Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-02-15

ca ionS SnouSH W uHseoA i"'n'iN
springs in fathers heart, and to opei
Heaven to mother eyes. The obscur
and friendless man, whose hearse rolls 81
lonely to the grave, was be absolutely $50
lated, were there no chords Of love ant
hate, or influence Of any kind, which
were linked with his life and would vi
brate now he was dead. The solitary
boat goes down at sea, bu, it has cut its
wake upon the deep. and the waters that
close over itare not just as they were be.
fore.
The radical difference between men is
in quantity and quality of being-weight
of soul and BRAINS.
| One of the most remarkable features
of our time, is the want Of fontal and
overlapping mon We have innumera-
bic hilloeks and little men, but not one
that can be discovered FIVE miles out a,
sea.
The superiority Of some to Others
which is seen and felt in all the common
affairs OF the world, in executive bust
ness, and politics. and literature, and in
the higher region Of moral conduct
that they have fuller and more active
personality. The most interes ing per-
sonayes IN history, men who have affect
ed their own and other times with mag
netic influence were men whose b!ogra-
phies are deficient in details and triking
anecdotes, because the charm was in
themselves. Genius always impresses US
with the conviction that beyond all its
performance there is vast exp anse Of re-
serve powcr,-just as the iarthcst reach
of the sea which comes tumbling through
the sunrise gives us no sense of limit,
but Of conve,ity sweeping into bound
lcssncss; and the hottest forms OF life
stand in calm inches, in an atmosphere
of glory, and silently sway the tides OF
the human heart by the simple iulncss
and harmony Of their being.
The great spheres in which pracsica
life and proper Development run are three
the spheres Of sympathy. of fact. ant
Of the ideal.
The scientific achievements of the cen
fury past have enlarged the corporate life
of the race, for longevity of knowledge is
more akin to what we call the eternal lif'
than any measure of years.
There is no general movement OF tn
human mind this was his consolation il
storm and darkness, that is not Provi
dent al, and therefore all such movement
were in vascular relation to the grea
whole OF truth. Did we mourn for tn,
spontaneous piety, the simple reverence
of less cultured time-but what il
around ou- widest sweep Of vision, be
low the lowest plummet depth, what il
there but the Divine: The cathcdra
of immensely is cathedral still. Wha
fact does the astronomer, does the chem
ist find that is not from God and in God
Let the alcmbic smoke, let the telescop
gaze at the awful nebulie with their flow
, ing hair,-we cannot travel where W
arc not sent, and the Divine guidanc
still leads the host of humanity, will
, those columns Of cloud and those pillar
of tire.-And that this unity of Providcn
, ,ial design, controllig and harmonlzin
a the silent movements of the human min
is not merely an a priar, assumption al
ready appears in the spontaneous mar
, rage of scientific results with human in
teres.. There is always larger inspira
8 ton Of bencvolencc as we get nearer tn
truth.
Men are never changed, never move
by the mere dry light Of intellect tIll
moves upon the affections and the vii
f How long do you suppose it would TAX
:, the more intellectual dry ligh of truth
make Republican ofthe Emperor Alex
ander. Democrat of Luais Napoleon
q or squeeze a mustard seed of libcralit
through the rhinoceros folds Of an oil
, miscr-o- to inject philanthropy throug
an entire board of New y rk Aldermen
, You might as we'll undertake to dri,
, starlight through block Of granite.
Lies of action are blood relation to Ii
, of speech, and oral lies constitute sma
; share of the falsehoods in the wo l.
II There are lies of custom and lies Of tas
:. ion-lies of padding, and lies of whal
IT bone-lies of the first water in damon
n of paste, and unblushing bushes OF Ii
IS to which a shower would give quite
It different complexion; the politician S lie
l. who like circus rider strides two hors
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