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as well as mind.
When CoriolanusSHecame enraged
with his fellow citizens, hesleft Rome,
went to the enenn succeeded in
having himself appointed command
er-in-cbief of a powerful army, and
then returned with his hosts, and be-
seiged the city. Theaistress that he
saw he was briugingihpon the place
of his nativity, tha sufferings Of
friends, nor the melbry of tbe.past
glories of the proadsaty, whosespres
tige he was Threatening to destroy,
could even SO much as move him.
The choicest of .thg hoary-hesded
Senators were sent oat to entreat him
to spare his motheTgity /; the priests,
clad in their sacred sobes,. went out,
and earnestly ]bes4ght him, in the
name OF the holy goqs, to turn from
his wicked purpose, But it was all
in vain; and Rome44the grand, i'm
perial Rome, that was destined in
after ages to become the mistress of
the world-was ing in chains at the
conouerol s feet. Wis yery breath
was lasO and life toShe land that af-
forwards sgavel laws tdd1lands. Every
expedient had been Fesorted to, and
all had failed. Sdsthe dark cloud
gathered'in thickness and gloom DER
the fated CITY,. and 5eemed ready to
burst upon the defenteless inhabitants
in its wild fury. But, alas ! there
was secret, hiaAen, power which
was destined to& &s Rome from the
the awful dvoa that. awaited her,
and preserve M for better and
brighter days6Sthe aged mother
of Coriolanus8 s8s gnea to the camp,
entered her sol Tent, and fell upon
her knees befogll hin This plaintive
appeal from ldsnptber at once touch
ed the iron hesIss Coriolanus; and
in the bitterness his anguish be
exclaimed, "Mot1ss,., thou hast saved
Rome, but lost thy son"
When Napoleon was a small boy,
living in Corsic,bhis noble mother
was accustomedta take him in her
study. and read and talk to him
about the rilliantlexploits of brave
warriors of oldensHmes; and seemed
to strive with peculiar earnestness to
infuse into his youthful mind an ar
dent 1ove for taS8. How. we'll she
succeeded the ssrza knoys ! OF
course it cannots Be- doubted that be
Was born with an usual amount of
highly probable that the teachings
which FIJI upon his ears from the
lips of his high-minded mother, as he
knelt at her knees, had powerful
tendency towards strengthening, ad-
ding to, and developing that hercu-
lean passion for glory and renown
which afterwards became the leading
characteristics Of him-the greatest
of all military genluses.
The lone that mother bears for
her child cannot be too highly eulo-
gized. One possessed Of the oratori-
cal powers of Demosthenes, q
Cicero, Patrick Henry, or the sub
lime eloquence of a Clay, would find
that the English language would fail
to furnish him with words of sufi-
eient force to enable him to express
adequately the purity, the sincerity,
and the beauty of fond mothers
lone. 1t is like the "Lilac Crocus in
Iautumn," everlasting, nothing ever
whitening, nothing ever blasting. No
shame, no deformity of mind or body
can serve to destroy mothers love
for
Let atfliction come with the worlds cold
scorn,
Let fortune upon his efforts never, never
Let misfortune o ertake, or sorrow be his
He is ever, ever dear to her fond, loving
heart.
Let his name with infamy be foully
o'ercast,
Still to him will she cling,-cling to the
last:
Or let honofs upon him fall as bright as
And with pride will she look upon her
first born.
This undyingloye causes the mother
to regard with pious care all the
minute wants and necessities Of the
little babe as it nestles fearlessly
upon her pure white breast. When
it grows into childhood how unceas-
ing are her watchingsl When upon
the bed of sickness, how noiselessly
and untirihgly does she hover over
the suffering one. like protecting
angel shielding it from all harm. and
endeavoring to sootho its every pain
How careful, then, shonld the ma
ternal parent be as to the manner in
which she rears the human being who
is entrusted by nature to her care
and keeping; since she has it in her
power to mould, tosa very considera-
.ble extent, the nasnd and morals Of
her child 1t issa beautiful and
solemn warning to mothers, that most
men who have figured in the world
az being truly great, have been sons
b,