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creased by the accession OF light that tne Wos!a
rroWs yoInver by Que and that knowledge aud
Experience are din.fntshed by constant and un-

Experience are Diminished By constant and un~
interrupted accumulation j.
The only things in which We can be said to
have any. property are ottr actions. Our IAouR4S
good, yet produce no fruit Our riches nay be
taken from us BY misfortune, our reputauon y
malice, our spirits by calamity our heata e39s ny
must follow us beyond the grave; with respect s. st
to them alone, we cannot say that we shall carry
as ra naaa @ waeo 81 Ts d sra niesr
must ctotha us with Immortality, loathsome or
glorious: these are the only tule-dtsds Of which
fuu weight In ;he balance OF eternity. when
everything else is as nothing: and thelrvalu WILL
be confirmed and established by those I've sure
and suteless' destroyers Of I'LL Other thlngs-
time and DEATH, 81, s*-
Even human knowledge is permitted to ap-
proximate In some degree. and on certain occsl-
casions, to that Of the Deity. 1fs pure ana
primary source; and this assimilation is never
more conspicuous than when it converts cry into
the means OF producing its opposit, gHod. "hat,
for instance, appears at first sight 70 oe 50 ~
NATIONS as the ocean, But science has converted
it into the best and most expeditions means "
which they may supply their mutual wants; anu
WHAT so violent rs steam. and so destructive as
fire? What so uncertain as the VINO. ana 30
uncomfortable az the wave? Yet art has rem
and subsidary*to the necessities. the comforts,
and even the elegances OF NE NnaI ,so
hard, 80 cold, and so 1nsensible as narpies
Yet the sculptor can Warm 1t into life, and
bid it breathe an eternity OF love. what SO
variable color. so swift as iight.~ or SO
emPe9 thase eetne thinss iii ooh body and
soul,-can confer upon them an lmper1sna1ts
vigor, beauty that t,1crcases with d0c, and which
short, wisdom can draw e1pedient from obstacle,
invention from difficulty, safety from danger,
resource from sterilty, and remedy from poison.
In her hands all things become beautiful oy knelr
uG1Dtfneut subservlent by their USE, and Balntary
by their application.
There are minds 80 habituated to intrigue and
mystery in themselves, and SO prone to expecs
plain reason Tor piain fact, If tt be possible to
devise causes for it that are obscure, Jar
fetched, and usually not toorh the ca17inge Like
the miser, who would ruin good horse to escape
turnpike, so these gentlemen ride their nfRn-
bred theories to death In order to come at truth
through bypaths lanes and aeys; wa'e tS hin SaS
and beaten ruad OF common sense. Tae conse-
quence is that those who tuke this mode Ut ar.
someftmes sS S M 3 5ed her but very seldom ioh her
Thus tho great statesman who relates the con
epiraey against Doria pauses to deliberate npoa'
and minutely to scrutinze into, divers and sun
dry errors committed and opportunities neg
lected whereby he would wish to account for the
total failure OF that spirited enterprise But
well Blamed and digested that it was victorious
! in every point Of its operation, both on the sen
and on the shore, In the Of Genoa no less
/ j.
| dent befelI the Count de Fiesque, who was the
very life and soul OF the conspiracy. In stepping
from one galley to another the plank on Wn1cn Ia
| he stood upset, and he fell into the sea- Ills
| armor happened to be very neduy, the night TO
be very daTk, the water tb bo very deep, and The
p sst be vae9 % IL al s i I
make no distincuon whatever between con-
QNe7Dr and cat
| II We cannot exhibit better life than an
| atheist, we must be very bad caiculators. anu II
| t,3t, het&a
| still worse reasoners- Shall VIC then burn q
! nun because he chooses to say in bis hsdrt there
is no God? To say It, In his head y incompatbie'
| perhaps, with d sound state Of the cerebelluan;
but IT alI who wished there were no GOD 9ettscea
| It. too, we should have many atheists. He that
GGa s. e lis
taken the world not out OF the comma.adtaent's
| would most willingly insert it Into the cTsed
would be very conveniently supported by " DC
not believe In God" But are we to onrn mar a1
for so absurd a doctrine? Yes, says the zealot
tempt W to make prosely tes I admit, even to sys:
tenn so fatherless. SO forlorn, and sog1oomy: ant
he will attempt 1t, or the same principle Wh1Gl
Fellow, he u ajraM Of being left alo,te +, tl'
dartl But 10 grant that he VIII % sue.
cessful In his attempt to convert others W99le t,N
be to grant that be has some reason on bis slde
and we have yet to learn that reason can ne con
sumed By fire or overwhelmed By force We Tll
burn him, then. for the sake ct example. .;ln1 ~
| his example, like bis doctrine, Is so absurd. that
! let him alone, and none will follow 1t. But D:
burning them you lo1tTset ves hdue s nloss 70,
rid erampte which the innnmeraote cnamp,um a,,,
+ viii follow whenever and wherever they @ hav
power to do it. By burning an atheist you nav,
lent Importance to that Wnicn Is apsat4 tt sni.s
| was the essence Of darkness. For atheism IS
system which can communicate neither WarInt
except I9m dnose @ r. ts e
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