The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-04-30

"a A.hil.ri b. opgfsinlsisi me-
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q ~ atfosiams bic ssms 'Foffu
'ubaia men. H.i bs. "fDu ~ in
hasius sp,st ~ pfualsim Jguf nams
iof bed you boi ihsl tsfy tomb
Which eifoum'crilIe'i truf mortal
fsinains would alsohayo ,ifrpmseH
bed you' isms, yoaf glory shd touf
reputation lIui ~ you have mn
immortal Homer 10 fecofd yuuf
battles, 10 depict your proves, 10
drlincaic your inaguabimity ~ a..
celebrating the downfall II Troy. you
are no longer ahfouded in darkness,
cuyclopod In ol,scurty, or circum.
actibcd Wy the tomb, the dismal me
mortal Of mortality, bat ,our name
your fame, your glory and your
reputation, extend FROM where that
r,fulgcnt luminary -thcsun -riscs,
10 whore he rlunpcs beneath the
Western pillows. With the knowl.
edge Of History We ascertain the
transactions that trauspired In M
cicnt or modern days. BY Astron-
omy we can tell tho revolutions Of
the Planets, their size, distance and
magnitude With Chemistry the
mineral and vegetable kingdom Il
scientifically explored, their saluta-
ry properties and effects are ascer-
tanned, and under tho administra-
ton Of a judicious and intelligent
physician, they arc applied to oil
the diseases incidental to the human
system. And with Natural Philos-
ophy, every thing that can result
from WISE, intelligent and scientific
mind is developed II embraces sew
eral literary branches, and, above ali,
surmounts every obstacle to ardu-
Gus mechanical labor with the two
great scientific and monstrous minds,
the pully and lever. II have COM
pleted a monument more durable
than brass, and more lofty than the
regal situation Of the Pyramids
which neither consuming rains, nor
a thousand years, nor the velocity
Of time, can entirely obliterate.
will not entirely die, and the greater
part of me will avoid Hbitina or the
dismal tomb. ] shall always grow
fresh with future praise, while the
Pontifex willascend the capital witt
a silent virgin. ! shall be celebra
ted when the violent Aufdus roars
and where Daunus, INDECENT of wa.
ters, rules over rustics as being first
in having spun out Saphic strains tc
Italian measures" Such is the Ian.
guagc Of Horace, advcrting to the
work he was then completing, when
|trophies, laurels, and victories would
pass away, when the Pyramids Of
Egypt, the proud mausoleums Of
Egyptian Kings would have crum-
bled into that very dust they were
vainly intended to commemorate
when his body would be consigned
to the tomb, to moulder into his
original dust, the work he was
then comlpting would survive these,
would rescue him from the tomb
and transmit his name to posterity
"Muli Machrymabilcs, uryentuv, ig-
notique Tonga nocte carent, qda rate
sacrn," many unwept and unknown
are enveloped in the dark night Of
obscurity because the yhad no sacr.
cd bard to proclaim their deeds.
Antiquity is pregnant with many
examples which would be buried in
oblivion had not the light Of Litera,,
ture brought them forth TO the world
"Bury that man." says Sciplo Afri'
canus on his death bed, in allusion
to the Poet Ennius, "for had 1t not
been for him my military glory
would have been buried in oblivion
or lost at the gates Of Carthage, but
though the pen and intellect Of that
great poet the fame Of my military
exploits in accelerating the downfall
Of Carthage and elcvating Rome tt
the pinnacle Of glory is not only Al
the theatre Of my exploits--at thu
gates of Carthage--but' they arc
circulated through the world ant
Will be transmitted to posterity."
u grow pale" says the classic
poet, "like the midnight lamp from
the total absorption Of study" Ev.
cry mother should be educated un,
der her patereal care the young
mind is modldcd snd shaped for
l;fa The lar will. for n 1onr TINA