Litchfield enquirer., 1854-05-04
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 A msenlIicent volume, combining one hanased rxauis.ls s6gFsvings of the hnest upscimess s7 piellFs and se0lpfdFe, hos re- ...,lv .heea ;ssi.ed in New York, tlie enc saISisas being ! sandwiehed" ~i'h no'i- e.. ia bross qld verse. Of Americsn men, li.ersiere. sri. and progress. The Shrs' Of these notices is the following:
 raw luoEMksfKRoF oFsoUR REPUBLIC.
 ssass Seeryis t6 be one Ol the laws of FrUs vidence. ,llat the founderg Ol States Shal never divide their glory with those wbo coma after thenis Mases, OOInD, and Ly. eurvus Romnlus, Allied, and WasLiny> ion. have left none to dispute their tame., Sc is sis wiihsthe Adhere 0t leaFnIDg. f'he name Uf .Csdmas iBspIFes to-day the same 5 ivenesaaiOn that was felt for him by PlaiO. ltO dfSmalie pOei will dream of nsurPing ;, che thnlue of ShsksReaFe--uo future s,as> sFenosneF will lay . pr0fane hand on the crawn of Calico. The world looks for no Oti.er Had there will be no srcOpd Dante. Daniei fehsier has interpreted ihe consii- ilIii0n. and Noah Wehster left us a stand std bf the English language which wl guide sall. successive sges. s75.g@ .,ss sFl..
 Ire pen is lhe only scepter which | never bTpkeu. The only real master is h, who controls the thoughts Of men. I'm maker of words is master os the thinker who only sssss ,Aem. In this domain h has no rivai. He stands al the fOuntai lead OfIhouahi, science, civilization. Fl iscoDiEnsler Of ail miDds--lo him all ialE think, wtiie or print, pay involuniary ,rl buie. ID this sense, Noah Webster is ih slI-shaPipg all coDpis.oIIipg mind of lhis hen isphere. He grew up wiih ihe country aud lie moulded the intellectual characie of her pebpie. Not man has sprung iron her soil, on whom he has not laid bis all forming hand. His principles of anguage lsavestinged every seRience that IS now, oI willeVer he uttered by anAmerIcan tongue His 9enins has presided over every scene inshe nation. li is universal, omDipOielit amuipresenL. NO man can breathe lhe aiI ofaae continent, and escape il.
 stssiEhe scepier which the great lexico- graplieF wields 80 nnquestiona bly was n,osl ; svcfihlly w0a. It was cot inherited, 1t was achieved. lt cost lie struggle for an hon. eat, brave, and unfal,ering Iieart--a dear, serene intellect. No pr0paious accidents favored his progress. The victory was won after a steady trial of sky years.
 Contemplate the indices of lis progress !; for science, like machinery, measures its < Sevaluiivits.h When the wheels of Oul ocean steamers have moved round d mil, lion times, ihe dial hand marks enc. Il
 was- SO with Calico, and Bacon-theil ,boaks marked ih.ir progress through tn, uneKplored seas of learning. IL was s, i uwilh Webster. When our republic ros, he became it's schoolmasier. There has neyeTibeen great naiiDn with a universa language without dialects. The York ehiFe nlencannot noWsia with the mel of Cornwall. The peasant oi the Ligur ian Appeninesf drives his gosls nome . evening over hills that look down on si provinces, none of whose dialects he ca z speais. saeres {. 900 miles change not tl1 eouad pE word. Around every iresld . and iron: every tribune, in every field | labor and every factory of l6il is heard ih same tongue. We owe ii l0 Webster. y He bas done Iof ms more than Alfred di siaf EnglaRd, 0r Cadimus for Greece. Hi h00ks.hsve educated three generaiiOns.---
 Theysafe forever multiplying his army i. : tbinkeFs. who will transmit his name frou X age iO age. OplyaiwO men have stool OI the New World, whose fame is sure [, last Colun1bus ilsdiscoverer, spd Wash .ingiol iissavior. Webster is. and will b, iis greatest teacher; and these three make our trinity of fame. In publishing lh. Unabridged Dictionary of the American language, Merriam & Co. of Springfield Mass, have rendered it's authors nam, sisfpa!sn' q sS3a5sg \ vi..ss,s .,ass,a V