The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-09-04
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ESSAY OF MAN.
yRA0AExTARY ExTRAcrs or.

0Peecn'ess end wretched. and from thei
mother earth.
For csvss-ssd scorns, then the food Of life
With nsiIs and &C.. they held . bleSdIes.
strife:
But soon improved, With clubs they boIde,
fought. E
And vsriops anne. with sad experience
wrought, 80
Till words. TO Ak tbs wsndsrisQ voice were
found, "
And nome impres'd . meaning upon sound,
Thence forth they cease from wsr.'
Now Man with rustic tools subdues the
earth;
Experiences 10 more dex.'rous sn gives birth.
And the mechanic science supplies with
skill
TIL impleme n.s, with more ssse the sell 10
! til.
The simple hut. % the domestic hearth
10 more numerous offspring gives birth,
10 one OF more dimension now gives place.
And tho rude structure. to more a,tracssye
g'see. 81
And - the hand and eye BY innate viii,
The rude instruments form, in,ui,ive skill. 4,
The brain reflects to IT, tongue sus.ic
nsme;
Such as the eye. OF ear, or touch most
claim.
Thence sprsDg such names - rustic meet ap.
ply; st lM. y
Such hoose-hc!d nsmes % family wants i'm.
ply.
Then Nature clsims- Of Mar. seasc,ivs
mind. R NJ. ts
For Natures objects vsrious nsmss. TO 6nd:
Such Eames ss sut q dreory winter most
When Nsiurs's cisd in ice, aud snow. end
When Ns'ure In sll sernsl bssu,y bsinys
The n'sgic charge shst IRON that biest
winner Syringe:
The suns fffuigence tights the blues, skies;
Nature with genial warmth. reviviaes
Her floral charms. aud her soonic lives;
Then Man esphonic names 70 Nsinrs givs.-
When natures spring with natures wsra,sh
and rein is.4J.M0
Forth calls the summes and the summer's
graia.
And cereal stores supply The wants Of Men
Such nsmes. % indicste such We nts. teesn-
And when The ripper see Of FsIl sppesrs.
And Man provides for winter wsuts sndI
Then Msn gives names such % would indi.
cate -w3tw
That Nature . dropping. that The sesso ne
But language ,R hallowd gif,, fron God
began. or g.G3
Inhal'd by tho Divi,e Bses,h into Mag
Thus Man BY iniui,ive faculty
Forms rustic language. which by SesvAe
Assumes the grandeur BY which Maa 10
known,
HE origin divine, and bis senown: "A
Above all thst 10, or on earth would be,
Wss Cod's command, was Mans su,hosi,y
Man multiply. and to thy pos.eriy i
III give the earth, and with Il prosperity. (
@ The genial influence Of society
Enlightens Man, then II give poli,y n
Which guides the weak, and curbs The pas.
.sl s'on s'rOaes an. uHrf yHpL IN
Protects the good. and punish's those who re
wrong: r fyrrrI Il
Religion lends 70 civic Law her aid, LiA H
CsI'ivates The mind for higher grade s9j,
or civilization, end providss for Msn'
A code Of lave that In high hesvsa begss-
Thus these twia sisters for Mas laws pro-.
vide, , SE BA E \,
Tho rules 10 live, his wsy 70 hesves guide.
'Tis lac that gives TO oil an equsl right.
The humble slave. or Him OF potent might-
Religion eusbs the hsugh.y passions sway Is
Reminds the prince and slave they re- feeble |,
clay.
Tis lew shst punist's the eofposssl desds--
R Religion 10 hell o. high heaven plssds-- u
Thus Man inveu,s names that from Hssvsn
sprung; ..aa,t .r lr
Such names % 10 direfvl hell belong, ~ -
Inven,s for law the nsmss Of right end
wrong. M.F Il
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