Show 13 ill aklu the deeds of men abich have passed into history are liable t to 0 be perpetuated benco thy they will be read by 11 the yet unborn millions nho stall take the places ot of the woi lils present inhabitants in this we can note the benefits thit accrue f wj wib ua printing which go hand in baud in laboring for the public weal that knowledge may increase and spi spread ead through the nations and he be news of the world be scattered with facility these avio in 0 gifts seem to have been brou brought lit to the understanding of the buc nu race through their agency men lato have been made to run to and fro and knowledge has it iu creased and tho the general history of at least the enlightened ages age has come to us mith much of the be freshness that attached 0 thein in the day in they were achieved whether noble or ignoble yet they have hare their place in the hie general record chich has been made by tile the people of the earth in ill the rise and fall of 0 nations military heroes haye have made their ruark mark wall and civilians with the sagacious naga cious power or of ill thought ou n anil and the brilliant might of int intellect intelli ct have shaped society anti and governments ern ments tor for the advancement of human ii lights lits awl the elevation of social inter couite these the niss aie the deeds survive the passing away of aiges and become as the people bud and nations by whom they were enacted were great and famous in their time lime th true and useful philosopher the philanthropist and successful statesman have not alone lived for the benefit of tile the day in ill which they operated but their policies poli cirs have been becci transmitted down to us ua and front from them we can draw lessons les of usefulness their renown has not been rendered immortal by the clang of war that sounded tile the notes of their heroism I 1 or the perfections of f their mental discipline but by the correctness and justice of actions to enhance the welfare of the world that was created in the beginning for the glory of the supreme ruler and for the dominion under him of the sous sons of adam we lve may draw useful conclusions froni from the history of the past fast we lve read the various phases of history nud and can learn the results of 0 both just and wicked deeds of liberal and oppressive acts and are enabled to discover which lias has produced the most good to society and which class of notoriety is the to be co cled we lve may if I 1 n e will shape our lies for the advancement of the greatest good for the cultivation of the lite highest highe st morals moral for the perpetuity of the purest social lito life and ibo bra consideration of this wisest and most truthful forma of civil and nd political government but to be enabled to do 10 thill we w inest pos lies tm enlightened minds mindi in ignorance inojo we can never advance along the highways of progress pro giess and organize properly abo th a t tbt bat are most moat congenial to real and ob abiding abidi I 1 d good to le lc rights right just arid and enlightened upon all questions ar are e tile the results of wise minds mind and nil I 1 clear 1 ear intellects and uch buch will receive their thair proper meeds of honor or fame that will not decay when the mortal tenement shall lie be decomposed to achieve the best arid and highest good we should be educated in every true iu in every charitable virtue I 1 in the epst 01 temporal government and in that t oriu of religion which is of divine ori origin in and eternal destiny it will take all these and more to make man what lie has the privilege to become be conte it if lie he walks in tle path that hat 1 eds eads to the achievement of such imperishable results knowledge is power in time find and in eternity |