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universally uhfets preYalent c0uiG mol nave orglna-
ted Of ITSELF nor by the semi-omnipotent
force FofS habit If through the fight OF
ages and by the complicated 4naphinerysof
society, this element shasbsen thwafted from
its proper channel, and greatly perverted
from. its tsue character, II doestnot by any
means amount 'to, ,,sn argument on account
Of which its scarce is to lbe questioned.
Were this tie z H 3 sths ~ same logiict, would
reasonably doom everything thatpertainsto
man, End even man himself, to 4 doubtful
source, an uncertain origin. For at this late
era, in these latter times, where is it. that
degeneracy has not tapped raven wing or
rolled a blightipg wayca
The love of fame is the strongest passion
Of the soul. 1t lies at the Foundation Il all
the rest, and they are developed in proportion
to sits quality and intensity. An inconsol.
able melancholy may enshroud iits victims
with horrors beyond conception, bend the
lordly head, and paralyze a. heart, noble,
generous, refined. Hope may cheer and in
vigorate tho lonely exile bound by the chains
Of dismal, doleful dungeon. And an un-
sanctified ambition may lure its blind dew
otees away in untroddeu, slippery paths,
blast their fondest anttcipations, and sink
them to everlasting destruction. But the
desire for unfading renowB, like the calm,
unfathoned current, is iaesssantly moving
with strength untold. 1T. springs every
nerve to the utmost 5tensi4, animates and
prepares the mind for its noblest conflicts.
Few indeed would brave dangers storms to
perform great exploits for their own sake
their intrinsic worth-if they were never
to be made known to fellow creature. But
with the tantalizing' diadern, the bright gar
land Of fame fora reward, aTnlil martalibus
ardui est" !: The soldier then, can with
firm step and unm&lcd front, march into: the
din and smoke of battle, where deadly arti-
fetal thupders roar and arrows "barbed with
fire" fly and fallso thick and fast AS 10
eclipse the sun. 1t was to gain this desira-
ble prize, that ERorosrRATus acted the base
incendiary, and EMrEDGEEs, the lunatic in
stead of philosopher, by leaping deliber-
ately into the ignited caverns of yawning,
hideous Etna. However great an influence
might have been Hexerted by 4 fine and
crowning genius, royal gold and commu-
MON with the Muses. in their Parnassean
home, still another component part was re-
quired to constitutes sufficient incentive for
that admirable epic to emanate from the
Mantuan bard. Nor was MAcos1DEs care
less concerning what was to comes after him;
if he had been, though all modern facilities
and Improvements had been at his COM
mand, lie would not, With IS greaat 1parolixity,
have sung, in such rapturous enchanting
strains .''the wrath of PELEu's SOM and the
mysterious, incredible, wanderipgs Of the
distinguished descendant; of LAERrEs. And
he, no doubt, when his labors were ended,
felt, that hssthsadmiraBly dfaahehafaeters
of Ajax and ULyssEs, AoHILLEssan III
uM's great hero, he had given an impetus to
his name, that would secure for it an unin-
terrupted passage down to the last corn
dor Of time. The two first among orators,
who need no a soanoSr66aas S6a appelfafohs would
never have nsed such extranordipary5 exer-
tons for mere niomentary triumph. r The
one diligently pursusss hif studios under ac-
compliisshLsdl she i masters s with the 1eost fear
full consequences, and contrary to prudent
adnonitions + The other in sohae 5secfddsd
grotto prepared hinlself for the delivery 81
the grand 4 Corona and proved to all
coming indolent youth, bssiineet !; ;olnnia.s
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the Bastl as tSs b is Iy,ia siss the
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life, thus excIaimsd y s! tlt i5sf
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