Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-11-19

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tions, giving tone to our sentiments, sus-
tanning devotion, benevclencc and the in
s.ine.s of tenderness and lore, or adding
fire to the passions and qaickening our
susceptibilities to evil, as well as impartinG
promptitude aud consistency to effort, or
enlarg ing cur capacities Of endurance.
The antelope Of man is to be found in
the full and therefore equal expansion Of
all his capacities and powers. Anything
less than this is an abatement Of his pris-
tine vigor.
If man be a m r, au.omaton, played upon
by every passing motive, then indeed there
may b, no Inherent capacity orernedy de-
focts of character But, if there be self
directing force, some constituent vital en-
ergy, not wholly lost and destroyed, the
wretched inebriate may riss to he posses
sion of his faculties, not physically impair
ed, and the lofliest intellect and the puress
soul may achieve indefinite and unremit-
ting accu s.tions.
S TRANCE as it may seem, it is probable
that an abatement Of mans natural couroye
I is the most serious and common defect
Physical courage is cheap, and is bought
for few pence per day, yet the steadiness
of the soldier, as the hardi!iood of the hun
ter, is the effect Of discipline, experience
and example. Preparation impar's moral
comase to the weak the hand which one
day signs paper through abject fear, may
;fterward be held III martyr flames With
martyr fortitude.
Dir@tness cfrnrpose is perhaps equally
rare with the highest courage. And IN
this comprehend not only singleness of
object or aim, but integrity in thefull sense
o. the word.
! The forms of popular phrascology may
have had their origin in the sen.entious
wisdom Of remote ages. All languages
however, seem in this respect to have been
cast in a common mould. Like the Saxon
Common Law, to which We are rapidly re-
turning, these antique expressions are more
profound than the laborion, distinctions OF
later times. The purity aud beauty OF
tn. Doric architecture lies in its simplicity
The ornate savors Of frivolity. Uncor.
promising adherence to principle is expres-
sed by INTEGRITY. Moral power is rirtde
Effective power is riyor, vital force; and
that which nan lces by is bis beiicf, faith.
Simplicity Of motive, oneness of purpose,
and manly energy, are taught in the primer
of all speech, and the lesson is woven IN
the very construction Of language. I
! Sinsleness of purpose and integrity OF
character, are qualities usually common to
the same typc Of miud. He who easily
allows himself to be diverted from the
greater purpose by light and transient
ebjects,is exposed by kindred facility to
the temptation of attaining his ends, or
Of escaping his errors, by the Abandonment
of principle. Dup!icity, therefore, whether
it be TIE base hypocritic double dealing, or
tho conflict of alternate and inconsistent
purposes, is mark of weakness The former
i. tn, abjcct depravity of the soul, crawling
where it dare not stand erect the latter Is
the impotcncy of an undiseipiiued will,
without the corrupt motive.
Our earlier years are spent in acquiring
the skill to use eur physical powers. The
faculties of the understanding are more
slowly developed those tending to the ac-
QUESTION of knowledge, observation, COM
parison, and memory first, and afterward
those which mature the Judgment and rec
tify our first impressions. Last Of all VIC
acquire the mastery Of thought; those sub
tie processes which refuse to act under in
spection; demanding the highest energy
Of the will, the entire concentration of the
faculties, and which can Only be recalled
by memory. VTEF.
! The search of truth is the investigation
of labyrinth. We enter its Egyptian
portals with the instincts of reverence and
fear; reverence to the majesty seen, and
dread Of the dark unknown. The tradi.
Itious of those who have gone before have
made u. familiar By degrees With wide
scope; wide, were it not that the area ex'
pands in the full ratio Of cur progress, So
tina. he who pressed farthc.t into the un-
known returned most impressed with the
;lit,l-ues. Of what Is known. There are In,
deed glorious avenues opened to the COM
mon mass vistas which unfold their beau.
ties to the thoughtful mind; and in the
more remote, obscure and difficult regions
here and there are to be seen the footprints
Of the great master minds, far, far beyond
the haunts Of men whom We call vigoron.
thinkers and of large attachments.
Amid these avenues, inyolutions and
Irami6cations, the mind roves by the gui
daucs Of familiar associations. There is
on the one hand, no weary way to trave