The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-09-07

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proof Of bic coVraEe that beeis 20
proof b9s A. a proof that Tho Divlni.
y Isl shApes ear csds uAs wita bin
aa4 covered his bead il he GAY q
battle. Net because be va. better
tbaa thousands who fsll on bic night
haai ard % bis left, bss that bic life
vas preserves for The Accomplishment,
q something more foF bic country.
On Bra3dockis field WAshinston bad
two horses shot fron uBder him; aud
May time. and oft when was a
child. have ! heard oar good old
motSers teach their children. from this
fact that Washington was a chosen
instrument o. heaven 70 achieve our
independence II may bo asked wheth.
~ this naa Of destiny has any marked
pecuiianlics answer, none whatey
- Neither bis body nor bis mind
runs into riekcty proportions Place
bin % a platform together with one
hundred distinguished men. and call in
"a allie conuoisseur, who has neither
seen nor heard Of any one Of them. al q
be viii point him out as a model man.
neither too large nor too small, nor too
tall nor too short. nor too fat nor too
lean, loI too old nor too young A
man 10 the prime aud vigor Of health
{ fol manhood. with blood iu his veins
and marrow 10 his bones. able 20 en-.
dure any labor. either Of body or q
mind, which may degolvc upon him.
+ His face seems made to match biz
form No painful, careworn wrinkles
indicative Of indrmities or misler' unes
% provoke gfudge against nature OIL
engeader sourness toward mankind -
Nor does he wear a Sinking face. as Il
lie were candidate for admiration
but fine sunny countenance, sucha g
men and women respect and children
love--such as the good old farmer
wore. Of whom the little boy said
That old gent won't lick little felleI
for gettin' on behind him on his sled
His manners like his counteuance
are simple and sincere. He don't run
to meet you, aud call you, my very
dear sir = lie takes you by the hand
with a cordial kindness which recog
nizes the universal brotherhood of man
and impresses you that he is a mar
who gets above nobody and nobody
gets above him
Ills is MAJ n ,nimous, to be sure. bu,
is he great MANI | answer, no; not
10 the vulgar sense OF the term. But
what is il to be great mani is il to
be wondrous orator, teaching lessons
Of wisdom to-day and committing actt
Of folly TO morrow Is il to be a ruth
less conqueror, desolating half the
globe and bringing ruin on his owl
head at last I Is it to be an i'll bal
aLced genius. partly strong and partly
weak, like the feet of Nebuchadnezzar
image, part OF iron and part of clay
| have read Of hero 80 strong that he
carried away the gates of city, posts
bar aud all, on his shoulders; and 20
weak that he revealed tue secret of hi,
strength to a graceless woman ant
then went TO sleep in her lap, to bt
shorn OF his locks and have bis eye,
gouged out A fair sample this O
heroes, from Nmrod TO Louis Napole
on. And what Of the Alexanders, the
Caesars, the Tamerlanes, Of Charles
XII, Of Sweden and Napoleon {. oil
France, these destroyers of nation,
aud scourages of human kind ? Cal
ye these great menl They were great
men vugarly so called They terrified
the nations Of the earth, as comets
used to do, but they shed neither ligh
nor hope on the cause of humanity
From such blazing meteors the Repub
lican heart fondly turns TO the modest
bat unfading lights Of our own Wash
ington and Lincoln,
Constant A. tho Northern star