6. Talents, which are before the publick, have nothing to dread, either from the jealous pride of power, or from the transient misrepresentations of party, spleen, or envy. In spite of opposition from any cause, their buoyant spirit will lift them to their proper grade.

7. The man who comes fairly before the world, and who possesses the great and vigorous stamina which entitle him to niche in the temple of glory, has no reason to dread the ulti mate result: however slow his progress may be, he will, in the end, most indubitably receive that distinction. While the rest, "the swallows of science," the butterflies of genius, may flutter for their spring; but they will soon pass away and be remembered no more.

8. No enterprising man, therefore, (and least of all, the truly great man,) has reason to droop or repine at any efforts, which he may suppose to be made with the view to depress him, Let, then, the tempest of envy or of malice howl around him, His genius will consecrate him; and any attempt to extinguish that, will be as unavailing, as would a human effort "to quench the stars."-WIRT,

LESSON LIII.

Character of Washington,

1. No matter what may be the birthplace of such a man as WASHINGTON. No climate can claim, no country can appro priate him: the boon of Providence to the human race: his fame is eternity; his residence creation. Though it was the defeat of our arms, and the disgrace of our policy, I almost bless the convulsion in which he had his origin: if the heavens thundered and the earth rocked, yet, when the storm passed, how pure was the climate that it cleared; how bright in the brow of the firmament was the planet it revealed to us! In the production of Washington, it does really appear as if nature was endeavouring to improve on herself, and that all the virtues of the ancient world were but so many studies preparatory to the patriot of the new.

2. Individual instances, no doubt, there were; 'splendid exem. plifications of some single qualification: Cesar was merciful; Scipio was continent; Hannibal was patient; but it was reserved for Washington to blend them all in one, and like the lovely master-piece of the Grecian artist, to exhibit in one glow of

associated beauty, the pride of every model, and the perfection of every master.

3. As a general, he marshalled the peasant into a veteran, and supplied by discipline the absence of experience. As a statesman, he enlarged the policy of the cabinet into the most comprehensive system of general advantage; and such was the wisdom of his views, and the philosophy of his counsels, that to the soldier and the statesman, he almost added the character of the sage.

4. A conqueror, he was untainted with the crime of blood; a revolutionist, he was free from any stain of treason; for aggression commenced the contest, and a country called him to the command; liberty unsheathed his sword; necessity stained, victory returned it. If he had paused here, history might doubt what station to assign him; whether at the head of her citizens or her soldiers, her heroes or her patriots. But the last glorious act crowned his career, and banishes hesitation. Who, like Washington, after having freed a country, resigned her crown, and retired to a cottage rather than reign in a capitol.

5. Immortal man! He took from the battle its crime, and from the conquest its chains: he left the victorious the glory of his self-denial, and turned upon the vanquished only the retribution of his mercy. Happy, proud America! The light, nings of heaven yielded to your philosophy! The temptations of earth could not seduce your patriotism!-PHILLIPS,

LESSON LIV.

To the Eagle.

1. BIRD of the broad and sweeping wing!
Thy home is high in heaven,

Where wide the storms their banners fling,
And the tempest clouds are driven.

Thy throne is on the mountain top;
Thy fields the boundless air;
And hoary peaks, that proudly prop
The skies-thy dwellings are.

2. Thou sittest like a thing of light,
Amid the noontide blaze:

The midway sun is clear and bright,
It cannot dim thy gaze.

Thy pinions, to the rushing blast,
O'er the bursting billow spread,
Where the vessel plunges, hurry past,
Like an angel of the dead.

3. Thou art perched aloft on the beetling crag,
And the waves are white below,

And on, with a haste that cannot lag,
They rush in an endless flow.

Again thou hast plumed thy wing for flight
To lands beyond the sea;

And away, like a spirit wreathed in light,
Thou hurriest wild and free.

4. Thou hurriest over the myriad waves,
And thou leavest them all behind;

Thou sweepest that place of unknown graves,
Fleet as the tempest wind.

When the night storm gathers dim and dark,
With a shrill and boding scream,
Thou rushest by the foundering bark,
Quick as a passing dream.

