The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-07-02

Avoid crowds of small crafts in 9ysst ofim-
provemen., and iaunch 9W yopr barks in
search Of original Mings. The genius is
rather ambitious is bring up pearls of its
own, than ssolisil9us io publish those of
other Emen. Since there is such abundance
"f room for al, il should be the determina>
tion Of every one to occupy some ground of
his own--to use another figure, to seek
"piaces untouched, in preference to sitting
in old di2girgs.
= PIGNiTY OF MECHANICAL. PURSUITS.
IS singular vagary that men To whose
genius and industry the world /, indebted
for what is most valuable in il, should have
al 'ays been held in low esteem. As hab-
in modern, it was passion in former
times, 10 look ut those oskant who use the
hammer and spade, under the fond dclusion
that the less wise men have to do with
gross matter, the nearer they yssemb,e the
Great Spirit; Whereas God is the greatest
oe woEkers-the chief of artilicers. So far
from l1skipg up his wisdom in distractions,
be necessarily embodying it in tangible
things; and in them it is that his inteli-
gence, ingenuity, aud resources are mani>
fest. What is this world but one of His
workshops, and the universe bnta collection
.pfinven:ions! IN him the sqHcamishness. of
hali-form philosophers, and the high-bred
tashionablcs respecting manual! and mcchan.
iical pursuits, finds no sympathy, but terrible
rrcbuke. His works proclaim his preference
for ,lic material and useful TO Tho merely
imaginative, and in truth it is in such that
The truly beautiful or sublime is to bc found.
A. steamer Is mighticr epic than the Had;
and WhhiIt.mocrs, 1ar9nard and B.anchnrd,
pight laugh evcp Eirgih Milton AMI Tasso,
TO scorn.
There is, moreover, morality belonging
70 the arts that us yet has Lecn ii,ls 1eed>
ed; lever, hammer, pui'y, wedge and
screw, are actual representations Of grea,
natural truths, and tho men who reveal them
may bc said TO have been inspired. The
Divine ntlaiurs flows through many chan
ncls. In fact, ai truths are allicd-tle dee.
nloguc being nm exponent of moral, as are
mechanical Inventions of physical, and az
inns in science of philosoohisa, yrFitiss-
hencc, whatever science discovers and art
applies, is divine, and ultimately tepds TO
eradicate evil; indeed, all tepyyh.ins, Legias
With the arts, and nothing is more certain,
than that all must end with them.
IL we glance at existing nations, we inva.
riabiy find those that excel in arts and
sricuccs most deeply imbucd with moral
prinriplc-the foremost aud most active in
the. benevolent enterprises of tn. age. In>
niers. then, nrc reycalcrs and cxrounders
er the prac,icsl doctrines of civilization, and
moro than any other class have they SHOWN
us how 10 lessen lies evils end multiply It's
good. The connection of morals with cx.
pInding science and art, and the necessity
Of the.r. union 10 thc elevation of The spc.
cie-, are beginning tto sslisit attention. 1t
Il now perceived that dpyiaiioas from prin
ciplcs os sciencc--citi,er in agriculture, arts,
wanufaciures, in processes or pursuits of
any kind, are errors, in an extended sense
gre sins--are Violations Of Divine laws
And ,hough sins Of ignorance they carry,
and will ever continue to carry, th,ir punish.
,pcnt with thcn', viz: in imperffct results,
aud the iailictiogs Of necessary ineonve
pienecs, expenses and toll 10 spreading
strength for nought.
Not till mechanical as well Ms ETHEREAL,
seience Is fully explored and universally ap-
piled, can man attain his destiny, and evil be
swept from the earth.
II has been regretted, slso, rs an evil
magnitude, that while the arts udn mister 10
the necessities Of the species, general
knowledge Of them has not been demanded
as feature Of popular education; that
while the works Gr historians, poets and
theorists, have been adopted as models by
which to form the taste and exc 10 tho aui-
bition Of youth, the gieat doctrines Of life,
as cSeniPliiird in the prcess by shirh the
products Of the planet, its force $, and tho
properties. Of its Substances, arc converted
into sl,e elements and accessories Of mate
rial and consequently Of mental refinement,
have been neglected.
But su,h are errors belonging rather TO
the past, Than the present or fp,ufc. Their
detection is a prcsagc of disappearance -
E,ils incident to the progress of society,
they, with many others, are only gradually
to be surmopntcd. The philosophy or
physics Of the workshop is but beginning
70 be understood,--true estimates Of is
value to be formed,--indubitaL' proofs,
however, that the movements of civilization
are onward and upward. II is now perceiv-
ed that in ordinary avoca:ions, principles Of
science are invoked thn, furnish subjects Of
research 10 ihe profounaest minds, and as
such may, serve t9 quicken and enrich the
perceptions ofthc most ioquisitiye.
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