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90. As practicing on the gutterals vers 87. Good reading and speaking is music; and he who can sit unmoved by their much improves the voice, by giving it depil charms, is a stranger to correct taste, and of tone, and imparting to it smoothness and lost in insensibility. A single exhibition strength, I will repeat the following, with of natural eloquence, may kindle a love of force and energy, and at the same time conthe art, in the bosom of an aspiring youth, vert all the breath into sound: the dis-carwhich, in after life, will impel and ani- ded hands dread-ed the sounds of the mutmate him-through a long career of useful-fled drums, that broke on the sad-den'd ness. Self-made men are the glory of the

world.

dream-er's ears, mad-dened by des-pair; the blood ebb'd and flow'd from their doub le dy'd shields, and worlds on worlds, and friends on friends by thousands roll'd.

88. D has two sounds; first, its name sound; DAME; dart, dawn, Proverbs. 1. An irritable and passionats dab; deed, dead; die, did; dole, man-is a downright drunkard. 2. Better go to do, dog; duke. duck, druid; heaven in rags, than to hell, in embroidery. 3 doit, doubt; a dan-dy de-fraudCommon sense-is the growth of all countries, ed his dad-dy of his sec-ondbut very rare. 4. Death has nothing terrible in hand-ed sad-die, and dubbed the ID in DO. ] 5. Every vice had-dok a la-dy-bird; the doub-le hrad-ed it, but what life has made so. pad-dy, nod-ding at noon-day, de-ter-mined fights against nature. 6. Folly is never long to rid-dle ted-ded hay in the fields till dooms-pleased with itself. 7. Guilt—is always jealous. day; the dog-ged dry-ads ad-dict-ed to dep-8. He that shows his passion, tells his enemy re-da-tions, robbed the day-dawn of its where to hit him. 9. It is pride, not nature, that dread-ed di-a-dem, and erred and strayed a craves much. 10. Keep out of broils, and you good deal the down-ward road to ad-en-will neither be a principal nor a witness. 11.

dum.

One dog barking, another soon joins him. 12.
Money--is a good servant, but a had master.

89. I must give all the sounds, particularly the final ones, with great care, and never Changes. We see that all material obrun the words together, making one, out of three. And-is pronounced six different jects around us are changing; their colors their relations. This result is not owing to ways; only one of which is right. Some change just as the particles are disturbed in call it an, or en; others, un, nd, or n; and a few-and; thus good-an-bad caus- any natural cause, but to the Divine Power. And are there not higher influences more poen effect; loaves-en-fishes, hills-un groves; pen un-ink, you-nd I, or youn-I; an-de- tent, tho' invisible, acting on man's moral said; hooks-en-eyes, wor-sen-worse, pleas- nature, pervading the deepest abysses of his affection, and the darkest recesses of his ure-un-pain; cakes-n-beer, to-un-the; round'n-round, ol-d'n-young, voice-n-ear; bread-thoughts; to purify the one, and enlighten en butter; vir-tu-n-vice; Jame-zen-John: solem-un-sub-lime, up-'n-down, pies'-ncakes. I will avoid such glaring faults, and give to each letter its appropriate sound.

Notes. 1. Here the delicate ear may perceive the aspirate

after the vocal part of d, as after b, and some other letters. The vocal is made, (see engraving,) by pressing the tongue against the

gaus on the upper fore-teeth, (the incisors,) and the roof of the mouth, beginning to say d, without the e sound; and the aspirated part, by removing the tongue, and the organs taking their natural po itions; but avoid giving the aspirate of the vocal consonants, any vocality. 2. By whispering the vocal consonants, the aspirate only is heard. 3. Dis silent in hand-sel, hand-saw, hand some, hand-ker-chief, and the first d in Wednes-day, stadt-holder, and in Dnieper, (Noe-per,) and Duies-ter, (Nees-ter). 4. Do not give the sound of j to d in any word; as-grand-cur, soldier, tenl-ure, ed-u-cate, ob-du-rate, cred-u-lous, mod-u-late, &c.; but speak them as though written grand-yur, sold-yur, &c.; the same aulogy prevails in na-ture, fort-une, &c. 5. The following participals and adjectives, should be pronounced without abridgment; a less-el man gives unfeign-ed thanks to his learn-ed friend, and loved lady; some wing-ed animals are curs-ed things; you say he curs'd and bless'd him, for he feign'd that he had learn'd his lesson. 6. Pronounce words in the Bible, the same as in other

books.

the other, and from the chaos of both-to educe order, beauty and happiness? And why is it not changed? Shall we deny to his moral nature, the powers and capacities which we assign to stocks and stones? Or, is the Almighty less inclined to bring, the most highly endowed of his creatures into the harmony and blessedness of his own Di vine Order? To affirm either would be the grossest reflection on the character of God, and the nature of his works. If man, then, be not changed, so as to reflect the likeness and image of his Creator and Redeemer, it must be in consequence of his own depraved will, and blinded understand ing.

