The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-08-08
Geo. w. Curtis'S Grafton at Dart
mouth.

which W. had ii. seen advance and develop
through April AID Ma. until 2; lat. among
roses ard golden grain. the year stands per-
feet in midsummer spltltlor. Some ol YOU
he said find Il peculiar pcnsiveness III tins
summer. because il is tii,' lat Of voHr cxcu-
.iyc}: vt,,h!ul II. Yct Il" whole spec
r,cl. II nature reminds lis th:t il Is but IN
ull,-or, Ct human IL: that nan :rrows @nd
,lryel,ncs like & tree voutl, Is It flower. man
hood the frui AID the principles dad chafac-
ter deposited * lie. Tia seeds By which the
ylory of the raGc is rcri:ctuatcd. Out c:
those seeds sr:in@ the flowers, and so out OF
The dreams OF lie ycri!E n.cn como the cccas
Of the oh! men. !, :,
do no, forge. s,,i,! Mr. Curtis. .le ideal
c.osccra,;on Of such DAYS 4, tbs to good let
ters and good morals Orr colcgc system is
hut Modification of;c English it was found
ed in England in monks, AMI is invested with
lovely associations. \ monk is drnizcn OF
the clois,rrs Il man is citizen of the world.
Let rs ". men. not monks. And if We wish
that ,hc name Of America shall be as dear
and poctic in history as that of Greece and OF
any other country. We must not measure os
limit our achievement by that of other ma
HONS. bUl HOW tttil tIit iii,'' VI
Eake its hope reality, unless each succession
ofvouns Americans resolve that the tilnda-
mental ideas out Of which our government
sprany, shall still guide Developments Ard
II this be 50. how could We better use the
hour. than iii considering the nature Of the
,ir that binds US to that country: in other
words, the nature and responsibility of PAT
RIOTIsM.
What thcr. is the country, and the father
land for which poets sing, and patriots echo,
it is so fit and fair for Il man to die? 1t was
not his olivc-orchar'!s and Acknowledgements that
made the Greece of the Greek and our IA
.ercst in that land is not geographical. or bo-
tanical. or geological bat al association with
certain character. which we call Greek.
Every nation has these characteristics. but
they are not exclusively the property of one
nation they h"loNG to human nature at large.
like personal traits. Md rs the lines that
separate various countries are arbitrary and
invisible. so that nc;yhhoring nations are
blended. and the national characteristics ni:':-
Gle: and as we find the substance Of the
globe and Of the human body is the same. so
there is the same unity Of substance III the
human characteristic races are but one race;
and thus Christianity CT the doctrine and
Piac'l,' "a u.''' t'S' 'a; n;.:c f,c.
e'',,c.l W. .h' ,,n ,;I rc,t;on e an
",I''','' w., rot i, I;,I Levn.
.;i',.> i Ill.,. ;nt l1;",,t love- Thn nntr;ot
''o'' '". a., -. .n.,,.r,. * commissioned bv
sees no" h.' .'" ., =. III n,anl;n1 Tbo,c-
so' I;:'' oo,.,rvs h,nnr i d,ar to him a,
,"fe ii> 'o',''.', :. W., ,r,,,. be-
49, ,,,n.h,.r !, .bn s;,,r.r RIGHT and
cause so"i ',''. ani cr;mr cxi>t far each man
".o''S' 's'. - an,. ;.I,;i,,, rcI,.ions
,,tnI l,', : W.: nr;y,,r r;rht If 4
a p'G'" Iio"7 ..,a,, r.i..,,i,y Lu u.i,,!,r,r
n''' @-o.', I'j'.oJI',,,lI ,,uco,u,t,y riy4!
'"' "'. T., XIV. r.,r,+s the words of
-. ~ XIX: .,a,I. :. ~. ,-rc,t or If the
.''s ''.'' w. .,oa,.. fi..1,. ~ ,lc custom
,''''.' ~ s,l,nn, c,,rnj;rr ..mv f,~trrc
hownre w. nh, :" Iin 'llI - '''''N''''''0
w.r.s COUNTRY * 40. nv are, Of land but
-, ;Jn, ..,l ,,,+r;ot,. n * lnya}tv 70 .ha, idea.
l., ,,no.;. winds i h.rn,r.s closely a,>,c;,tcI
IA, s",I a,,J tho c,.,,,,1 !, lut t .,,+r;..,
,-n.',;',s 49,, ;In, INV ,,,n the cmh]cr' rs tbp
Iaxor unrsh;rs his r,:..rr>, in glove. 50
.n'e :. .,;,l i,,ril y-nn W;rL.lr;rI and w.
Vs., i!'iI {, .r;r,,.,, ~ oncn c,nnr,-
tn,,: ,so ,,r,,,I srn,,o of n. country.
';,,,;,, ,,';,h n,,a l,.rl ~. .,,;i.. tho ,~,,wn
..I ,.;,,, ti,a o,I,a- e.. lis dawes Zoo
'''', ~. Cnr,:. y, w.. sdrr.t;on
~. '',' 49, ,,r~".1 -. thr fr.
o. Aii''flr'i. s ,',, ~, v,l:r-
I.''' "c',' -, ~. 1a,.I,
.,".. "a 80, '.",.H ~ ,s,lnti~n, in bu-
"'n' vi :.'o i''''ll hn,'- .,,n c,rnl,,ry &c
ma a''''i : W. ''''''
- >''''',' ..,,,.... c.,,,;;,...,,. b,l
He con'dr:c' IL" ne y NJ, r,,I'
"eeh ''>or'.' i'' '''' ','' ~,
c: great i'f'Hcii''' u, ',"'.'''' N.Y.
showed h'" i'Ifoi'I ..',' ", .i!'c'''' ~" az ~
pertinent ana ';ia' " i'Ht't III" i'"''''' ".'
n"' S!I,.'I:'S VI ,'ic i,':l',I y, w
lhea-'ha' t'i,t''uS S',,' a "is - ''.''' d M
WI! 10 w i''"'':' "'t" Ia, '',E 49,
mcnf OF IN co.'neH, y, Tue 'P''''l''u> "'>
h 10, E;'.I'' d" -: 'i,Is vi Nv VIZ,
ciVl:iZa'ion IL nome '':'o Il i ",'"''''! ~
member 'n'' me c''F>1 "'''ri i's N'''l'..'
ml!!onS OF our ieii"" men upon 'hc '''i,'-
nent' AMI "ii'eh "t '!is H.'';'' S':'"> :" "
tn" on! serious "'S''"!G % TIC triumph W
the experiment 1'f %!;!ch 1t vas 50 long r.
served. can be traced we. 10 ~" S'@ScS, H.
OF one man. and he 'hFis,lan i'i:Hop' Inc
orator frconn'c'i "i;'' .'"ia ne S"'' Ill eA'c:',
uat'oH OF the Cath':ic las ''S''s; ana sal,
that Ii" was sure no can III Young NUN "';il
hear without ilcrcIui'': an" s',a''e i'''. '!'I
r'pcntea error OF 'he priest 'H'cc h".'''. *,
years ago Is 'hc last dcS'esate oeleice III ~.
land where ne pianteo H. Oh system "iN,.'
the ho!: Indignation o, h"inah'': ~ SONY
but surely whitening. t"f II We grant 'i''''
God brings Sooa out OF evil snail We 'AeEc-