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The reader who will turn to the description of Charles River in the eighth chapter of the second volume of "Merry-Mount," or of the autumnal woods in the sixteenth chapter of the same volume, will see good reason for Mr. Prescott's appreciation of the force of the rival whose advent he so heartily and generously welcomed. AEt. 37-42.
No man has done more for spiritual republicanism than Emerson, though he came from the daintiest sectarian circle of the time in the whole country. Such were Emerson's intellectual and moral parentage, nurture, and environment; such was the atmosphere in which he grew up from youth to manhood. Birthplace. Boyhood. College Life. To AET. 20.
The truths of God forever shine, Though Error glare and Falsehood rage; The cause of Order is divine, And Wisdom rules from age to age. Faith, Hope, and Love, your time abide! Let Hades marshal all his hosts, The heavenly forces with you side, The stars are watching at their posts. Paine landed at Havre in May, A.D. 1787, aet. suae 50, with many titles to social success.
In the centre of its base was worked an escutcheon, and beneath the shield this inscription: MARMION HERBERT, AET. XX. Yet there needed not these letters to guide the agitated spirit of Venetia, for, before her eye had reached them, the word was spoken; and falling on her knees before the portrait, the daughter of Lady Annabel had exclaimed, 'My father!
Although Motley did not aim at or attain a high college rank, the rules of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, which confine the number of members to the first sixteen of each class, were stretched so as to include him, a tribute to his recognized ability, and an evidence that a distinguished future was anticipated for him. AEt. 18-19.
Duffer being too drunk to attend-was Whisky Sam, who, it will be remembered, delivered a lecture some weeks ago entitled "Dan'l in the Lion's Den; and How They'd aEt 'Im ef He'd Ever ben Ther" in which he triumphantly overthrew revealed religion. His course yesterday proves that he can act as well as talk. Devil Gully "Expositor."
It grew up in New England out of the seed unconsciously planted by the first Pilgrims, was not crushed out by the weight of a thousand years of error spread over the whole continent, and the Revolution was proclaimed and recognized." AEt. 33-35. The intimate friendships of early manhood are not very often kept up among our people.
The air is salubrious, and many of the inhabitants have attained great age, several having passed the allotted period of 'three-score years and ten' before succumbing to any of the various 'ills that flesh is heir to. Widow Comfort Leevins died in 1836 AEt. LXXXVII. years. Venus, an African, died in 1841, supposed to be C. years old.
There was no society to which Motley would not have added grace and attraction by his presence, and to say that he was a welcome guest in the best houses of England is only saying that these houses are always open to those whose abilities, characters, achievements, are commended to the circles that have the best choice by the personal gifts which are nature's passport everywhere. AEt. 45.
A train laid by unseen hands was waiting for the spark to kindle it, and this came at last in the shape of a letter from an unknown individual, a letter the existence of which ought never to have been a matter of official recognition. AEt. 52-43.
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