Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-11-04
Choate on the Priceless Value of the Low
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OuOuIg Oh hu0 ELlUDlOAS v dluU VI Luu hOVo
OF Reading,
From bis Address deli versd the Inauguration OF the
Peabody Institute
] come 10 add The final reason why the ioOrking
Bian-by whom mean the whole brOihsThCOd Of
iRduItry-ghOuld set on mental culture aud that
knowledge which is wisdom o value so high--Only
not SupTeme-subOTdiuate alone to tie exercises
and hopes Of religion itself And that is, that
thsT,in he shall so surely find rest from labOrj
cor under lis burdens; foTgeifulness Of its cares;
composuTe IN lis nnnoyAnces. II is not always
D that fatigue wins sleep. ORen some yeXallon
outside ofthe toll that has exhausted The frames
some lOSs ~ baIgan; some loss by an insOlven-
cyl some Triumph Of mean or fraudulent com
petiloIj ''the laws delay, the ptoul mans con-
a tumely, Tie ipsoenee ofoffice, or some one the
SpuTiS that patient meTiI(COmthe unworthy takes"
some self-reproach, peThapS--follow you within
the door; chill the fTesde; SOW the pillow with
ihoIhs; and the dark care is lost in the last wa
king thought, and haunts the vivid dreams. Hap.
ny theniS he who has laid up in youth, and held
fast in all fortune, genuine aud passionate love
OF reading. True balm Of hurt mindsj or SnTpr
and more heOlihlul charm than "poppy or man.
dIagoTa, or ell The dEowSy sHups Of the world"--
by that single taste, by that single capacity, he
may bound in a moment into the still region de- '
llghliul studtg. and be at TeHt. He recalls the
annoyance that pusues hing reflects that he has
iOne allthat might become man u avoid or beer
~ he idulgsstn one good long human sigh picks
lpthe volume where the mark kept his place,
and in nboutlhe same tine thai it takes the Mo.
hanllnedan inthe Spectator put his head IN the
bucket of Wafer and raise II out he finds himself
exploring the arrow marked ruins Of Ninevah with
Layatdi or wOTshipping nj the spring head Of the
siupendous Missouri with Clark and Lewisj OF
watching with Columbus for the sublime moment
Oi the rising OF the curtain from before The great
mystery oftbe seat or looking reyerentiallY on
WhilU SOCtRtgS--'he dlScOnIge Of Immortality end.
rd-Telusvs the offer Of eschpei and taHeS in his
hand the poison, 10 lie in obedience TO the un-
nihteous sentence of the lawi OF perhaps, tits in
the contemplation Of some vast spectacle or phen.
OnenOn Of Mature That he has found his quick
peace--the renewed exploration Of one Of her
great laws--oT some glimpse opened by The pencil
of St.HieHe, OF HUMBOLDT, or ChateaubTind, Ut
Wilson, OF the "blvSSednesS and glory Of her own
decd, calm md mighty eSislence."
Let the oassofa busy aRYeI testify 10 the price
less valve OF the love Of reading. lie comes home,
lis temples thOtbing, his nerves shattered, from
tIial Of a week. surprised aud alarmed by the
charge Of the judge, and pale with anxiety about
the verdict OF the next morning, not Of all satisfied
with what he has done himself, though he does not
yet see how be could have iml Toved it, recalling
with dread aud self.dispoEagement, il not envy,
the brilliant effort OF his antagonist, and torment
ing himself with the vain wish that he could have
replied to it-nnd altogether very miserable sub
iecl, aud in as unfayoTnble condition to accept
comfort from his wife AMI children as poor ChTIs.
ton in the FIRST three pages Of the Pilgrims pro-
greSs. With superhuman effort lie opens his
book, and 10 The twinkng Of an eye he shocking
into The full 'oTb Of HOmeric OF Miltonic song"
or he stands IN The crowd bresthess, yet swHyed
no forests OF thesen by winds and TO Judge
the Pleadings for the Crown OF the philosophy
which soolhsd Cicero or Boethius in their affllc.
lions, in exile in prison, and the contemplation OF
DEATH, breatheS over his petty cares like the sweet
south; OF Pope OF Horace laugh hun into good hui
nor, OF he walks with &neas and the SYbil IN tie
mild light OF The world Of the auTeled dead--and
lIS cOufl.h house is as completely forgotten % Tue
dteam OF pTeadamite life. Well may he pflEs
that endured charm, So sleotual and safe, without
hioh The brain hndiong ago been chilled by para.
lySiS. or set on fire by inSanilyl
Tothese uses, and these enjoymenisi to menlal
culture and knowledge, and moTtality=-the guide,
the grace, the solace Of labor on oil his fields, we
delicate this chnHYl May il bless you in all your
SUGGESTIONS; aud may the Admirable giveT survive
10 zee that the debt which he recognises 10 the
future Is completely, discharged, survive to enjoy
in the gTalude, and love, and honor OF ills geq-.
ration, the honor. aud love, and gratitude with
which tie latest will ossufedy chIe,sh his name,
and psEake and transmit his bensfacltol.