New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-30

.r6 family obedience 90 law Sni sl hat form ~ IN ran
life a which bis fher sni mother and sisters sud Bro
her wsra .he eudesred exemp ifcaon Ia the arm. Of
that circle on parent knses or later ia intervals OF work
or PLAY ths future American statesman acquired the id-a
of country and became conscious Of nation and
rational lie There sni then som.thng ginpssS Hfle
Of ~ romance the set sad bitter memories Of solder
sid bcroerer OF he old Colonial time and NaF opened 70
De large dsrk Il tha chtmenorrS % french Sni
lndsr stealing 10 O. he very p'Scs wasr- the story
Hing. OF nen shot ~ the plou n within s,hi 81 the
old log hou.e ofihs massacre q Fort William snd Nay
of Sisk Hose 90 Wolfe Rng IN he arms 81 vic'tyi
sud then Of the next age rs grAnd-r scenes ard higher
names. Of The fathers part a. Bennington ana hie
Plsirs Of Lafayette ard Washington. and then 81 tns
Constitution lust adopted ard the nrst PRESIDENT u III
srrursted with scenes OF public thanksgiving 70 AIM Shty
God auc ID. Mon lust sprut toeal AiansSs morn
rc harbnger and croaise OFFS brighter day lol have
arc how IN he bought aud hsi rad the Con-
stiu,ipn On the coon handkerchief small csnnoa'
think his bograuhers say the cmiaous psythnK OF
NAposou, childhood But this incident remads Us r1aer
OF Tie youthful Luther, astorhed And Kind ng over me
tvs, lStu Bible he ever saw or the still younger Pascal
permitted 10 look mo the Euclid 20 whose suhh mites
rtsetbls nature had attracted hm Long before nlS
i,ureenh year, the mother first aud then the f.her
sni the teachers, ard the schools and the ue n-ghoor
hooc, had discovered extraordinary hope "a him a
purpose cream rot yet confessed Of giving him Sn edu
canon. began be cher she'd and in May 1926. a. tour
teen ne Was sent 70 ENeter have myself heard gentle
long leader OF the ESseX bar sni emilen m pVOhc
HE, now no more who then pupil ~ the Scl0oL de-
describe hi large frame sgperb lace and rustic dress sur
ouited Hith siudents gown and immature manners
when urs, he came ard SAY 700 how aud uniSer-
sally hs capacity owned Mh0 does not wish thai ne
gorou, Buckr inster could have reseen and assed
the whole greatness but certainly the Of eolaence
which 90 cone 20 the young Stsn GER whom choking
speeches the grea, fountain 90 feelings sealed yet he
tried IN vain e. encourage 10 d-cl.m before the un3on
sci bright tribes OF the school The influences OF Exc
ter him excellent bat b., Say @Ss brief In tho
winter ot i-,t he SO home and m February. 1871,
he plSced unl,r the private tuition, sud IN the
me way sd hs nthe- O. the hous' of Wool that rs
first hearc y tn establishment thI the parental love aud
good bad resolved the great sacrifice ot giving
nm an tcucAr1n sc College. 81 remember no writes
the vry ail We were ascening through deep SHOWS IN
New Erg md sleigh when my father made his purpose
known 20 me | could MT speak HOs could he,
thought With 50 large family and IN sdch narrow cir
cunstAuo,s th1A OF mourning So great an expense ts
me- warm glow ran all over me- and lay my head
my father shoulder, and wep Iht speechlessneSs
q glow those t'trs reveal "a Us what his memory and
Consciousness could hardly do 70 ham, that already soma
where. AZ some hour ct day or evening or night, rs
he read soma page or heard narrative, OF saw
some happier schoOlillow SEE oil from Exeter q begin
his College life the love OF intellectual enjoyment the
ambition Of intellectual supremacy, had tsSen hold Of
BIN hat when or how he knew lot bat u had come TO
b. before Doe was aware of H. his ast thought before he
slept IN, first Vhtn he awoke and shaped his dtea ms BE-
hold n ,htm zoo. hrs waoe future That day thar hour,
taat moment rom ihe deep SHOWS OF tN slow hi ne
out On the long ascent hat bore him, 10 step back
ward to The high places Of the world lie remained
under the tuition NJ Wood until August 1885, and then
entered this College, where he at the end o the full
Of four year, graduated IN -0l on that college life
y,u tel ne than eau tell you II is the unyer
sal evidence that il il distinguished by exemplary de-
~ reverence Tor religion, respect Tor instruction.
