Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-08-08

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Mathematics and Philosophy tho first to
stimulate the growth of the mind, for which
there is nothing equal to language, which is
the body and form of reason the second to
administer proper checks to that growth by
compelling the mind to strict and close reas-
onins and the third as the common basis
OF the other two, by which all things are seen
as from a central point, in their proper har-
mony
The College also gives to men ability for
practical life, by giving them ability to use
the means which they have gained, without
which they are no better than pictures or
statues.
And this system secures the growth and the
pcrpetulty of knowledge, knowledge grows
onlyby the hard earned contributions Of learn
to barbarism is continually counteracted by
institutions of learning, bringing together
books and mon, Whereby men are made who
viii %couuteroct this influence.
The effect Of the emulation which constant
ly prevails among students, and Of the inHu-
N'NN NilN' 1'NAN B''h nluitLl tAtTlS ONcG
others, becoming himself not only a receiver
but a radiating center, was pointed out.
whereby the influence of colleges is not con-
fined to their members, but extends through.
out all society.
With a fine description Of what should be
the influence of a college, when pervaded
thoroughly by the religious element, the
speaker closed a discourse of over an hour
long, very clear in its arrangement, full of
good thought, and enlivened by frequent pas.
sages Of beautiful expression and pungcnt an
tithosis
IuEspAr Al1ERyooS was occupied with the
Celebration of the LITERARY SOCIETIES. Rev.
j. z. THOMPSON, of New York, pronounced
the Grafton. 1t was on Literary Culture.
1t was an uncommonly fine discourse, full of
discursive thought and rich and varied illus.
t%ration. His %allu,ion to the power of the
study of the classics, as a source of culture.
was especially felicitous. We trust the
Grafton will be Published.
j. 5. j. TAYLOR, Esq, Of Plattsburgh.
was the Poet ofthe occasion. The subject of
his muse was the Country Schoolmaster, his
labors, his trials and his hopes. The Poem,
or the first half Of it, at least,-was a lively
and agreeable presentation of the subject,
pleasingly vorsifed and delivered with spirit.
Some passages were especially effective but
unfortunately the Poet made the very com
mon mistake OF being too long. His effort
occupied a iull hour, and We fear that he
failed To sustain the interest Of the large
audience to the end.
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past seven. on TupsJav eveninr Tho cb,rob I
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