Smyrna times., 1856-12-03

us to delve deep for "hid treasures Of know
ledge and labor assiduously TO cultivate the
rich, garden Of the mind, if we would ever be
great and good, and useful and happy. ...
Moses, Solomon, Solon, Homer, Plato, Cicero,
Virgil, Masillion, Milton, Newton, Blackstone.
Bacon, Johnson, franklin, the Websters,-ate
there brighter names those on the iruth.writ,en
Scroll Of deathless Fame! and were they not
all great votaries, of learning, shedding q food
of mellowing light on their respective agesand
greatly exalting the true dignity of our race !
Alexander the Great was such a warm-hearted
philomath, according 70 Clos ancient vOtaries,
that he had had golden box expressly TO keep HON.
er's immortal lliiad in. Julius Cesar was one Of
the most erudite of his age, and was second in
pure, soul-stirring eloqnence to none but Cicero.
NapoleonY Bonapar by deep knowledge and
firm, fundaunted prowess united, and both stimu-
lated by a burning ambition became " the Ter
ror of Europe"a and decidedly the greatest
General the underworld ever knew. 3 Washing
ton, "the father of his country" and one of
the wisest and best of,men that ever lived, owed
his sterling integrity of character and 'undying
Egloryto fond mothers careful training and
well stored mind and we who are now reap
ing the happy results of his noble deeds, in this
loyely:land of liberty, should thank kind Provi.
dence that he was given wise, duty .discharg-
ling parent, to bring him up in the way he should
tgo, and thus lay the foundation of his greatness
and our good. .Wheag aDcient Egypt built her
dstupendous pyramids and reigned sole mistress
ofthe known world yoking subjdgated kings to
her imperial car, fair iahes of PHILOSOPHY dot
ted her yerdant plains and her savans were the
most renowned among men. When &" the blest
land of fIJudea" was ihthe height Of its great
Eness and glory, Moses had made laws, David
had woke to ecstacy the living lyre." and
! Solomon, the paragon of human wisdom, was
lon the throne,,o When, Babylon could boast o.
her famous hanging gardens, her great artii.
lcial lake, her heaven kissing tower of Belus
her wonderful tunnel under the Euphrates, anC
her vast impregnable walls, Babylon was tbt
seat Of science and the home of the WISE
From the loftiest Observatory on earth her as
tronomers communed with the stars, and in he
! councils the wisdom of nations met. Wher
J Tyre and Sidon ruled the wave, and by exten
siye commerce, enriched themselves with th
treasures and products of every cline, the!
we're among the most enlightened cities in tn
) world When republican Greece, by patrioti
prowess, put to flight the countless legions G
q Persia and Xerxes,i Homer had sung his soul
inspiring Epics, Lycargus and Scion had give
! laws, and the sapeht Themistocles cOuhselle
!. and commanded, and appealed with burpin
: elequence TO the patriotism Of his. fell0w-copT
y trymen urging them 10 strike for their altar
; end their homes, their Gods and native hnd.-
! They conquered by knowledge, no, numbers
/ and their peerless greatness was, not Of eouq
!. less acres, but arose from the majesty of cult
# Ilyated mind, Tor their numbers were compar;
e lively few, and their territory small, no6ntafi
II ous, rocky and Por, '. ILL., '- e,.. ,.r ,,...
9 -do,g 1sd o Concluded an our nert.j oos.aae'