New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-23
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Il sh1usn1d images Of Iese and grief,
DtcsmS, filled Tith tokens Of mortality

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nesp ifonshts q all things bsAutlial and hrief'
There are fimes when thought Is 4 most delight
FIJI pisitant Whrn 1t recalls past scenes and remi-
niscsilees u which mach Of joy is associated or
when the mind for 3 time has control over its
workings, and bushes itself In building castles in
the ait
Thoeels comes to us when battling with life,
and although surrounded by scenes which might
tand y diaspate its salutary effects, its power is
4 From tine immemorial thought has been d
mighty agent in influencing the affairs of man
Vas iknSt rareful earnest Thought that led TO the
invenhonof the telescope BY Calico Not salts.
aed with the mere acquisition Of facts, he wished
to solve NJ phenomenon Of nature. and after care
inl deabeEafion, achieved his object.
NeHtoR, whose mind was Of . siInia rorder, per-
picked BY Ilae existence of an unseen force CON
trolling al hings did not cease his investigations
until do Rnas3 zed the principle termed gravity.
Was II ~ any fort1itous circumstances that Mil
Ton produced that grand epic poem, s Paradise
Lost which has been The admiration efHhOusands
His Imagination seemed to expand at the fairy
touch * thaugt, and he produced gem after gem,
each ryaling the former ID brilliancy and original
ity. How glowing ii his description Of the love,
Illness of ESQ, and our hearts expand with admira-
ton when contemplating the manly forsa Of Adam.
pictures earthly scenes, be scared alsft 70 ethe
zeal nights
sas.s A, sss IA Ii le9sEas space
IIs say iIII ssssisd. wsh sSssssiss iiishi,
Hhesl elpSea his eyss IN endless night,
But twas orly the HIGHT d he natural eyes ttat
WAS thus forever distinguished. The bright and
genial rays rf pure trnth and of divine love still
continued To ifradiata. ena9gixe and wake to .ez-
taxise me annar soa the great blind bard of Eng
1snd. u Has thls inspiration from on high which
an6 ana enabled him to shed such a
hslo q asfsd1s sloIy on the poetic genius Of his
' va y ~ enough. acting upon III gepias q
falf6H that eaztsad him tie achieve that noble m
Sentioa OK the steamboat, (which so proudly Piled
1he watsfs III Tie Hndson2 8ss
Waa tnot BY thought that the swift feet Of the
Eon h6rse were frst heard In this country, and A.
time rolled on ita ceaseless track and thought be-
caiae hdssher deEeieped, iss range became more
extensive, until ut xe present Gay Its shril voice
echesd and rdschSsd from all parts OF the civilized
world
entire system Of mathematics, which lies at the
+ Foundation 0f ali mechanical art?
Il requires deep Thought To be able to leave this
AeTfestriAl ball and thu
great laws which regulate the movements Of { Thu
apaeious armament on high,n as IL increasingly
rolls, proeIaiming the itsgnite 4wisdem, goodness
and power of the Creator.
Does II not require greet exercise of our menta
McAitles to be able to thought as 1t exist
in idealism and Matefialisn and to assign to those
Hysfems respectively their Eelative Importance al
The sonrce Of our knowledge aud the mental foam
neflon of al intellectual and lnsral science
HRss AZ tuQlSNb HIS
achieved much Tor man, and 1t .wil yeteeontinue
70 strenkthen and elevate The tone Of his mind.
Are we Fyesumptuous III asserting that when sue
cesssye ases shall have relied away into the abyss
81 Time, sand ahc range of Thought has become
more exfesaed, that many Of the mysteries not
yet unra7eesd will be made clear to lie mind Of
man. Az SHOULD be content with saxnloring Tie
fields Of political, natural and mechanical science
let him achiese other noble Inventions, such ,as
sue printing prsss the steam engine HE telegram
With his breast swelling With nohie aspirationg
set aim press ~ and master all Inc .dstacpitieE
which Cod has made him capable of surnlnnntinr.
kpr woman. tls correct exercise If thought
must eysf W leaitlfsI md fnvgcratgng. Raaring
With caf4sas eye. down into The Se5ths ef the
heast sls &nalyses EeenIy and deftly tic Hood of
enellon saa< eaInes gushing up at the bidding Of
ssasF- sllh true feeling flowing naturally fam
4s spfinga Of principle and intention. she deduees
mem : Chaos 81 connlcNng emotions conefusiass
SeasasteHf With her missisn on Garth. ChaAtcnaa
~ elevated mogsl sentiment her very features be
se g expressive @ tho tender and Noble affections
q DIG nafssse Dor aye beams mith mild and ten.
ees Agn5 beE voice modnlHtss to low and gentle
OLE hkp the Imprisoned notes Of cunningly
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