ana Observance OF law We hear from all sources too
tt distinguished by assduous and various studies
Nth tie pton IT two branches for which his
imperfect Pre- paraCn hsd failed 10 excite taste ne IL
ported have addressed himself 20 the prescribed tasks aud
have awaited himself Of the whole body of means of lib
era culture appointed by The emit with decoum and
Cars,ieLtous 1ra We hear more t1au ni3. Inc whole
course Of traditions concerning his college lie full TO
prove two facts The first - that his reading general
and various far beyond the requirements Of te faculty or
q fNa.saH fNal Ntf.rar
life was not solid and useful merely VIII n is vague con-
menGaon. but such predicsted aud educated tho
future statesman In English literature it, finer parts its
poetry and tasteful writing, mean, he had read much
rather than many things but he had read somewhat That
young of his emotional nature full of eloquent feel
ing the germs Of fin ia.t- l- ear tor tne music OF words
he eye tor an beauty aud s -ubnly already IN ex'raor
binary measure h already practising the Art Of c0npOs
ton speech md criticism should have recreated himself
We Know be- do, win Shak .pfre and Pope and Adj
son "a toe great romance oi Deoe with the moro recent
bogHl hes oi johnson AMI his grand limitations of JuYs
nal with the sweet and refined simplicity and distracted
observation Of Goldsmith, mingled Nth sketches Of
homefet delight. with tbe Elegy of Gray Whose
euu touches soOthe1 The fh0s hts, or tested
IT, consciousness of 'te last hour with the Wig
originality Of the then recent CO sper whom no
quoted when he came home a, proved, 20 de-his
should have expected But have heard aud believe,
that % another institution, au-tere aud chgrac-
ri size that Lis Own mind WAS rresis'by AMI insncyey
even then attracted The conduct Of what Locke cal tho
llUman Understanding The limits # human knO Wedge,
the r.-aus a. coming ~ he knowledge OF the different
cses of truth the Avs Of thought the science Of proofs
VII ch n logic me science Of morals. the facts of history,
tie pin, laws the conduct ard aims Of res,onings in
poncsihese were the strong meat that announced aud
began Co TRAIN t7 great political thinker and reaiouer ola
Ihaye heard 'ts, De might oener be found in some soil.
ary AZ % walk with volume Of G3rdols or R.msays
lt outon, a. of e IsierAist Or Ut Iunes History Of
gland or II Dis Essays az GrOus PuI5ndor or
ero. ~ MOLtc,quieJ, Locke, Burke than with
lu-I or Sh1tpcre az tho ND,rtlfJr OF the History Ut
Oini rs in The Department of Philosophy be already
.frf. f. Na nlIl baf
rled faery when Dc graduated treated tina; topic u
Opinion urftr aspects AZ reeOeot from read
ing le manuscript, NiA c0pOusnoss Judgment aud enhu-
.m snd some OF Ls riieuls 0f the Bsrksan theory Of
ffe non existence Ol matter Wei remember Anticipated
q sarcasn If later tay on currency All metallic, and
Of notification a. asirctly constitutional remedy.
Tire other fact well established by all gather
% ie and college, -, that me faculty transcendent
afterwards oil moving the minds of by speech vas
.l.-ady developed aud effective 10 a remarkable degree.
Alsays bsrc - best writer and speaker Or tE0 in col
20 bit This stere0ypad designation wholly insde-
pate % convey le impression DE nld8 IN hs time Many
row alive have said that # bis performances hav-
irgTeg-rd 10 lis youth his oects his topics bis audsn
fes one fhs Celebration n Independence one n EuOgy
md et recollection 20 which nothing else could be COM
AIRED which could be- s and admitted oil not explain
Il lpieabe tlt delightful influence Of that voice,
confined I'D get and uns-sIred whose consunnAt9
1Ire--ion charmed and suspended tas soul ~ nation
~ rad ultss Eseys nov dsapPonts you someghat AZ
Qnl'-n say. # liOrensus dpp0et D'acDn'e aiYuM -
Irflr md hytnts zen iaUe1tns SDmespe there Was in
en word vii he reader misses To int The secret
u'lst po 5ru cu.t recall he youth II webster Beloved
fIdy ald appreciated ~ ta4' circle as much as by
sYy audience, Urge more e1Artirg mJfs various
srd Lore Dr. which ....ra sfds boz found rgeryWhere-
Known 20 D. manly Jl-' par5, gea're.s ahscuonate--
known g'd IT. - ts s'ro. HiI, Ls - t.ns his COM
ma1crg lsf8c'-r ls uncommon aid d cult studies no
l.f ...sy slfs garm.s- good Hi.1 wi h.m ghsn 40
r,-r. ant iel. when unchecked ~ a0y very seysrs
cry o.. te llrIpre-s-d ~ any dread ~ 'yDg sons
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