus separate to he dispersed oer
earths ample space. wherever the tiat OF fortune
may chance to allot. ! trust that wheh enconl.
passed By prosp perlly or adversely We may ever
prOhl by the instructions We have here received,
aud Je permitted ith delight To revert 10 oul
schuO.days on his beautiful Mount. Here where
our Souls have been exlilarted by the rirh ,lu.
sion Of natures choicest bouutes wildly arrayed,
a- well as the invig pratng drws from the deep
aud infinite fountain, Of erudtion
But now for few moments let w. Contemplate
the theme ofour respcctve avocalion. a. CO labo
rers III II great and all important field ofeduca.
ton. This is indeed subject next to religion, in
which you and !, and all mankind should feel
most deeply interested. The deyeopneut Of the
human mlnd, the training of It's God-like ener
high and glorious destIuies Of this life and that
which is to come is n labor icpete with re-pon-i
bil,,y; cnnobliug in It's character and Infinite il
IT. bearing. And We doubt not 10 presume, bat
50 momentous theme is not alone embraced in
tie coutre' Of our own terrestrial sphere, bu
that It l. unbounded; that The bright lnhabitanl,
of other woiIGs, the mighty ntelIects of subli
mvr speres may also entertain thrilling intercs
/ IN jec, so iraught with all that is grand II
/ life ana glorious in immortality.
/ Bu, let us rejoice tha, We have been pern,ts,
to commence our career at so interesting periot
Of the worlds history. How contrastei with Ii,
dark. and unenlg ghtenee ages Of antiquity. Fo
sx thousand years the human mind has been nm
der the suhirr,iye inhuence or eJr,,,i,, IN,
cors.opsut g,v,i,,,,i,n RI, ala, LII, f..',r.,,
.bas5i. adyauc, hrpr GlL,ved Iy ,.,,,..,,ai, H.,
rp,ro,r,des Sul uvcb has ol,,aJ,
urou"h, IN TIN. gr.ot o,1 ,l,,i,,,. ,,,r,,; =,
Mans achievements in every a,o of H., n,,I
have b.ea renowned and ,undr,l. arc ,ha ,b,,
,c,,rs who have descended :, ,b,;r. s,,,o.
crowned with the lrr,ls AZ r,ly;,, 60 -.
,Loir o.h,. lou, s;ncc rrir,lsl ,yiI ,bo;, .Ia
dust. with their worthy tiles .sscSi,,sI ri,
their biph wrought projigics lnpJoil. oy.urI,
and beI1yn pr-r,n,s hay, bcen ,rr1iI,J ~, II,
pages of our country. history and conveyed nm
Unfinished 10 succeeding no.ieritv
Still We have much cause ,o rcpret that v;,'
all the ,acy fees that have been made an,
means cJurnd,d so cnunar,tiy,lv G,l. L,. L.,
ACCOMPLISHED in this worthy cau., And wby
.thsI True. nations have long had ,hoir ocad,
mics s.nlnarjrs and yoriou. iTs,itntI,ps NJ l. M,
ING and history refers lis to the tin,c Of ar,,c,
Greece as A I5u-ishirg rpti,d Of h,nr,,rre an
even to the davso Of the p,opbe,s Rp, in ,ucie,
neriois how were its adv,n,ay.s srI a,,erJir
influences generally drfusedi An her, !. n,
answer that viii ninnif.s, +, tbe ,rn,,,,ir, ,i,,
, ,h. .lnwlv nrnyr.s.m. s,ot. os ed, s,,,o, IL 49,,
, ly times There WAS no general d,f,sio,. cd,
ration instead Of heng disseminated anon, n
many. Nb,re5y II. graat.st y,oJ ni,,h, Is =.
ferteJ WAS confined tn the FEW Onlv m. m,
lent. and those advanced to the station, of bono
, were rermi,rel 10 ipbole the bcslthrl s,no
rh.re Of krnwlp,re Ia so,io,e ,h.i, ,birstv .nr
/ with luxuriutlnr ,rou,bts f,nn rho d,,n Alvin
, fountains nf the "p,ermn spriny." Will. IN. ind
gent and humble in lie were no, only rrobibi >
,he erioympr, of,hi, blessing bp, ,corr.lv sniff,
. .l N r.r,yp,ti,r ,f THAR D,y,ns ,,,,L,, H.,