The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-06-25

tive countries than h TO Be found In Ill the rcrss
Of committees of Parliament and the Amefi can
Congrcss
The great influence welded 10 affairs the hlxh
social position and she pecuniary rewards acquired
by and bestowed upon those armed With all The
resources that come from discrimiuat,nx aod en-.
i've pursuit. Tue writings Of Rousseau and voltAire
overturned Que OF the oldest, and n the time APP
larrntly Of the most stable, OF European Thon-
arches.
The perfumed chambers of the great are ever
open to welcome these who are kinXs by the Gfytre
right Of royalty Of thought The doors Of the gsti
cities OF the country are opened wide TO rssseise
with distinguished honor those poets aud orator..
histo -ians aud brilliant esssysts and public Jur
pal sts that have made Americs illn>trious an4ong
the nstio Ds Of tue earth In fact literary cuha;e
professions Of modern life lie possession Is hds.
pensable 10 the higher diplom ,tic appointments OF
this go, ernment The mission Of Mr. Low ell 70 the
nrst government in Europe was a tribute paid to
the most ech larry OF American writers, whose H.
erAry culture rendered him in this country the meet
eminent of critics aud e>stsists, and in England ,be
happi-st and mosi accomplished OF after-dipnrr
SPEAKERS.
Mrs any labor 80 well p,id that Of one pos
se-sinx this culture. Toe receipts Of a popular
novel puts TO sha the pric- raid fr PArAdis~
List the writer of catching play pocket. more
than the great dr. nAii-t did for his Lear OtbeIfo
and The f..urdeTs Of the Edinburgh K-yi-w, ~an
Irehxed their pages with 'ht sUgg Stive motto If
=" W. cultivate Il erature upon = little oatmeal ;"
would be a>toundcd at the princely pay OF ptigtI
and scholarly correspondent for one Of our great
daily newspapers.
Tue pretomiuan, influence this b gher education
with its sdorDmeut Of literary CALM e. giy-s Ihe
poss in directing tn lhoux BIT Of his age l. IL.
grestest triumph.
Upon the occasion OF The great French Reyolu-
ton was exhibited the most striking instance %.
political sagacity ever witnessed, and emAn stiog
from one TO whom literature IS ,mbodyirg be
worlds history. had been the subject of prufou I'd
study and who himself exceled than one
Of its highes. branches At the moment xben the
seductive dogma Of liberty. equality aud frste, pnv
was on every lip in France and spreading 40
every tongue in Europe; when the creates. dc batter
OF bis age had declared from bi. seat In The Com
mons Of England that the Constitution framed BY
the French Convention the must maxYlneenl
60 nee of liberty reared ny man. :" il NJ this
moment that the pamphlet Of Mr.. Burke on Prrnrb
suslrs made It's appearance, stemming the tide VI
sentiments Rowing from fbaI revolution: I.oiuiing
out their dangerous character and destructive ten
denotes; alarming all oiher governments against It's
aspiring spirit, RAISING army after army and syali-
tnn after coalition. until the terrific energies of
VITO aimed uuIver-a dom mon were scattered
on the held Of Waterloo by the genius o. ss,ed
Europe
The pen OF the s;aiesman and sch liar was more
potent than the sword The great hrst Con.ut
should all these incentives fail. then let thu 4p-
p'ause f. wing those 10 their lifetime who have
written and spoken IN charm the and el,sa;e
the sentiments OF their fellow meu, animate Us 10
the study Of literature.
The goddess presiding over this department Of
learning does not wait 10 besfoW Der f1yors until
after the death of those worsLpng il her tent les
She allows the victor in the prre-ut trump mot
less splendid Than hat Which foilowr Ce.Ar w sc
Capitoline Hill
PercIes moved daily in the admiration Of Al. ., e.
CANT and accomplished people; Gibbon, sitting IN
the galleries Of the English Commons, the occa-
sion of the most ep'e did exhibition OF oratDrr ia
modern times, heard the briiIian, drcl4iatr 10
Great Britain allude 10 bis prod uction the
page Of = the greatest historian Uf tbs = .
aye" The hcnOrs of the Pantheon bat v-%.~tca
granted 70 the BODY OF Victor Hugo wAs s-i. :
conclusion Of that aI.otbeo-s accorded bu. q. J.
living.
The reception Voltaire met with on his l..t ~
pearance in hi native city nu>t bav- satisfied II ..
his restless aud insatiale ambition
The historian, bard, philosopher combined "a.
Proieus Of every talent. as Lord Byron deScyitxs
him. had returned 10 the brilliant capital Of France
after an absence OF twenty seven years His rceep
lion al the Academy was at ended with unexauped
hOnors, the whole members Of which rose together
and came ou' iuiO the se-tbue 10 escort him into
the ball while, the exterior, all the ayenues
windows ard roof OF houses by which his carriage
had pass ed with spectators and resorI.d
I'd with acc.amatons. But the scene Of his gi,.sy
WAS The theatre, IN which be no sooner APPEAR ed
than the vast audience mp and continued rnany
minutes in thunders Of applause ttai filled the
whole house with out and agitation When the
piece concluded the curtain again drawn
up and discovered The bust Of their idol in the m
die Of the stage. while The fAvOrie actress Placed
on its brows a wreath If laurel.
Bowed as the great writer was under the weight
OF eighty years n lis vision and faculty
nat age cOu- not dim. the future must have risen
on the present another morn upon midnoJn,-
and his ar must have caught the loud acclaim 81
praise that is destined forever greet his Zlir,.
his Henriade and is EdIpus.
The stars and Carriers aud Crosses Of knighYboni
and If tie most splendid ders pale their
fires before the glory # such scene
To those who, nisr aking size for sirerg e h.
think the study of literature and literary culture
eHervate the mind, eDfeehling ts powers and IN.
raring its work. LEI quote he hrautful critiesID
Of Lord Jeffrey upon the genius f Shakespeare the
compendium of all culture: His flowers are nfA
tied up in garand>. hi- fruits crushed into tss
kets, but - ring living from the o in all the de-
and freshness of youtb. Though his sails per
fumed and Of purple. aud his PROV Of beaten gold
they watt him his VOYAGE not les but more ri.
idlv snd directly than if they were composed OF
baser materal-'
Lei those, then. who adopt this study pursue il
with ardor and enthusiasm. Its spirit is no Dsphpe
vanishing from Your arms in the moment of posses
sion.
In this your city and dedicated to YOUR use nv
one who thus WORLDLY crowns long and dist-
gushed career in the service Of his State YOU have
library ball, already Tiled With many hundreds Of
volumes.
to-tered by your liberalify and enlarged until IL
contains the classics of this aud every age its nnu
ence will render you the Auguslan Rome of this
our Southern Italy. And that colossal statue der
tined to be reared IN the harhor Of our great ME
tropOlis, and under whose outstrefchrd hand will
flow the commerce OF the world is no inapt image
TO hsn this University to- From the portals of
this institution, under the impulse of its learned
teachers. must flow tat tide OF instructed youth
upon whose waves are freghted all the hopes she
aspirations and The amt billions of people
From its outstretched torch, whose vc.tal flames
fed from the fires of art of science and pf
literature, must spread those diffu>ve aud enliyh4-
ening rays, under whose genial influence men
and cur women will bee me the most cultured and
refined as they already the bravest and the fair
est under the sun.