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Show : I ' ptat vSniitrihntidir, : I wfevAff ay oy airyp, ; ; J? J jf'aeVrjil (h.pulilf atiog the mind i R,lW'??facl Blu?t PCknoIcdRrd J'ttoeki Kre not rnd!!DsabliS,' Xlils. 1 gwt.U tknowIeJgyd not only In theory mr! Jflt-oodk if not judicioutly us4 ( t"l9bsflcl(sin tlic way of Intcllcctn. , W!ntf;s In tbo iljustrntiou of. i WWpWitiQris,pcrhnjsi bcttr course i 4 ,pnrncu ihatt io consider wlmt tioa rtallj Is, and the proper, w?otw btln)i1(Cijtiv, The. great, Tnriqty. ptii gOMlJaatitutioDS, eriating at the EJWpoA'j",j'wUh the oumcropa KtlMUit5po odopfc4' lu lioji ' K't'I- CorrespondiiiK vorioty 1 mffiW? V?bkui respfctttip cdiicnti w KJTWWi J'!?1 bourdingti mK Pmich, Huliun.ti X fffVtW,.'d)nui.9. blipvw tier; j g'wa. to, W cotuiltft. A young miiu I 7??fthaTUig Iwcbinimtmultito i KuJ "'r,,('f flrc.tiadi'Uoiu., my. 5 EStJr' lh'ru(? ofpcicnt coin, tha, Kwff .t?5V'Pr Vtiorhyray, n J hlnislf fully qlmtiM toil ISft?9,)1 KPwul re very crronous! XW'tttrfW ,, thoind, pr.ii utloa exist around! ,D fci 7Hl'.l,'in"'i'i-l is for tltcli, 'T JffiMiJiv pr them, aw 'a E?'' h-fl-1"4 the poor Jf we, ,B RaTii U1 w wt iot ,t ajr- i -WW' BOtt-ttdvuDceiueut. ( ix StSm t0" h Iwtniwnt 1 R"8 P1?. t6 ths active and per- Wlf rfy'v! "ero ro wlto- -?laMW oof welf.ro and UKTr..T,J Jalt ft.,J noderstaod mE, tbftbtu, use of tha d. , fcSj. tita, keep tbo ejei M f 8' IoialreiatortliV nose; Vei J their tiapHCities bo equnLz- In IwcDjiy years what a, differjruce will .be. obscrrcd Jjctwecn ,thcm. lo.convcwition, bii ,wil bo languid, talo, nnd coromonplaco; tht jStbqr, litely-bnpinat, ttmh etitettaiufngi Thy former will probably rcjjrct that his own talenUt are not cyiaUo tho?o'.of the other, ttrostdcrfatf Iifm as greatly' faTortd by natuto. Welt, Jo tho .latter' bbscrva. tion. hcinAy not.bo solar oui of the way? bat he fortfet. that inatnrff; ritakctfVthis difference; bctweet them because -'one hit 40ifthtlier;faror;nijd thd other has nbt.f! . It tsobvioaa-frpm ,lho 'foHjgolii'jf ) bat edacatton'deptudsiopon'itho' cxislehce'-of i ruth,',te . perception Iw ttlt'o -wtodi rid i ,ntlyi by meads, of "reflection. !TfuUi the projr food bribe miml. To be bene flciaLtlifa food mut be partaken of. and fgestcd:- Jfltorprtakeif-of andHh'b J process- of digeslioa 4o hot fbltow; iho" J H will ft.par.tiat.ilebngcWcnt-of th'o i wrataLeconomy.. Thts bfcoaMcthnst'bb guarded, apiltisL. Truth -.snrroiimls s; a i H'r 'siircal ie b thel tnirid, ) v$mMm?s&li',s' Mty. onr.t)wn and' draw i KraiUHude;'6r others . ''V A ihvBi!!icty of ns'efuT bbsorrh' ! tions has bccu.ipmle by. others which Is i not in our power to wdk wu luivoCSre' i couree;to iiooks to,olhaltf:tlwt' fihforiWt tion.. Iltffb '.thctti t)Obks:.tx;ftone ttsefuT, ' Leavuso:tt'ey fiiralstt.iii- wttU:Wcis.nrhiel( Mb coahl fOf obf am ;oll'icrwiso,- 'TJioscr ; facts may be si)ljected to' f ho same nnalv'. i s as otlicrs witlv wh'lctr 6nr: own obscro I Jion has lurn?h1 nfc 'i ? a'pfi A 'i cM, ithtntir,;coItiiaiitff" "thftmlnir, ".we ' make, demdhd iipo oi'ir own 'pWcrJ of obsemtipn and reflection tifor:Wtf;h'ave ' reeoursd-to' Looks; the trio ptaaofltiliic&ti Vu;llUUo'jrsd',Vicfltfttilicl6itsTnsai of boow. consists in making' them supply iba plaeeCrlfAobserVntiStt oiia-r(Ucction. : Who would not langlt if nit jndiriamtlai t theatres wo l(k.Coiitfcitt''hfrilself'wlthi.l rcadhig.. the