Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-01-18

who would lead man onward and upward
to the true dignity of his immortal nature.
She presents herself as the living agent Of
all that is truly valuable, assuring US that
Thought is the great work Of life"
Courage, physical proves, fool-hardiness
these are not the fundamental components
of the man: intellectual force is the great
element of the souls inner life, and the
main spring-the "primum mobile" of its
external life. How essential. then, that
the mind be trained to systems Of thought
close, laborious, long-continucd, associated
thought! Here and here alone is mans
real strength, and if his strength, then,
his true greatness, also. He who would
rise to either ths physical, mental, or NOR
al dignity of his nature, must resolutely
purpose to instil within himself those mo-
tives to correct action which thought, liy-
ing and energetic, alone can inculcate;
and he, who habitually allows himself in
any wrong-doine, forever bars his progress
towards that hi cher life which is the price
/ less heritage of all those who render due
tribute to the empire Of Thought Who.
ever viii not give ear to the "still voice
presenting motives worthy of an immortal
nature and urging on the energies of the
hidden life to ceaseless action in the upward
race, cannot hope for that self-cleyation
which bespeaks foundation laid not
in the sand, but upon that rock which
conscience herself selects for ''chet cor
ner stone" Strange, passing strange that
man will not deal honestly with himself !,
! The outward man may toll and ache, and
toll and ache till it sinks and mingles with
its kindred dnst and naught worthy of a
man will be achieved without the inward
thought squirting TO action and directing
the best powers OF the body TO lauadble OBJ
jects and the mind intellectually con-
sidered) almost omnpotcnt as she is, and
struggle as she may to build monument
to her own memory and inscribe her name
j and her deeds high amid the annals of slo-
ry, which the slowly recording centuries
Announce, will fall infinitely below her
fondest aims, if uninspired and undireeted
/ by the higher force of moral purpose.
The good men do live after them = and
nothing which has been secured by selfish,
criminal, demonstrations, ambitious toll,
will ever receive or merit tina, epithet by
the truly great and wise The plaudits
and the laurels which the impartial audi
tors in "life's grand drama will confer up
on her faithful ones. will be those which
conscience, directed and aided by thought
will have secured
If such is the guerdon for the exercise
Of this silent agent, verify, "mind is the
standard of the man. Let each one,
,her,. hoo ''..,t I An net moan hv
this, one who studies books but student
in its higher and more digaiSel aceep;a-
sion. Our social relations, nature, re.i-
gion, each furnishes an almcs, IN Hess va
ricty of topics for individual and assosia-
ted study and life how many subjects
it furnishes for solid reflection and exaini-
nation, Li!e!-its embryo, its stages and
its contamination, its elements, it. objects
and its destines,--its influences, its cen
nections and its importance,-its past, its
present and its future, its disappointnents,
its fears and its hopes, Its rewards, its
prospects and its realities life in its hid
cen workings and in its outward nantes
tations, its short, frail hour and It's endless
untrammelod existence TO the thoughtful,
discriminating mind, how rife with tongues
is life! He who gives these topics
thought, directly and concen.ratedly, is !
laying the basis on which an exemplary
character shall be built, is marking out
paths for healthy and lofty action in the /
way Of life and is writing unconsciously
perhaps, his own Immortality in fields be-
yond the stars.
Examined as we have now viewed il, our
subject standsforth ''imperial" in grandeur,
inviting all to explore her recesses and
delye for her hid treasures :" but what an
immeasurably higher stand she occupies
when we still further pursue our train of
reflection, and consider the immortality /.
of thought! But more anon.
EPSILoS.
Blaehill, Jan 9TH 1856.