5. Lord of the boundless realm of air!
In thy imperial name,

The hearts of the bold and ardent dare
The dangerous path of fame.

Beneath the shade of thy golden wings,
The Roman legions bore,

From the river of Egypt's cloudy springs,
Their pride to the polar shore.

6. For thee they fought, for thee they fell,
And their oath was on thee laid;
To thee the clarions raised their swell,
And the dying warriour prayed.
Thou wert, through an age of death and fears,
The image of pride and power,

Till the gathered rage of a thousand years
Burst forth in one awful hour.

7. And then, a deluge of wrath it came,

And the nations shook with dread;

And it swept the earth till its fields were flame,
And piled with the mingled dead.

Kings were rolled in the wasteful flood,
With the low and crouching slave;
And together lay, in a shroud of blood,
The coward and the brave.

8. And where was then thy fearless flight?
"O'er the dark mysterious sea,

To the lands that caught the setting light,
The cradle of Liberty.

There, on the silent and lonely shore,
For ages I watched alone,

And the world, in its darkness, asked no more
Where the glorious bird had flown.

9. "But then came a bold and hardy few,
And they breasted the unknown wave;
I caught afar the wandering crew,
And I knew they were high and brave.
I wheeled around the welcome bark,
As it sought the desolate shore;
And up to heaven, like a joyous lark,
My quivering pinions bore.

10. "And now that bold and hardy few
Are a nation wide and strong,

And danger and doubt I have led them through,
And they worship me in song;

And over their bright and glancing arms,

On field, and lake, and sea,

With an eye that fires, and a spell that charms,
I guide them to victory."-PERCIVAL.

LESSON LV.

Extract from an Address, delivered at Northampton, (Mass.) before the Agricultural Society, by SAMUEL F. DICKINSON.

1. A GOOD husbandman will educate his daughters. I distinguish the education of daughters from that of sons, because nature has designed them to occupy places in families, and in society, altogether dissimilar.

2. Daughters should be well instructed in the useful sciences, comprising a good English education, including a thorough

knowledge of our own language, geography, history, mathematicks, and natural philosophy. The female mind, so sensitive, so susceptible of improvement, should not be neglected. This sensibility presents strong claims for its culture. God hath designed nothing in vain.

3. Daughters should, also, be thoroughly acquainted with the business and cares of a family. These are among the first objects of woman's creation; they ought to be among the first branches of her education. She was made for a mother. They should learn neatness, economy, industry, and sobriety. These will constitute their ornaments.

4. No vermilion will be necessary to give colour or expression to the countenance; no artificial supports to give shape, or torture, to the body. Nature will appear in all her loveliness of proportion and beauty; and modesty, unaffected gentleness of manner, will render them amiable in the kitchen and dining room, and ornaments to the sitting room and parlour.

5. How enviable the parents of such a daughter. How lovely the daughter herself. How happy the husband of such a wife. Thrice happy the children of such a mother. They shall rise up and call her blessed, and her memory shall live.

6. The influence of the female character can not be estimated. It is decisive of the character of the other sex. If her character be pure, and elevated, and without reproach; such will be the character of the other sex. There is no man so much a monster that he would dare to be vicious in the presence of a modest and virtuous woman. Her character is a shield against even the solicitation to vice.

7. Every thing, domestick or social, depends on the female character. As daughters and sisters, they decide the character of the family. As wives, they emphatically decide the character of their husbands, and their condition also.

8. It has been not unmeaningly said, that the husband must ask his wife whether he may be respected. He certainly must inquire at her altar whether he may be prosperous or happy. As mothers, they decide the character of their children.Eternity only can disclose the consequences.

9. Nature has constituted them the early guardians and instructers of their children, and clothed them with sympathies suited to this important trust. Who that had a pious and faithful mother, can, without emotion, call to mind her early solicitude, and prayers, and counsels, in his behalf? Such remembrance shall not cease to warm and enrich the heart, so long as clothed with mortality. And of this, and of that, it shall be said in heaven, he had a faithful, a pious mother.