Org. S. J giftet Reabody of Cambridge. (H. U. 1826.) Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United Southern District of New York. INTUITIONS. LABOR. HE root of excellence in every art lies first in natural power, but the flower and fruitage thereof come only from its earnest cultivation. Indeed, next to faith in God is faith in labor. 66 Labor and Love-I once asked a distinguished artist what place he gave to labor in art. Labor," he in effect said, "is the beginning, the middle, and the end of art." Turning then to another" And you," I inquired, "what do you consider as the great force in art?" 66 Love," he replied. In their two answers I found but one truth. ally honest. Industry lifts them above temptation. So true is it that "God stands by the true man in his work.” Accomplished workmen are also gener to truth. Their skill is the result of a devotion to their work, and the fideli they display in their employments, th into their general conduct. Repose from Toil-To know how well is but one half the secret of effic labor the other half is to know how well. Observe the men who have adv eminence, and you will perceive in the markable "off-duty" manner when not The effects of excessive labor are onl neutralized by a corresponding measur pose. We must stop at the point of and resume again when the interest mences, and the powers are recuperated and exhausted by toil at the close of ea day, we are then taught, by the nightly of sleep, the necessity of rest. From our present point, true progress is in the direction of a return towards nature's system of equivalents. Voluntary and Compulsory Labor - Only when compulsory is labor a curse. curse. Voluntary labor is both a blessing in itself, and a cause of blessings. Chosen labor loses its character of work, and becomes play. "The labor we delight in physics pain." L LANGUAGE. ANGUAGE was given to us that we might say pleasant things to each other. The language denotes the man. A coarse or refined character finds its expression naturally in a coarse or refined phraseology. Fluency Who complains of a want of language should rather complain of a want of ideas. He forgets that the tongue is subordinate to the character. Richness and variety of language flow from quickness of sensibility, from the extent and variety of our attainm from the sweep and compass of our The want of a more copious diction row a figure from Locke, is caused by posing that the mind is like Fortunatu and will always supply our wants, wit ever putting anything into it. Great ness will make a language for one wh natural command of it. Greek and Latin-Largely, dead 1 are inapplicable for living men. A g in rhetoric is one I have heard ascribe Duke of Wellington. Say what you he is reported to have said, "and dor Latin." Indeed, altogether too much tance is attached to the study of wo too little to that of things. The yo barred from the advantages of a libe cation, are apt to think that they can without a knowledge of Latin and Gr it is truer to say that they could do li this knowledge. |