The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-09-21
DEMOCRAT.
EMMA. OHIO:
pENC11rNas By IAMp-LIGHr.
Divine and Human Cooperation.

Divine and Human Cooperation. ,a4e-.. .,,,
Man, says Hugh Miller, is fellow-work-
! er with the Creator. He is mighty inn
/ proven of creation. We recognize that az
Improvement which adapts nature more thor
i oughly to mans own necessities and wants.
and renders it more pleasing both to his sense
of the aesthetic and to his more material sens
es also. He adds to the beauty of the flow
ers which be takes under his charge, to the
delicacy and fertility of the fruits; the seed
of the wild grasses becomes corn beneath his
care; the green herbs grow great of root or
bulb, or bulky and succulent of top and leaf;
she wild produce Of nature sports under his
hands; the rose and lily broaden their disks
And multiply their petals; the harsh crab
swells out into delicious golden rinded ap
pie, streaked with crimson; the productions Of
bis kitcten garden. strangely metamorphosed
o serve the uses of f'a.tabe, hear forms IN
uown to nature; an occult law of change
ind development Inherent to these organisms
beet in him with j. eyeloping instinct and
bility, and they are ragenerated under bis
biryeiIlance.
faiue of Time.
When the Roman Emperor said, ] have
4st day. he uttered sadder truth than il
had exclaimed, have lost a kingdom. =
Eapoleon said that the reason why he beat
he Austriaus was that they did not know the
= hlue of five minutes. At the celebrated
httle of Rivoli, the conflict seemed on the
bint of being decidsd against him. He saw
ie critical state of affairs, and instantly tool
Is resolution. He despatched a flag to head
larters, with proposals for an armistice.-
he unwary Austrians fell into the snare-fo
few minutes the thunders of battle wer
nshed. Napoleon seized the precious mo
ants, and, while amusing the enemy witt
ock negotiations, re.arranged his line of bat
changed his front, and. in few minutes
as ready to renounce the farce of discussion
the stern arbitrament of arms. Th
lendid victory of RivoIi was the result
be great moral victories and defeats Of tn
9rld often turn on five minutes. Crisise
me, the not seizing of which is ruin. Me
" loiter, but time flies on the wings of tn
Id, and all the great interests of life ar
seding on with the sure and silent tread {
4tiny. g
-et Of Good Writing.
We cut from an exchange paper the TO
ting remarks by Goethe. They contai
y important practical suggestions, an
sht TO be read at least once by every or
bre he attempt to write for the benefit {
iruction Of the public
The grand secret of good writing seems
en this very simple maxim Be sure yo
, an idea before you attempt to express
cou clearly comprehend in your own mir
4 you wish to communicate, nature al
cbn, together with a. little practice. W
certainly teach you to say it in an a
riate manner.
single idea is fully sufficient for one mi
sanage at one time. And it mag be ad
hat if the idea is of much Importance,
I'd be more digui6ed by being honor
private carriage.
wide and conquer, is valuable a rule
Ary as in military tactics. The more
i've the theme which the writer propo
Hmself to discuss, the. less, usually, be
by upon it. Some subjects can be mi
with ease by descending from generals
4iculars, and treating of the subjects
esr individual parts.
+ Picture and That.
lthave subdued the nations of the earth
sre no other world for me to conquer
erander the Great
have fought good fight have fnisl
course, I have kept the faith; hencefo
re is laid up for me crown of rigbteo
"a Ss.-St Paul,