Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-09-28

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y, ~ :: i'm Quincy .ida!:!S btyulIG, I'oihai'S'
my other man Of tie :!uv. q; ea'h W ~
Ind uumcd | an authorized 20 spcaN c""IuentlSI ue,
cause il has hecn my i"1 t. DC 'du"'' ~ ,"; Lnh;,.
nj ,rL +, have u correct knowledge oil men i"o''F
INN tMe decline OF their lives. And I" the number
I mnv add DIR. %Slippe., vino dci''cIeu' U''cl nls ::
rn,i,th wear, some OF the nblcst ana Niost 'nS'ru'''e
I.,.,-r, ever heard from his chair. Ana Cnfier'
". 49," ,,., snew. and whose mind, during his whole
EE. was a perpetual motion, died IN the blaze OF ms
,Y,cllcctual fame. NJ the asc. | think, OF about sTIy.
s.,rr or sirtY.cight. The .Abbe C"rrea' k!''"H ~
tho <osy,1wri of the '!.EAKSEp PORTUGUESE, one OF
ina most ,easeless inQuirtys and thinkers everkle",
lied ut the ac. of ssrCAi Y-thrc: ar Jonr, Ms ncn'ai
! faculties maniiesting the activity anu srcnS'" +" lr
,,.Srr. And the celebrated traveller tiuhino,u', WIZ
In. not sprnt an idle hJur for more than la.t a cen
tnrv. il 7 brl;,vc, sill living al the aye D! c'SHfy,
n,ss:ssri of uu,lrcayrd powers OF intellect.
..Oi Tho names OF men, not personally Known 10
~, Inv. who's, lives stand on authentic record, who
,r,s.yy,,l tr,,m decay, b. the constant exercise OF
iihcu,, their mental faculties, until n deep old age,
..,uhi ,rumcr.;c n host: but 4 low vii! be sufficient.
IN, mni -; Franklin rctaimci is wonderful com-
mass. activity, and strength, until after his clghueth
wear. some Il the compositions dictated by HIM out
4 lew days before his death, when too weak t" employ
his pen, lack bat lille OF the freshness and ViScT
which characterize the productions ut his cartier
| years.
"Itaici.h was executed al tho age Of nearly eighty,
his faculties strong, active and u;.diinrl,rl. luilcn
was Il splendid lecturer, in the medical school OF Id
.nbursl, al the age OF s'2htg-k''c-aid Monroe, the
elder, WAS the same al about the same age. Botr-
hauvr, when more than seventy years old, attracted
To his lectures crowds Of pupil. from all parts oi Eu'
rope: and BiunCHbach did lie same when from O. 70
-. DR.. Johnson, when upwards ot seventy, wrote
the Lives Of the Poets. decidedly thc ahiest produc-
ton of his pen. The late venerable Professor llule'
Ind, when eighty and upwards, was dcscrVed!y tEe
pride Of his profession in Berlin, Il city interior 10
Paris only Ut inferior 70 any piacrl III science alu
letters. S0itsirc, AT the n%r ct c!Chiy-t"o or three,
possessed the mental vivsciIy nni viSoroi youth
,ad, at the same age. the Int Prince T"licyrand was
ore oi the ahlrsi dipiomatihis ot the time.
"a caac more triunlphantly, perhaps, corrobora-
tive of the doc,r,ue | am urging than any other that
can BIZ cited, il that of Lewis Cornaru OF Venice. Not
only did his strict and well.Lircctud temperance IN at
things, united ~ suitable exercise oil his och.y ami
nind, preseryefuninpaired, the health, activity and
vigor al both. for upward vf sixty y.ara, but II re-
stored to them, IN their pnssessors inriIeth year, tnosc
blessing. after they had been shattered beyond all
reasonable hop" OF remedy, bya previous career Of
iutemperancc and dissipation.
THAT noble Venetian died, "a his biographer tells
US, III the age o! more than n haadrs6 years, Win
out agony, iii nn elbow chair
IL bcluca,hcd ,r the wnrld three brief tr"atiSca
an h,Gi;h, written by himself, M three different n"G
fnr advanced periods Of lie. The first NJ them came
from hs pen in his ci.li:y.t:rst, The secnn! III has
.!-h.v-i:lii!, an! the tli-! III his ninety first year.
"liiry are Uuto-Diu.rnplI;cal records OF IN" di'''
drink, aad general r'..nirII. which were lns;riiteii'
~! n the restoration and maintenance "i his health
.hr prntraciion oi i!s life, and the exemption i""
tie Tr-r.ri;rLc and ,i~co!nf"Tis al me- when he en-
loved, meier such IN u!;i,surl accumulation u! Yeas
The narrative j. iH,, rS3cgsri, and us lnnho'"hy
relieved, bv numerous reflections "t Il s'rouS, flesh,
aai 81. ar-s.riag mini. And is style Is pcrSp1td0us.
s~prigltly, Gud vigorous.
.A.l hes, p"rsrilagrs, | repent, were 80 vigorous
in Intellect, and 81 Il!us;r."us WHEN Old. only berane"
r.tv were ia AL ding, temperate, a.rl never allowed