progVamme of' c jIuy.'wriifir i tueptay itieJf.'Ube!R'rjr(ofmcill!'jet; thi,is prtcisely fhe; 4wiuiitTo.il of lhblu-H ent who Is-satisfied-witlr a -written' dc-; suriptiom of objects iiuftftiiire, wlnclt nitt tinnoticed fn'fore ltls;cyes IhHIioj'o pean. Inititutions tvhicfr Hre famou rffr, their more than usaal -siAt-ert in UhKuUK vitUou of mind, it will-be fbnnd that sensi-bio sensi-bio representations, where practicable, are always used inMeail of w.rittciv rtctcrit lions. Xo doubt, they owo their eocccsj f wainly (o thfs fact In mental tjultlratioh, all .truths are not ' etjuaily rateable. Some k'ivo ftKid for ire-fl lkiioathBr?fio?tf6t;trhdr,Titr",irS' jtorth worn' than' the latter WMat ddes"-it8iKuify'Ui-wfr:that 5frfli.ls a FrclMlijf word Kigntfyi:ig we. I my"exam.W-th'ei,i lerm cltt ail until I.ara grjy,' wfttioai Unc-f Siting my m!ud;'ai;d the. same wtth btherlj ivords. Of rourte, ,if I mir.'dMliucil to jomrtiunicate" with fonigncrs it' wilt be" jsffol.to Itmto arquirft a kuowletJgo of .J tlieip Tttriout'languagcsv Tliis, knowledge, liowoTcr,4ias.no. tendency in and cf Itself to develop, mind: ' f There aro thousands of Ignorant per- E sons who, by baring had occasion to tratcl l great deal, Imro acquired n Vnowledge j.t serernl modern languages; but no olio 1 irill pretend that thVir mltitls e3fhibtl x superior degree of jwwer. If modern d anguagw, then, iTo not tend to develop '9 tho intellectual faculties, neither can W If ixpect ancietit langnuges to do.lt,- I will!l icknowledgc that they arc n'sefnl, no farjf is they reveal. to us tho thoughts, charm! ler, and disposition of tbo ancictits, for'f Jicso afford fowl for reflection. AH truth, ,t iowerer,.js not confined to the ancients. fliat they excelled in some things. Is noil loubt truSf but that their knowledge ofl :he useful oris surpassed that of tho mod-. :rii ennogt for a niomtnl be admitted. Rut, says one: "The acqaisitlefn of the h indent .languages requires the most unre- 0 uitting assiduity.'' "Memory and com- larison arc, palled into Mcrciw.'' "Is, hot ' ill this, beneficial to tho-mind?" If iUs.jr he disadvantages arc so great that they' H rompletely oterbalnncq the ndTantwrcSiM' in. making au cstiuinlo of tho bcnefftsl' hat it is buppesed will bo derived from any i lartlcntar tourne, the uxpcnditnfo eonso-'S juent upon, tho .ninnit of. that coureoi nust bo taken into consideration. Ifji W ipon reflection, ir is foand that tho ox'n icnditnro will exceed the pruflls, wisdomt1' Vould certainly toucli us not to ailqit thut :onrse. Agln( If it be foand,. upon reflection, ihat, tho mine expenditure in naotlicrl :hanncl will bring much greater proltts," t, would, nniioubtedly, be wiser to expend i in the latter than in the former. Apply 'i lifbC-fucti to lha.sniiject before n. Ycurs i ire spent in obtaining a knowledge nf the , iiictent laogutges. Very oftcu the only i profit apsiug thcrefiom is the ability to i talk und write nonsense in Latin and Jrtik, which would be. intolernbla In ' English. Tho yeart that have; been expended ex-pended upon these lango iges, if occupied n tdtj study of man mid hjs various notations, nota-tions, or the study of objects which sur rouud ps, would, hart conferred great irjsdom, rendering us cnpabla of being jsefwl to ourselves and Our fellow-men, rhe Jatter course, then, is the proper one to. pursue. ) , , . , i 1 - i .i i , |