The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-12-12
THE SCIENNE OE SHnnESN

which has no textbooks, or teachers
1t ID the science Of success. And in the
nomenclature of this science there 10
one term, of prime Importance, n full
understanding Of which is of incstima-
Die value. 1t is tact. No man, however
great his abilities, however stainless his
character, can afford to neglect or un-
dervalue tact, You remember how
Macaulay's hero, William Ill, embar-
rassed himself and imperillcd the cause
OF constitutional liberty by his want of
this q%aulitv.
when he was setting out ON his Irish
campaign, which rendered immortal by
the battle Of the Boyne, his brother.in-
law, Prince George Of Denmark, pre-
scented himself for the purpose of ac.
complaining his majesty. The prince
had' at great expense, made preparation
Tor the journey, and had thus shown his
good will. He was, also, ms husband of
the heir apparent to the throne. the
most exalted subject in the realm. To
have treated him with courtesy, to have
invited him to Il seat in the royal car
mage, would have made him n friend for
life. But the king, destitute Of tact,
ana not do 80 nay, he did not, in II
single instance, during the campaign.
recognize the presence or the existence
of the prince.
On the other hand, men, Cbut much
more often women Of moderate abilities
have attained to eminent success bv the
possession Of tact. We are unable to
see any proof extraordinary ability ON
the part Of Aaron Burr. No speech or
sentence Of his has passed into history.
u appears to us that he owed his career
very largely to the exercise of the dual
lty to which We have been abiding.
The greatest genius has IN additional
guarantee of success in the possession Of
tact, or what We may perhaps define as
genius applied to small things. We
know of no person who rxcmpliiicd this
truth more cmin"ntly than Napoleon.
His tact was wonderful as his genius.
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An o]piuiun AS universal AS if is mn
founded il that the Tslund of Antirosti
il unfit for fine residence of man On
fine contrary. il il stated by Sir William
Logan. Government g]colopist ta con
tain "upwurl of one million acres of
land of the very best o%Ilalitv. similar To-
the fine arabic soil of Ontario and the
Eastern townships. " and Mr.. Comcr, Il
Canadian Naturalist who paid a visit
Last snrino sow wild timnthy and clover
rivoIjng in Growth any crossos found
,round Montreal or Ourbec He also
states hat most of the c~crcpIs and nII
gnrden yeo.tnhl,s can he raised in u.r-
The island slopes gradually |
from it, elevated northern ronst 10 fine
soyannas which fnca the south
shore and TINS in some measure. the
fartila unrtinn nf fine ~cnuntrv il n~rntact-
az from the wintry blast Now the ma
tiyes of Norway and Sweden and other
countries of high ATTITUDES, invariably
delight in %insular residences. where fish
can be had in abundance. and where
they can also be benefited by cultivating
u farm. 1t is well known that the large
colonies of these %nationalities which have
settled in the prairie States of the West
are not satisfied. They look in vain for
the rolling sea. woody glen, and all to
which thcv were accustomed in the
fatherlund. 1t is with pleasur" We
learn TINT Il company has lately been
formed with the Hon. d. Price and W.
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