sent them upon this mission, had fitted them, preeminently, for his glorious work. He filled their hearts with a love of country which burned strong within them, even in death. He gave them a power of understanding which no sophistry could baffle, no art elude; and a moral heroism which no dangers could appal.

Careless of themselves, reckless of all personal consequences, trampling under foot that petty ambition of office and honor, which constitutes the masterpassion of little minds, they bent all their mighty powers to the task for which they had been delegated the freedom of their beloved country, and the restoration of fallen man. They felt that they were apostles of human liberty; and well did they fulfil their high commission. They rested not till they had accomplished their work at home, and given such an impulse to the great ocean of mind, that they saw the waves rolling on the farthest shore, before they were called to their reward. | And then left the world, hand in hand, exulting, as they rose, in the success of their labors, |

AN ADDRESS TO A YOUNG STUDENT.

(KNOX.)

Your parents have watched over your helpless infancy, and conducted you, with many a pang, to an age at which your mind is capable of manly improvement. Their solicitude still continues, and no trouble nor expense is spared, in giving you all the instructions and accomplishments, which may enable you to act your part in life, as a man of polished sense and confirmed virtue. I

You have, then, already contracted a great debt of gratitude to them. You can pay it by no other method, but by using properly, the advantages which

their goodness has afforded you. If your own endeavors are deficient, it is in vain that you have tutors, books, and all the external apparatus of literary pursuits. You must love learning, if you would possess it. In order to love it, you must feel its delights; in order to feel its delights, you must apply to it, however irksome at first, closely, constantly, and for a considerable time. |

If you have resolution enough to do this, you cannot but love learning; for the mind always loves that i to which it has been so long, steadily, and voluntarily attached. Habits are formed, which render what was at first disagreeable, not only pleasant, but necessary. Pleasant indeed, are all the paths which lead to polite and elegant literature. Yours then is surely a lot particularly happy. Your education is of such a sort, that its principal scope is to prepare you to receive a refined pleasure during your life.

Elegance, or delicacy of taste, is one of the first objects of classical discipline; and it is this fine quality which opens a new world to the scholar's view. | Elegance of taste has a connexion with many virtues, and all of them virtues of the most amiable kind. It tends to render you at once good and agreeable; you must therefore be an enemy to your own enjoyment, | if you enter on the discipline which leads to the attainment of a classical and liberal education, with reluctance. Value duly the opportunities you enjoy, and which are denied to thousands of your fellow-crea

tures.

By laying in a store of useful knowledge, adorning your mind with elegant literature, improving and establishing your conduct by virtuous principles, you cannot fail of being a comfort to those friends who have supported you, of being happy within yourself, and of being well received by mankind. Honor and success in life will probably attend you. | Under all circumstances you will have an eternal source of

consolation and entertainment, of which no sublunary vicissitude can deprive you.

Time will show how much wiser has been your choice than that of your idle companions, who would gladly have drawn you into their association,, or rather into their conspiracy, as it has been called, I against good manners, and against all that is honorable and useful. While you appear in society as a respectable and valuable member of it, they will, perhaps, have sacrificed at the shrine of vanity, pride. and extravagance, and false pleasure, their health and their sense, their fortune and their characters. !

ACCOUNT CURRENT.

(ANONYMOUS.)

Woman, Dr.

Oh, the woe that woman brings!!
Source of sorrow, grief and pain!]
All our evils have their springs, |
In the first of female train. |

Eve by eating led poor Adam |
Out of Eden, and astray; '
Look for sorrow still where Madam, |
Pert and proud, directs the way.

Courtship is a slavish pleasure, |

Soothing a coquettish train; |
Wedded-what the mighty treasure? |
Doom'd to drag a golden chain. I

Noisy clack and constant brawling,
Discord and domestic strife; |
Empty cupboard, children bawling,
Scolding woman made a wife.

Gaudy dress and haughty carriage, |
Love's fond balance fled and gone; |
These, the bitter fruits of marriage! ¦
He that's wise will live alone!]

Contra, Cr.

Oh! what joys from woman spring,
Source of bliss and purest peace,
Eden could not comfort bring,

Till fair woman show'd her face. I

When she came, good honest Adam |
Clasp'd the gift with open arms,
He left Eden for his madam, |

So our parent prized her charms. I

Courtship thrills the soul with pleasure; |
Virtue's blush on beauty's cheek: |
Happy prelude to a treasure |

Kings have left their crowns to seek! |

Lovely looks and constant courting,
Sweet'ning all the toils of life; i
Cheerful children, harmless sporting, I
Lovely woman made a wife! |

Modest dress and gentle carriage, |
Love triumphant on his throne;]
These the blissful fruits of marriage — 】
None but fools would live alone. I

SCHEMES OF LIFE OFTEN ILLUSORY.

(DR. JOHNSON.)

Omar, the son of Hassan, had passed seventy-five years in honor and prosperity. The favor of three successive califs | had filled his house with gold and

Kalif, a title assumed by the successors of Mahomet among the Saracens

silver; and whenever he appeared, the bencdictions of the people proclaimed his passage.

Terrestrial happiness is of short continuance. The brightness of the flame is wasting its fuel; the fragrant flower is passing away in its own odors. The vigor of Omar began to fail; the curls of beauty fell from his head; strength departed from his hands;' and agility from his feet. He gave back to the calif the keys of trust, and the seals of secresy: ' and sought no other pleasure for the remains of life, than the converse of the wise, and the gratitude of the good.

The powers of his mind were yet unimpaired. His chamber was filled by visitants, eager to catch the dictates of experience, and officious to pay the tribute of admiration. | Caled, the son of the vicerov of Egypt, entered every day early, and retired late.. He was beautiful and eloquent: | Omar admired his wit, and loved his docility. "Tell me," said Caled, "thou to whose voice nations have listened, and whose wisdom is known to the extremities of Asia, tell me how I may resemble Omar the prudent. The arts by which thou hast gained power and preserved it, are to thee no longer necessary or useful; impart to me the secret of thy conduct, and teach me the plan upon which thy wisdom has built thy fortune."

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Young man," said Omar," it is of little use to form plans of life. When I took my first survey of the world, in my twentieth year, having considered the various conditions of mankind, in the hour of solitude I said thus to myself, I leaning against a cedar. which spread its branches over my head. Seventy years are allowed to man; I have yet fifty remaining. I

"Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries: I shall be learned, and therefore shall be honored; every city will shout at my arrival, and every stu