Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-03-31

: lutionized Genoa, and formed tn
{ Cisalpinc Republic. At the age o
, twenty.nine he received the command
, of the army against Egypt scattereC
. tho clouds of Mamaluke cavalry, mast
; cred Alexandria, Aboukir, and Cairo
. and wrested the land OF the Pharaoh
Ptolemies from the proud descendant
: of the prophet At thirty he fell anon,
! the Parisians like a thunderbolt, over
! threw the diotatorial government, ant
, dispersed the Council Of five hundred
and was proclaimed first Consul. A
the age Of thirty. one he crossed th'
, Alps with an army, and destroyed th,
, Austrians at Marengo. At the age o
thirty.two he established the code o
| Napoleon in the same year he wa
elected Consul for life by the people
! and at the age of thrty-three years h,
, was crowned Emperor Of the French
people. William Pitt, tho first Earl o
Chatham, was but twcnty.seven year.
OF age when, as o member of Parlia
ment, he waged the war Of giant, tht
corruption Of Sir Robert Walpole. The
Younger Pitt was scarcely twenty
years of age when, with mastery
power, he grappled with tho veterans
Of Parliament in favor of America. Al
twenty-five he was called to the high
and responsible trust Of Chancellor ol
the Exchequer. II was at that age
when he came forth in his might on
the affairs of the East Indies. Al
twenty nine, during the first insanity
OF George Ill. he rallied around the
Prince of Wales. Edmund Burke, at
the age of nineteen, planned a refuta.
tion Of the metaphysical theories Of
Berkley and Hume. AT twenty he was
in the Temple, the admired of its in.
mates for the briliancy of his genius
and the variety Of his acquisitions. AT
twenty.six he published his celebrated
satire entitled "Vindication of Natural
Society" The same year he published
his essay on the Sublime and Beauti.
ful," 50 much admired for its spirits Of
philosophical investigation and the
elegance Of its language AT twenty
five he was the first Lord OF the Treas
ury. George Washington was only
twenty,seven years Of age when he
covered the. retreat of the British
troops at Braddock's defeat, and the
same year he was appointed Comman-
der.in-Chief of all tho Virginia forces,
Gen. Joseph Warren was only twenty
nine years of age when, in defiance of
the British soldiers stationed at the
door Of the church, he pronounced the
celebrated oration which aroused the
spirit of liberty and patriotism that
terminated in the achievement Of in.
dependence, At thirty.four he glori
ously fell, gallantly lighting in the
cause of freedom at Bunker Hill. Alex.
ander Hamilton was a Lieutenant
Colonel in the army of the Revolution,
and Aide,de-Camp to Washinton at
tho age of twenty. Attwenty five he
was member of Congress from New
York at thirty he was one Of the
ablest members of the Convention that
framed the Constitution of the United
States; at thirty-one he was a member
OF the New York Convention, and
joint author of the great work entitled
the "Federalist" At thirty.two he
was Secretary OF the Treasury OF the
United States, arranged the financial
branch of the Government upon 80 per-
feet plan that no great Improvement
has ever been made upon it since by
his successors. Thomas Haywood, OF
South Carolina, was but thirty years
Of age when he signed the glorious
record Of the Nations birth, the Dec.
laration of independence. Eldrige
Gerry, OF Massachusetts,, Benjamin
Rush and James Wilson, of PennsYl.
vania, were but thirty-years of age ;
Mathew Thornton, of New Hampshire,
Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, Arthur
| Middleton, Of North Carolina, and
Thomas Stone, of Maryland thirty
three, and William Hooper, Of North
Carolina, thirly.four. John Jay, whom
ltwenty-nine years old, was member Of
the Revolutionary Congress, and being
associated with Lee and Livingston,
on the committee for drafting an ad-
dress to the people Of Great Britain,
drew up that paper himself which was
considered one of the most eloquent
productions of the time. AT thirty. two
he penned the old Constitution Of New
York, and the same year was appointed
Chief Justice of the State. At thirty
four he was appointed Minister to
Spain. At the age OF twenty-six
Thomas Jefferson was q leading mem.
Der of the Colonial Legislature in
\ Virginia. At thirty he was a mem
Der of the Virginia Convention ;
at tbirty-two member OF Con.
gress, and at thirty-three he draft
cd the Declaration OF Independence.
Milton, at the age Of twenty, had writ
ten bis finest miscellaneous poems,
including his L'Ailegra, Pensoroso,
Comus, and the most beautiful mono.
dies. Lord Byron, at the age Of TWEEN.
ty, published his celebrated satire upon
English bards and Scotch reviewers
at twenty-iour, the first two Cantos Of
Chllde Harold's Pilgrimage. Indeed
all the vast poetic treasures Of his
genius were poured forth, IN their
richest proiusion, before he was thir.
ty.four years old, and he died at thir,
ty.seyen. Pope wrote many of his
poems and published them before he
was sixteen years old at twenty he
wrote an Essay on Criticism at TWEEN.
ty.one, the Rape OF the Lock, and at
twenty -nve, his great work tne Trans
iation OF the lliad. Sir Isaac Newton
had mastered the highest elements of
mathematics, and the analytical meth
cd of Des Cartles, before he was TWEEN.
ty; had discovered the now method of
infinite series Of AUCTIONS, and bis new
theory OF light and its colors. AT
twenty five he had discovered the new
principle of the rejecting telescope,
the laws Of gravitation and the plane.
tary system. AT thirty he occupied
the mathematical chair at Cambridge.
Dr. Dwight's conquest of Canaan"
was commenced at the age Of sixteen
and finished at twenty-five. AT the
latter age he composed his celebrated
dissertion on history, eloquence and
poetry of the Bible, which was imme-
diately published and ro.published in
Europe.
BE PRAcTIcAL.- ls II not true that
reason, like the senses, was given TO
man for practical rather than spccula.
tive purposes Looking back at the
history Of abstract inquiry, what gains
do We aeo In the last two Yeara Z In