The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-01
sca!ly you arc still bound, limited to Garth
and your absolute knowledge Of these So me

tHese Only can MS existence Dc preserved.
This becomes manifest by taking into con-
sideration the elements Of his nature. lie
Is possessed of passions and self-love, and
these exercised without restraint arc evil
IDENTIFY means Of self-dest rAction, mot only
of so!f-destruction, but Of the destruction
of society. The spiritual part OF man
tries in vain 70 express It's self, being linn
tied by tho physical, in the forms Of Ian.
gusge and custom. The lips are opened
but behold no sounds issue therefrom,
having its proper functions 70 perform,
limited We might say to certain courses,
though only by his physical part which in
It's turn Is not unlimited,
| In this connection We see thc eye of the
mind nnihilating space, Tasting upon
foreign sights and pleasures, while the
physical eye at best takes in but q small
space.
Look we out into the distant future and
what do we discover, what can our finite
eye behold 2 Nothing but q blank. The
soul is sent bsek into it, dark prison house
| TO wait with siekening fear and dread the
| opening Of the doors which shall mako the
| unknown future tho known present No
one can liz She veil and ssy that this or
that can not b changed or ovcrthrown.
Persons advance new theories, advocate
them while living and die leaving the
structufe which they have erected to on
tangls and bswildcr the minds Of their
followers in IL devious labyrinths. Others
arise and demolish the edifce of their pre-
decessor, and they in their turn share the
| same fate M . H'n
Facts only the language Of facts can we
learn. Overstep this and we attempt 10
enter the confines Of the unknown. As
the horizon bounds and limits the pbysi-
cal sight, SO is the mind limited and
bounded by facts. Vainly does man
strive TO comprehend abstract truths,
weak amp giddy from tho attempt he
sinks back exhausted. Emerson asks
and answers 1t thus: ITO think
/ would put myself In the attitude 70
look in the eye an abstract truth, and /
cannot" lie also adds, ~ bench and with
draw on this side and on that. l seem 10
know what he meant who said that no
man can sec God face 10 face and live
Grand seemed the minds Of Newton,
Franklin and LaPlace who discov Or cd UGH
wondro,u facts. Their minds wander red
out INTO unlimited space and wrung from
II it, secrets.
Did they continue their Investigations,
or had they reached their limit. Gould
they tell whether those planets were in
habited or not? Feeble bodies send out
your imagina:ions IL you will people these
immense planets by aid Of the same faculty,
but there seerus something terrible and sad
In this limitation, something almost un real
that the deepest and tenderest emotion have
never been and can never be embodied In
words. They must have their birth. growth
and death in the bosoms in which they are
generated.
:, They have not words CORES pondinR 20
thsn,, but must, rs DE Quincy Beautifully
expresses u, BIO sppreciAble by God only,
like the silent melodies in great musi-
clans heart never u roll forth from harp
or organ.
No one can know or penetrate the
thougAts aud mOises which inpel another
70 certain actions. Neither can these
motives in aM their delicaey and subtlety
bscom~ unieatsa though tho will 50 to %
We and " q experience tina. q
excels in bet the one. All tho
energies arg, brought 10 bear upon this
thing. Itseems 70 be the all absorbing
power or principle. Let tho person turn
his attention from this natural channel of
thought AID in the attempt lac proves bis
own powerlessness. So We find in every
ono some leading train Of thought, and only
by obliging this Limitation of nature can
any one hope TO fulfil tho highest end of
his being and secure the highest happiness
TO himself and Others.
The mind seems 10 have impressed upon
itself its own calling and vocation, and
stern seems tho degree that IL shall have
equal success In no other. You may smooth
and adorn the banks of tho rushing tide,
but there are It's branches still. You may
cooperate with nature but dare not at
tempt to Illustrate.
Important alike in mind and body you
can only watch the changes which take
place. ~
In so small matter as leaf that gent
lest sephyr WAITS from its resting place,
the ingenuity Of man can devise no means
whereby TO prevent its destruction. As
he is limited in power with regard to the
inanimate creation, SO Is he in regard to
the animate. Even our conception of
things, our grasping up into unity the va
rious qualities by which nm object Is
characterized 10 not perfect We nnd
this manifestly the case In the contempla-
ton oftbe infinite. As 1t Is neither COM
posed of nor can be divided into parts,
neither will it admit OF being graspcd up
into unity being that already. Did We I
have perfect conception Of the finite We
would certainly have a knowledge of the |
infinite. But limited to, and in tho finite
what dare We affirm Of the infinite of
which We can only obtain a glmmering
light through the representation Of types
asd through those only - their authority |
may DO sdjudged ofby Unite minds. The |
mind cannot transcend the sphere OF its /