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a short time, he then went to Boston and
practiced medicine. He was appointed Pro-
fessor at Harvard in 1S47, which position he
still holds He has written both poetry and
prose. His prose writings include works on
medicine, essays and novels. He has fur
nisheo many valuable papers for the "At-
lantic Monthly" and is well-Inown as a
popular lecturer. Though he is said to be
small in person, he is large in thought, and
though time has furrowed his brow and
whitened his locks, he bears a cheerful
countenance
1t is hoped that the memory of these
''gems" of thought may in the time TO come
seem as beautiful. bright flowers, springing
up here and there in the chequered pathway
of the little ones who must continue to grow
older and travel this great journey of life
Who shall say that their repetition will not
heal many wound, soothe many a sorrow,
dry many a tear, and inspire many noble
thought and action. 1t is a blessing to man
to be afforded an opportunity for widening
thought, and thereby inviting ideas which
find home in the being who is destined to
play his part on this great stage of action.
1t is true that "Poets are born, not made"-
and yet men of mediocre intelligence have
caught some ofthe inspiration which pro-
duced the poem by reading its lines. Con-
tact with individuals ofculture, fine writings,
beautiful pictures, in fact everything which
is lovely, either in nature or art, is not with
| out its influence. George Eliot says truly:
THE world grows, and its frame is knit
together by the growing soul; dim, dim at
first, then clearer and more clear, the con-
| sciousness discerns remote stirring. As
thoughts move within us darkly, and shake
us before they are fully discerned, so events,
so beings; they are knit with us in the
growth of the world"
All great men were not wonderful bows
though now and thu n, they may have shown
some trait, or capacity which distinguished
| them from their fellows, they frequently
found the daily routine of their lives no more
marked by peculiarities than that of thei,
associates; often poverty and sorrow proving
to be the most stimulating agents in bright.
ening the intellect and elevating the nature
| f. p. Foster writes in the Indiana SchooI
Journal" that Literature is a repository o.
knowledge; 1t is an element of culture
Writers catch the thoughts and impulses o.
their fellowmen and weave them into words
which wed the sympathies of the people and
insure national confidence" What a world
of thought forces itself upon us Just here
but we dare not give vent, because we hav,
been told to "be brief"
But we have read that "Homeer's stor,
of Achilles fired the ambition of Alexander
and nerved the illustrious General in ever,
battle, till he made the conquest of tn,
world We know that Shakespeare, Pore
and Shelleys still live; that the statesmen O
to-day are but monuments carved from th,
characters of Americas fathers" and W,
dare 10 proclaim that, after all, paper mon
uments are tho most lasting, and that often
times Ignorance isa voluntary misfortune,
PICCoLA.