The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-12-08

SplV Wv SfthS' lie uNtF CduBOt iildhe tlis IJ4-
ors adhere, unless chemistry furnishes him a
mordant. Optics must teach the painter the
law Of perspective, before his picture will stand
ont on the canvass. The vessel Of the mariner
viii float at random, antl he learns from natnr-
al philosophy, that the magnetic needle points
to the pole.
It is thus that Science aids as IN the commons
est business Of life, and scarcely claims the work
her own. S'ar-eyed and glorious as she is,
she dIsdainS not the homblest empoymrns.--
She comes 10 you, with benevolrnce and truth
beaming from her iacr, and offers her service,
not only 70 decorate your houses and train the
flowers in yoar garden plots, but to fashion your
implements, 10 compound your manures, TO sow
aud gather your crops--to relieve you, in short,
from world OF druGgrry, and to scatter plenty
all over the smiling land. She will put tine
ana space under your command, and pour out
nncounted heaps OF treasure at y0u. feet. Ii
was OF her that Solomon spoke, when he said
''Her merchandise is richer han the merchaD-
disc OF silver, aud the Gam thereof greater than
fine gold. She is more precious than rubics, and
all thou caust desire IS not to br compared un-
TO her. Length Of days is IN her right hand,
and in her lett band riches and homer"
Without Science, man the ruler OF this world,
vould br fba ,,o> hal,,s,s or all ani,,.at.d he
mos. His Creator ,nalla HIM me monarch ri
the earth. and cave him don.;,,ion oy4r i 70
rovern and control if TO levy unlimited con
fri5utions upoa il and convert everythinr in il
10 his own use. But he found hiirsriC at the
head of A reyoltsd entfire, All his phvsical
i,rces we're in state Of ins,rrrc,ioa AGAINST hI,
lawful authority, Tb, inferior animals were
his enemies. The storms poured fheir lary on
bjs up>h-ltrrrd head, He Was TERRIFIED hy the
roar Of the thunder. and the Eir6,ninr Scared
his eye halls. He VAS rarchp1 uad,.r thp hrt
sun Of summer. and in WINTER he was pierced
hv the cold. The soil. cursed for bis sake. pro-
ducrG thorns and tRiSt.rS. The food that mIaht
sustain his life crew beside the poison thai
wou.d destroy it. and he knpwnot how To dis
tingrl;Sh tb,. rp- from tba other The earth hid
her minerals deem in her bosom, and Guarded
them with rampant ofthick ribted rocks. Ta4
rivers olStrucird his raSsa,ee. the mountains
trownrd their defiance unon bin: and tEr for
tSt sprrad lis gloom around him. breathing a
bfowner horror upon the farorrs that brSpt his
way. IF he lpG the ,lrv land and ,roS,ed bin,-
self to the ocean. the waves yawnpd to enrnInl
him. aud the TEMPEST eatnr ltgwlirt on las
tack. FIe seemed an exii, and an outcast ia
TIE World of which hr was made to Be the zoy-
er~iga. But Science comes to rescue The pow
erlrss kiue from hIs misery ard deS:ada,ior.-
Gradually he learns from her the aw>-ot his
empire, and fhe means ty which his rebel sub
Jrcts may be conquered. From age 70 age he
accnwn'atrs lie knowito-", Tat Clothes hlm
with power, and fills EiS courage. Step alter
step he monnis upward 10 The throne which
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