Litchfield enquirer., 1871-04-13
the interpretation of a word" How. then. shall we understand it in the language of

t0e e10t0TpTSIdtlOu OA o4wutA. A4oWs staeu. shall we understand it in the language of the governer.of the feast at Cana g. If it must absolutely mean s'tosget drunk;" with ssno permitted signifcation of abundance or satiety." let us see how his address reads: "Every man ut the beginning doth set forth good wine. but when they have got thoroughly drunk, then that which is worse." Is .sass a natural interpretation? Is it not mauifestly extreme? Would he have been likely to thus refer only to those in the last stages of intoxieation, when, generally, they do not want any more. but sink into lethargy? How much more nat ural is the rendering 'when they have drank abundantly" and thus, as with any article of food or drink, the taste has be- come less discriminating. This. I insist, is permitted signification" and far more favorable. Moreover, what is the implica- tioa in regard to the action of Christi Why did the governor suggest this custom except to intimate his departure from it in the single point of the quality '? Men, (he would say) usually. when their guests have drank freely, offer an inferior beverage, but then. when are have drank freely dost give us the best. Whatever the word means. it applies equally, by legitimate in- ference, both to the supposed case and to the case before them. Otherwise it was 8 very foolish, pointless speech. What had the practice concerning drunken people to do with the Lords conduct toward that quiet. sober but happy assembly, such only as We all know He would have coun tenanced by His presence? If the word means drunk" they were drunk; if it means "drank freely" they had drank free- ly, such is the logical consequence. The character of the wine is to be judged in &C., eordance with what have already shown to have been the estimate of "the best" by the people of that age and cline, in connection, also, with what would probably have been the course of the wise and holy Master. Upon that I remark no further.
 In regard to the Corinthian church l freely conceded that there might have been drunkenness there. only stated that the word does not prove it. It is matter of small importance; for their peruerted fes- tival is no example to us, whether they sinned by indulging i1 a bad element or by misusing good one. It is interest ing only as point of esesis. Upon that I ask, with Prof. Stuart. icertainly not an inferior critic, "why should we give to the word the worst senss of which it is capable ?" He says we are brought back hele to the original and ndturol mean ing of the verb naethuei, i. e., to drink free ly." And again. he says "one is hungry, that is the poor man another naethuei, drinks to the full, this is the richer man. |" I have gone beyond his view only in say ing that it may mean "illed themselves" with whatever was provided. I think the comment of Bloomfield is pertinent Ut is rightly remarked by the ancient com. mentators that the ratio oposiG, rule of con- trast, requires the word to be interpreted only of satiety both in drinking and eat- ing,"i. e.. one is hungry another is sa- tiated.
 I refrain from replying to incidental matters alluded to by Mir. Colton. On the whole, am much obliged to him for con frming my conviction of the soundness of my previous position.
 I fear, MT. Editor, that you and your readers are weary of having the subject presented in this elaborate form. While I do not shrink from answering objections, am averse to controversies, which gener- ally result in determination to have the last word. For my own part, am satis- fled with having fairly presented opinions which deem correct and useful, and am disposed, therefore, with your permission and that of your correspondents, to "call for the previous question" and leave your readers to give their private votes upon the the case as 1t stand. Fl. B. ELLIOT.
 BRAIN GROWTH Persons who talk do not always think most. Iquestion wheth- CT persons who think most-that is. have most conscious thought pass through their minds-necessarily do most mental work. Be aye sticking in 8 tree. Jock, it will be growing when you are sleeping" 50 with every new idea that is planted in think er's mind. It will be growing when he is sleeping. An idea in the brain is not le- gend carved on marble slab; it is an i'm. pression made on a living tissue which is the seat of active nutritive processes. Shall the initials I carved in bark grow from year to year with the tree? and shall not my re- corded thought grow into new forms and relations with my growing brain? Daniel Webster told one of the greatest scholars that he had to change the size of his hat every four years. His head grew large as his intellect expanded Illustrations of this same fact were shown me by famous phre. nologist in London. But organic mental changes may take place in shorter spaces of time. A single night of sleep has often brought sober second thought which was s surprise. to nasty conclusion of the day before.- " Holmes.
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 "I saw MT. Boutwell, last night for the first time in year. He is getting little