Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-07-27
NAN A MIcRocosM.
BY W. S. HALLocK,

Man is being of rare and wonderful
mech anism. The multifarious elements in
HE composition have puzzled the wisdom
and philosophy of the learned world
In gazing upon him in the every day walks
Of life, we are too accustomed to pass him
by as an object worthy Of little admiration,
but W hen we investigate his nature We can
not but admire the nobleness and majesty
Of his form and adore the Power OmniPo-
tent by " hich he was formed and fashioned
GO with me for moment, and let us con-
template that being whom we see yonder,
of such proud and matchless structure-a
being "a little lower than the angels. y
See with what ease and elegance he moves,
his Eve hundred muscles subservient to the
dictates Of his will his two hundred bones
forming curious framework, fitting in oil
their articulatons with the neatest accura-
cy,with his throbbing heart, that mighty en-
CINE of life, with its seventy-tivc pulsations
per minute, and i,s powerful conuactive
force, impelling the life giving blood to eve
ry part of the system.
But let us come nearer; gaze into that
passion speaking eye. Now We trace there
the .lish,ning's glance, read the pathetic
language OF affection. Behold that manly
and lofty brow with its contemptuous scorn,
or ito broad eYpanse of thought and reason
Behold too, that lip nth its words Of deter
mnation and it's exulting smile OF JOY
They are all indeed grand-lhe eye Of fire,
the brow of beauty, the lip of eloquence-
the noble ks ofthst Architect who form
ed earth's green magniicencs and arranged
the hosts siderial in Hsnven's gorgeous
concave.
But we have to regret that all these phys
ical beauties are doomed to short lived NOR
taiity-to dissolution and decay. But there
is principle contained within that curious
ly wrought easement which is as enduring
as the pillars Of Eternity IL is the heaven
born soul. This it is that calls forth our
highest admira,ion-,hat enables US to as
pre 10 the position of angels.
Among all the varied appellaiions assign
Il to man, none perhaps is more sPpropri-
ate than that which defines him micro
cosm--a little world-containing sll the re-
quisiles for an indie nde mt and happy EN-
pire, winch may live and flourish where
larger worlds have gene TO heterogeneous
wreck, and are Loot amid The gloom Of cha
otto night.
Mind is the ocean. vast snd boundless,
stretching away from the shores Of time to
the paradisean rea Inns Of Eden-immortali-
ty, and Love 10 the white-saiied ship that
conveys the happy spirit to those far-off
ecstatic scenes. Our reasoning faculties
cons ti,ute the solid earth. upon which are
founded all the magnificent structures of
Philosophy and Science. The heart is the
great dispenser Of life, and upon i, depends
the existence Of our little world as does this
revolving earth upon the sun that roll.
above US in its MONDAY splendor. Imsgi-
nation is the cerulean vault that encircles
us, and the passions and emotions are but
so many stars decking its gorgeous arch.
Many streams are flowing through the
bosom-some for veal, some for woe
crystal streams of kindness and joy, or dark
and bitter fountains Of maleyolence and
sorrows.
The human breast ISL battle field, and
though verysmall in its limit, the mightiest
the world has ever known have
cen achieved within its vital precincts
Many : Bannockburn and Borodno have
been fought within its narrow bounds
Truth and Error are two mighty generals
arrayed, the one against the other, and both
hero.lke for mastery and domin-
ion. Who has not felt these conflicts and
battles rocking his breast and threatening
with destruction Who has not fell the
chilling ice cold clouds of disappoint me mt
settling down upon the mind when Error
has been victorious Who has not felt the |
deiightsome sunshine Of holy joy streaming
over the soul when Truth triumphant, has |
blazing banners to faunt in the zephyrs OF !
peace, and the angel Of Justice, with her
thunder trump. heralds the glad ,idings
through the spacious universe.
Man was created to live and not TO die.
This beautiful little world we have
been admiring, was destined for an
existence beyond the stars. When impe-
rial Kingdoms and ssa-girt republics which
are spread out over the earth shall be no
more, when the veil Of oblivion shall have
'bscured the blazing guardian of day, and
III that was and is, shall be no more; when
he balance wheel of creation ceases to
move, then this inicrocosm will renew its
Existence nscathed by the petty storms
md ills OF life.
What though the lilliputian waves of
Mortality may dash in widest fury agains,
bis fair dominion we have described, though
nay may seem to overwhelm and sweep i, ,
ut Of existence, yet still in the darkest
omsn', when ebon clouds hs-. map.IeS