The Delaware herald., 1854-06-07
'3{tiistellareous.
Remarkable Predictions.

hundreds fail, OF which we never hear. Many
fond mother predicts professorship, or Judge !
ship, or bishoprc, for favorite son, who, |!
nevertheless, sinks through the world among
the crowd of unknown people. For all that, |
sundry remarkable predictions have, at various
times, been uttered, which have become true,
and yet nothing miraculous has been attributed
| to them.
Sylla said of Caesar, when he pardoned him
at the earnest eptreaty of his friends-'.You
wish his pardon-I consent; but know that this
young man, whose life you so eagerly plead for,
will prove the most dreadful enemy of the par
tywhchyou and have defended. There is in
Cesar more than a Marius." The prediction
was realizad.
Thomas Aquinas was so unusually simple
and reserved in conversation, that his fellow
students regarded him as very mediocre per-
son, and iocularly called him the dumb oT Of
Sicily. His master, Albert, not knowing HIM
self what to think took occasion one day before
large assemblage to interrcgate him on sew
eral very profound questions; to which the dis
cpe replied with so penetrating sagacity, that
Albert turned towards the youths who surroun-
ded his chair, and said-'You call brother
Thomas dumb OT, but be assured that one
day the poise of his doctrines will be heard all
over the world
Erasmus wrote a composition at twelve years
old, which was read by a learned friend of Heg-
ius; and he was so struck by its merit, that he
called the youth to him, and said, scanning
him keenly. "My boy, you will one day be
great man."
/, Sullys farther predicted of him, when only
twelve years old, that he would one day be
J great by reason ofhis courage and his virtue
; Had not the prophecy come true, we had never
: heard oft But Suily was early put in the way
, I.of, 7,.ofi- H.
comparatively easy.
Cardinal Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury
early predicted the future greatness cf Sir
= Thomas More. Pointing to the boy one day he
l said to those about him: "That youth will one
: day be the ornament of England"
: Cardinal Wolsey, though butchers son, had
an early prPsentiment Of his future great emf
/ nence. He used to say, that if he could but
? once set foot at court, he would soon introduce
S himself there. And scarcely had he obtained
S admission at court, the possessor Of an humble
T bene6ce, than he did not hesitate to say, chat
, "heRceforth there was no favor to which he dared
y not aspire" -.f ...-
: At eighteen, Gondi, afterwards Cardinal dc
t Retz, composed certain "reminiscences of early
studies, on reading which, Richelieu exclaim-
d ed, "Here's dangerous fellow"
e Marshal Turenne, in his early youth, pro-
e phetically foretold the distinction in arms to
n which he would rise. But, doubtless, there are
i few youths who enter the army, full Of ardol
IT and courage, who do not predict for themselves
J, the career of hero and conqueror.
b Milton, in his early writings, foreshadowed
Il his great poem, then net rnatured in his mind
:, He declared his intention, many years before
he commenced his task, Of writing some great
Epoem for postcrity, (which. the world could moi
willingly let die ...--.. -.
~ Bossuet, when g. youth was presented to a
number of prelateS by sne of the bishops of hi
church, who said of him, when he had left
"That young man who has just gone forth, will
be one of the greatest luminaries of tht
church" -.e>
Mazarin early predicted the brilliant caree
of Louis XIV. He said of him, " he has in hin
III stuff for four kings" and at another time
leH +" He may take the road little later tha
=. =. others, but he will go much further"
- One day mason, named Barbe, said to Mad
~ anne de MaintenoI, who was at that time th
% % wife of Scarron. "After much trouble, grca
~ king will love you you will reign; but althoug
On at the summit offavor, it will be of no benefit {
- you" He added some remarkable details
n, which appeared to cause her some EMOTION
' Her frienes rallied her about the prediction
when the conjuror said TO them, with the air
OK OK a man confident of the truth of what he sal,
ne "You will be glad to kiss the hem Of her GARNER
'la then, instead Of amusing yourselves at her e.
pense." tzg12zl
~ ~ On the other hand. Louis XIV one day ol
bis served to Rochefoucauld and the Due de Creep
"a "Astrology is altogether false. ] had my h
'er roscope drawn in Italy; and they told n
- that after having lived d long time, would ia
il in lovewith an old woman, and love her 20 Il
80, end of nay days. is there the least Likelihood
tNN l+l. AnJ can ka int 1,,,, ~
ha But this did not, nevertheless, hinder him fro
IL marrying Madame de Maintenon, when she w
- fifty years oldl So that both the predictions
III the mason and of the Italian conjaror can
ly true at last. ssfsa ,-,r, t.i-,,.Y ss-r Trn
sit When Voltaire was engaged in the study.
ags classical learning, the father Iejay was, on
far very much irrtated by the insoience Of his
ers prtees and taking hinl BY the collar, shookbi
,lss roughly, saying--ssyN FETCHED YOUTH you W
n<,t some day, be the standard of deism in France
hat Father Palu, Votaire's confessor, did not le
ear correctly divine the future career ofhis YOU
eeu penitent, when he said Of him, s"This boy
,ith devoured by q thirst for celebrity" H-~---
low sternehas told an ariecdotc of what happe
fold ed to him once at fIalfax. The sschoollnasl
g had got the ceiling newly whitewashed, and
isss, mischieyous boy mounting the steps, almost
lsn fcre the job was Completed, tdahbed with
NOR orash on she cenig ehs wofus' IA ies'e
,hh.l ssLau. Sterne;" but he would not have
,pc- name efflced, seeing that Sterne was boy
h genius, and certain to make reputation in
nllv world. Letus concludishy adopting the thoue
punl of Goethe: ..OndesiFes are the presentimel
the of the FACULTIES which lie, within us--the p
aul, cnrsors of those things which we are capa
for of performing. s.ssse *, "a AZ
.ook That which would ba, and that which We
I he sire, present themselves 70 our imaginati'
rclis about as and the future: we prove our as
ga II raton after an objfct which We already seer
ns.- ly pos,ess 1t is thus that en- intense antiSi
ltoa tion transforms real possibility into oan ina
reAt nary reality. When srch atendcncy is deeit
: the in us, az each stage of our development
lille portiort of Our primitive desire aecomplis
bile; itself, ander favorlble eircumstanees by dir
deds means, and in unfavornble circumstances,
II tfl some more circuitous route from which, he