The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-09-23

Ter dead ancient, and relied on no other
. If attaching to him live moderns, than
J Wishing them we'll and letting them
= could have had no friends; and then
b ser of eggs and turnips might have
u this time, or until the hen coops and
! Nocers' chops were exhausted, for aughi
: sSFs. Wardle, Wrinkle, and Company
;taye cared. Anybody who liked-s
6 II always do like on these occasions
!. We pelted him. Who would have pro
$ M"
ia. 1t is half my own fault or folly
how came you to be 30 wise 2"
!, soing nothing, my dear boy-an inval-
eetice; it gives one 80 much time for
~
Ihsve been Studying human nature
Z of it at least-while have been por
i my books. Your knowledge is more
{ ii than most of mine, and fresher; bu,
its lessons 80 gloomy as this which you
ven explaining to me?"
Q gloom. if there is any, is in your own
! sea. Mine are lighter. Life is to me a
. t satife, illustrated with very amusing
: ares or, at the worst, it is only black
!. snud, againft which parti.colored and
,gether sooty character-like mine,
nyself-appears to advantage, radiant
rest. / should look gloomy myself, ]
tie light in which you walk, star.tramp-
iormer. The world is dark, you may
eclipses the sun almost half of the time
/ It does? avail myself of lucifer,
p-my gas, dress for ball or the theatre,
srd enjoy the night. The night is o
,od thing, after all. 1t serves me to
nd you to learn, in. If had to choose
the two, all of one, or all of the other,
iprefer the earth to the sun, l believe.
want too much light"
are in the clouds now. Come down
can understand you"
ierstsnd, then, with regard to yourself,
aspect you are merely beginning to see
ID as it is, instead of as it ought to be ;
arises at first an unpleasant surprise in
uthful mind, at not finding it heaven.
taheir bodily eyes open earlier tsan kit.
5 but it takes the cleverest of Us more
,ur twenty one years to do the same by
ntal optics, and to learn to see things for
as with them exactly as they are. Fur
re, l think you made great mistake in
if to the West just when you did. Run
geese, and, of course, they will pursue
b Kisses because they are geese"
+. did not run away for fear of the
/ never dreamed of such q thing"
know that, of course; but how are
% know it But let by.goEes be by
You have come back again, at any
80 out now, whenever and wherever
invited and let people see that you're
afraid of them nor ashamed of yourself.
IN cry for about the space of two hours,
Z, or years, Great are Mammon, Daniel,
g 'Tayriff' gods of the Bostonians
4 get hoarse after while, and then stop.
only nine days. wonder. They'll soon
ne pillory FIR somebody else. Remem.
..wever, that l am arguing upon your
ltion, and not by any means on my own
ion of your personal unpopularity.
it exists chiefly, if not wholly, in your
etical fancy"
was the last as we'll az the frat CONVEX.
which the young men held together upon
Ject; for Edwards conscience pricking
little at the close, he presently, with
,eat and abruptness, announced an in.
:, on his part, to kick, "no matter
in Beacon street, or on Change, OF any.
else, any body, no matter who," whom he
"giving himself any such airs" and,
man thought that his little French boots
De much better employed, he said moth.
Their. q
ard was indeed triply perturbed. he
far as he would open his eyes to see,
siere was much reason for his brothers
oring to rouse the country to take the
Re aimed at, against, not the South, but
# the Southerners. he was, with all his
y, no wilful perverter of youth in gen.
md as to Herman In particular, in his
heart he admired and revered him to
: degree, that he not only was confident
would be in vain to tryato bring him
from his elevation, but would have felt
f as saorilegious in doing go, if be could,
horror: struck sportsman, who, when the
hinged, round eyed owl tumbled out of
. before him in the twilight, averred that
"shot q cherubim." Yet he was too
can to place himself at his young broth
de, in the battle. No wonder, therefore,
felt somewhat cross he certainly had
b to make him.
st advice he had given was good; and
IN resolutely followed it, so far at least
20 out and show himself wherever he was
!. His manner became more formed
), and imposing /; and thus, though not
lifed before, gained in dignity more than
lost in vivacitY. His honest innate but
to latent pride, (if we must call an un.
sned virtue by the name of VICE. de-
Q, not offensive, being called forth to re.
the insolence of others, ennobled his noble
enance more and more, and heightened
Coriolanus look" which Edward admired
,hly-so highly, that he insisted on hav.
ne picture, description of which serves
ort of frontispiece to this chapter, taken
N by certain tly.celebrated artist, in
ans twenty-third year. DR.. Arden was
one in his admiration. The young bellies
appreciated the young orators personal
ltsges, and, caring much more about part
han politics, would have elected him one
> reigning beaux of the time, if he had
ed. Their charms, however, served only
mind him of others far more charming,
. make his constant heart grieve the more
8 Constance. In spite of Clara's remon-
,es, therefore, he was too often to be seen
ing alone before statues, pictures, or
g, or in corners, looking very handsome,
'esque, abstracted, and, as she declared,
onic," and remembered his social duties
low and then, when he beheld some plain
81, or penniless widow, in distress, and,
tuting himself volunteer member of the
ane Society, pressed forward to her relief,
d quadrilIe with her, fed her, or found
bach for her, according to her need. How
~, stale, fat and Improbable" did the
sAof gayety, SO called, appear to his sad.
eyes, bedimmed with cataracts of tears
ID. He stood among them alone in spirit,
wondering sadly by himself what others
there to make them all 30 merry.
en- and often, while people at his side we're
3 one another, in apparent ecstasy, "How
ltful! it all was, he could have found it
heart to grosn, Lover and friend thou
aiken from me
these times, it was hardest for him to forget
one short year before Indifferent as he