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comes to Us a voice, spclhi1 in tho happy
language Of successful effort, or in the i'm
presSive. elo4uencc Of bitter experience,
knowledge is power,' He who runs may
read this great truth. He who reads and
troa sure> It's injunction. NAV be a wiser and
Il better man Shall we then not gain it!
1t is the power Of
The monarch mind, the mystery Of cou11aaain-,
The God-MEc power, the art Napoleon,
OtwianiN-, lettering. III ,uldNr, welding, banding,
! The hearts Of millions till they !. one"
knowledge is q trust, a evidenced BIZ the
scriptures BY tue gift OF tongues at tie day
of pcntacost, by the miraculous conversion
Of s. Paul. BY the gift to Solomon. Tile
prayer of FcStls, contains beautiful iilu 5
tration Of this much neglected truth.
And We e:treat Thee that all msn whom Tsou
''last gifted with great minds, may love Thee we'll
''Aul praise Thee for their powers, aud them
Most hlmlyand holly and levar-iNe act,
But in lifting up the mass of mind aboat them,
''KnownE well that they shall he Questioned hy
Thee OF deeds shat pen hath done or caused"
! Tremendous indeed is this responsibility
and most rcvcrentIy shoxId the m;nGap-
preach those sacred trel~ur,eS o. knvl,iEe
where are the keys of life and death.
! There is a peasurc--a gratifcat on in the
acquisition Of knowledge which is perhaps
uncquaIied in extent and duration by that
Of any other of cur attainm ents, Every rev
idea" says a writer upon this subject, -eve-
r. new idea that enters the minI. is like 3
ray Of light striking upon an infants eve
and producing smile OF JOY upon the de-
lighted countenancc." 1T Is Il. pleasure Us
tue poet asserts, to stand upon the shore
and see ships tossed upon the sea- to stand
in a castle window and see Il battle and tic
adventurcrs thereof below. but no pleasure
! is comparable 10 that OF standing upon tie
vantage ground Of truth, q hill not to be COM
mandel, where the ar is always clear and
serene, and to sec the errors and wander
! inrs ana nl;sts and temDcsts in the vale be-
! low Universal is this testimony to the plea
sure ef intellectual attainment and in sill
ages of the world, has Philosophy cc7ntcd
among her greatest heroes, those earnest
y0taricS. who song 1t at her shrine only the
pleasure Of the worship, regardless ofits
honor. and emoluments And happy in
deed beyond measure should he also Be.
who, with un>hrinking energy and noble
purpose, reaches safe that high position.
where the virtues, the hogor8 and the chart
ties Of life, wait upon the powers ST knowl-
edge and b2neyo, cnce, T. him who in the
worlds i)stlng race. caa see and endure IN
10 tht; end, is giyon the certainty Of success
and the assurance OF untaijIng s;stance in
the pursuits Of lie. And who shall measure
the extent Of the qualification: venchsaceI
to the fortuaate poSsessor OF hat knowledge
which can guide the poverty strlc..ea untor-
tunate % the realms Of eternal kanpines
that in the midst Of mental and ply steal
starvation, car bid the hope Of everlasting
life, agitatc tie breast Of the sufferer.
The third branch Of ny subject, the cxer-
else Of knowledge, is Of itself a vast theme.
extending through tie wli0le range Of human
action. | shall make necessarily but one or
two illusions, and leave it.
We are every day reminded that !littls
learning is q dangerous thing but far less
dangerous and indeed far less estructive to
the hes. interests cf mankind, were the prim-
tive and innocent ignorance Of the early
ages, thar. the practical, acute, treaclerous
dealings Of those educated men OF the
world, who wCcr the splendid livery of mod
ern enlightenment ito serve the Devil in "
Society has now-ad days its Tamerlanc, its
Nero, its Thousand pirat;cal dcnred ators, who
feed vitiated public taste, by presenting
| roguery to the young and trustfIi crowned an
garlanded with the drapery Of a fictitious viz.
tue; like fostering garGrenes upon the face
Of society, they poison the fountain Of their
own sUstenance. The forgers, the bank rob
hers, the railroad swindlers, the large en-
heZ2lera, who practice their polite accom-
p!shmcnts with such a winning grace and
startling boldncss; are less dangerous than
these ''Disscyer religion and educston''
said Lori Wellington, "and you make men
only clever devils" Liberal learning among
the Romans was distinguished by the term
'hnmanitas,' signiiyins humanity. Among
4 ~ 81, f.
were termed 'Humanists," and more latterly
philanthropizts wv neither these were miser.
able misnomars, or whether the exer2isc OF
that powerful influence afforded by knowl
edge has in some instances woflLly degcncr
ated, may form an interesting study for Tho
| phi!anthr opsts and humanitarians Of Tx
present day. Whatever may be said Of The
perfection of human nature, ct that ''happJ
sabbath OF thousand years" and Cthe
moralizng homilics and axioms Oh the
future of society; the stubborn fact is never
thcless here, and vigorously to be combatted
that crimes Of high nature are often
found, which talents Of Il high order only
codd accomplish. Trickery, cllicanery, the
art Of swindling within the letter of the law
has become, in some of our large cities, al
organized institution, where are often fouLc
some graduates whose skill is wonderful and
whose acute knowledge ofnlcn aud things
seems unsurpassed. Thamas DeQaincey has
given to the world an elaborate essay on
murder considered rs one of the fac arts
| his brilliant rhetoric and forcible sarcasm
M ht have found q Kindred subject in the
modern science of "lying by ones WITS
The soreness is in the structure of society,
and though it is not myprovince to prescribe
for it, yet the suggestion may readily be
matic thai il eau be eraiicatcl only by the