New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-07-13
SCHOOL, Y,ITERATURE.

. The fOlioWlng comp0stiohs Weto Ae"u ~ -
exhibition Of the Third District Schools tne TWO
fr4t being from pupils Of the Boys High scnool'
nnder Mr. HsIloran, and the last from pupil Of the
fs;,s, H;ph School, under Miss Mactier. They are
decidedv meritorious, and as we like to encourage
literary development in the schools, far as in us
les We take pleasure in transferring the better efforts
Of the pupils to our columns.
| AmbItion-By M'GAvocK GOODWIN.
| rrd;s. and Gentlemen Time, in his passage has
brought around another exhibition to try our orator.
cal powers BY the interest we excite among
ence. Speeches are TO be delivered and composltons
! to be read and since it has devoved upon me 20
appear before you, have chosen Ambition Tor the
subject of my address. ..--5
Nature in the dispensation of her favors whether
kind or nconsiderate frugal prodiga has invested
us with desire oimprove and to excel This faculty
is called ambition. Impartial in her distribution OF
this gift nature has bestowed upon US all quantity
fully equal to our capacity. lnasmuch as it IS the
quality and not the quantity Of learning that const
tutes the scholar, the quality Of ambition most
affects the results. 1t is rooted in the heart ana
with almost imperceptibe progress It diases ,sen
throughout our whole being. To its dominion there
is no end. Kings are its subjects. and within It's
boundaries it comprehends nations. Concealed within
the recesses of minds it exercises It's sway over
them and touches upon chords WHICH WIN to
despots ia less than the obedience which our SOUS
render to its dictates II is strong enough to drag
i angels down. Infinitely beyond our comprehension
4 or control it often becomes our master Space IN
obedience to its glance will present no obstacles we
cannot spurn and reason expanding unaeI tns h ,a
nence Of its magical touch, will have no limits WITHIN
y which to circumscribe the eyer-varying, tne ever
Z reaching propensities OF our souls.
The lives Of great men Of all ages allure US to the
same happy goal to which they have attained, and
n furnish us with examples of ambition They are Ike
twinkling specks fixed and bright shining like beacon
lights through the clouds Of splendor which enveop
m. lT4
Demosthenes was ambitious. Newton was ambi-
II tious Washington and Napoleon were amptlous.
4 The result of Demosthenes' ambition was glorious
example to the world of exalted patriotism One OF
the consequences of Newton's ambition was the DIS
covery Of the great principle Of gayitation Napoleon
afforded US an example q tne capaotesh :,
u ambition we all know, the independence and pros
: perity OF his and our country
To ambition we are indebted for the inventions and
discoveries for which this age is remarkable The
telescope the art printing the properties and app-
cations of stean the magnetic telegraph, are all the
lasting monuments Of ambition. e.-,.
/ 4By some ambition has been condemned as o fault
This seems to have been the light in which it was
viewed by the ancents, if Shakespeare represents
them Alright in Mark Antonys address over the dead
bodyof Caesar, when he says: . The noble BRUINS j
hath told you Caesar was ambitious Of II; II SO, y
was grievous fault, and grevously hath Cesar an
swered it, The truth of Shakspeares representation
will appear from the original Specification Of the word
ambition. as il denoted the practice OF gong aDou'
seeking and SOllc1tng vOteS Dy canuiuates AZ oeo
= But what intelligent man, now, would condemn q
I, fault, that which causes many improvements N
8 the moral and social condition Of his race! VINO
would not rather have his name placed conspicuous
ID among the great ones Of his country; have ~ re
), corded in the annals of every nation; have hls
memory cherished wherever the fame OF his greatness
i, NAV have reached, than to shrink from the gazt
Of man into the darkness and drearness Of the tomb
like dull worm to rot thrust fouly in the earth u
H. beforgot Great achievements and sublime affections
! inspire us with laudable ambition. They are eve
: before us with none of their original uster obscured
but like the sum- their glory is increased with the
age =, e.o..
Rise while In afr and glitter er the coast,
10 Pais suns unfelt at distance roll away,
a, While on the impressive ice the ligbtmngs pay.
- Eternal SHOWS the growing mass supply, -
y. Till the bright mountains prop the lncnnapeht sha,
IT As Atlas fixed. each heavy PILE appears l rs,s
of The gathering winter of n thousand years.
IN Those who SO nobly persisted at Bunker Hill ar
not dead Their bright examples still i've TO lhee
ID us to deeds of greatness and OF nobleness an,
Y atfording us objects worthy Of our amblton. Iei
me, We who tread the sods Of yon sacred height, !
r Warren dead? Can you not still see him, not pal
lie and prostate the blood of his gallant heart pourn
It. from his CHASTITY wound but moving respondent owe
ut the field Of honor the rose Of heaven on his cheek
ey and the fire of liberty in his eye. Tell me, We VIII
make your pious pilgrimage to the shades of Vernon
is Washington indeed shut up in that cold and ma
ire row house? That which msde these men, and me
like these can never die The hand that traced th
Sc charter of independence is indeed motipess, til
eloquent lips that sustained it are hushed, but I'll
lofty spirits that conceived, resolved and mantalne
H. it, these cannot expire:
of n These shall resist the empire of decay,
cir When time and world S have passed away,
ter Cold in the dust the persisted heart may be