The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-11-04

former snail be not less than the latter
Exiraordinaries excepted, man should
be ashamed Of being in ill>healih as he
should be of getting drunk.
But | cannot dwell longer on .bit
topic. Get health, if you have il moi
keep il If you have il. '..'
Do yon understand Phrenology? The
principles OF phrenology lio at the bottom
Of all sound mental philosophy, and al
the sciences depending upon the science
Of Mind; and all the sound Theology
too. Combe's "Constnn,on of Man" i:
the greates, book that has been written
for centuries. 1t shows US those condi.
lions Of our being without whose obser,
vence we cannot be wise, useful, OF
happy. II demonstrates from our very
organization, and from our relation to
the universe in which we are placed, that
we cannot be prosperous, Tin any true
sense of the word unlegs we are intolli-
gent, and canno, be happy unless we are
good. l, "vindicates the ways of God TO
man" better than my pulemic treatise
bave ever read. If unacquainted with
this work, you should read some elenen-
tary books on the science first, and then
master the "Constitu:ion of Man"
1t has been objected 10 this work tha,
it tends 10 infdelity and maierialism. I
could never discover the slightest ground
for this objection. Instead Of tending to
lnfdel,ty,l | think il tends TO Fidelity,
both to God and 10 mnn; and its only
semblance 10 matelalism consists in the
solid basis which il supplies for Natural
Religion. l thirk it impossible to got
he full force of Bishop Buffers Analogy,
Or Of Bishop Walson's Apology, without
irst comprehending the Constitution of
Man.
You say you have devoted yourself to
he profession Of Law. 1t is noble pro.
ession. The Common Law, &C., as
distinguished from statute law,
las its deep foundations in morals.-
Some bnse materials have been wrought
nto it by rude hands, during long
)eriod of darkness and semi>blrbarism;
,u, it is still a noble structure. The
questions which its true high priests per-
oeiually ask, are, What is equi,able?
Wha, is just? What is right? This pro
Tession, in all ages, has turned out the
.blest and truest men; mot because the
lblesi and truest men go. into il, bu, be.
cause its discipline, its indictments and
It's training, create :hem. ...,..
In practising your profession, always
seek for principles, and make precedents
bend TO them, never the reverse. Never
espouse the wrong side Of cause know
ngly; and if unwi'tingly you find your-
self on the wrong side, leap out of it as,
quick as You would jump out Of W. Of
boiling birthstone should YOU accidentally
fall into one. II is utterly amazing 10
me how man can trif, with his own
nind,--I do not mean, now, his mind
considered as par, Of his immortal self,
but his mind considered the nero ins,ru,
ment with which he works. If you
destroy the celestial temper of that in
stlumenl. can you expec, ever TO restore
IFS 'keenness again? 1t is impossible.
What would you think of poor barber
who should batter the edge Of his razor
against flint, as preparatory to shaving?
Well, ,llat would be wisdom, wisdom
len times distilled - compared with The
man who would wear off the edge Of his
conscience against known error. b., When
we think i, SO giievous misfortune 10
lose the natural eye, how can we be
Indifferent 10 binding the moral eye,
without whose light tho whole body is full
Of darknesSl To tell a single lie is held
What is known sopbislry
out series oflies,--;n procession Of them,
Which the false reasener marches and
narshals to their vile work? would
ather be at tho head Of Falstaff's sol
liers than 10 have my name, 60 down in
he law books attached to any argument
, hich aGy fair minded man could believe
o have been insincete. - ,Gg u4> 4
l we'll know, for | have often heard,
What the old lawyers say abou, its being
light to defend known wrong side. ]
leny i, all, and abhortit. IL bad man
wants such work done, he shall no, have
ny soul 10 doiit with.2 I should not like
0 catch the small pox, but that would be