Varieties. 1. Why is the letter D like a sailor? because it follows the C. 2. 3. Who folBooks, (says Lord Bacon,) should have no patrons, but truth and reason. lows not virtue in youth, cannot fly vice in old age. 4. Never buy-what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be a dear Anecdote. Blushing. A certain fash: article to you in the end. 5. Those-bear ionable and dissipated youth, more famed disappointments the best, who have been for his red nose, than for his wit, on ap most used to them. 6. Confidence-produces proaching a female, who was highly rouged, more conversation than either wit or talent. said; Miss; you blush from modesty." 7. Attend well to all that is said; for nothPardon me Sir," she replied, "I blushing-exists in vain, either in outward creation. in the mind, in the speech, or in the from reflection." actions.

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Kindness-in woman, not their beauteous looks
Stall win my love.

Authors, before they write, should read.

91. Do not hurry your enunciation of] words, precipitating syllable over syllable, and word over word; nor melt them together into a mass of confusion, in pronouncing then; do not abridge or prolong them too much, nor swallow nor force them; but deliver them from your vocal and articulating organs, as golden coins from the mint, accurately impressed, perfectly finished, neatly and elegantly struck, distinct, in due succession, and of full weight.

Proverbs. 1. None of you know where the shoe pinches. 2 One may live and learn. 3. Remember the reckoning. 4. Such as the tree is. such is the fruit. 5. The biggest horses are not the best travelers. 6. What cannot be cured. must be endured. 7. You cannot catch old birds with chaff. 8. Argument-seldom convinces any

one, contrary to his inclinations. 9. A horse- is

neither better, nor worse, for his trappings. 10. Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches into gold. 11. Never sport, with the

92. The second sound of D, is that opinions of others. 12. Be prompt in every thing

of T; when at the end of words, after c, f, ss, p, q, o, x, ch, and sh, with silent e, under the accent; FAC'D: he curs'd his

staff'd shoe, and dipp'd it in [D. in FAC'D.] poach'd eggs, that escap'd from the vex'd cook, who watch'd the spic'd food with arch'd brow, tripp'd his crisp'd feet, and dash'd them on the mash'd hearth; she pip'd and wisp'd a tune for the watch'd thief who jump'd into the sack'd pan, and scratch'd his blanch'd face, which eclips'd the chaf'd horse, that was attach'd and wrapp'd for a tax'd scape-grace.

Anecdote. President Harrison, in his last out-door exercise, was assisting the gardner in adjusting some grape-vines. The gardner remarked, that there would be but little use in trailing the vines, so far as any fruit was concerned; for the boys would come on Sunday, while the family was at church, and steal all the grapes; and suggested to the general, as a guard against such a loss, that he should purchase an active, watch-dog.

Said the general, "Better employ an active Sabbath-school teacher; a dog may take care 93. To read and speak with ease, accu-teacher will take care of the grapes and the of the grapes, but a good Sabbath-school racy, and effect, are great accomplishments;

as elegant and dignified as they are useful, boys too."

of human life, beyond the mountains or beyond the ocean, in the legislative halls of the Capitol, or in the retreats and shades of private life, our hearts turn, with an irresistible instinct, to the cherished spot, which ushered us into existence. And we dwell, with delightful associations, on the recollection of the streams, in which, during our boyish days, we bathed, the fountains at which we drank, the piney fields, the hills and the valLeys where we sported, and the friends, who shared these enjoyments with us.

and important. Many covet the art, but Home. Wherever we roam, in whatever few are willing to make the necessary ap-climate or land we are cast, by the accidents plication: and this makes good readers and speakers, so very rare. Success depends, principally, on the student's own exertions, uniting correct theory with faithful practice. 94. Irregulars. T-generally has this sound; the lit-tle tat-ler tit-tered at the taste-ful tea-pot, and caught a tempt-ing tar-tar by his sa-ti-e-ty; the stout Ti-tan took a tell-tale ter-ma-gant and thrust her against the tol-ter-ing tow-ers, for twist-ing the frit-ters; Ti-tus takes the pet-u-lent out-casts, and tos-ses them into na-ture's pas-tures with the tur-tles; the guests of the hosts at-tract a great deal of at-ten-tion, Varieties. 1. If we do well, shall we not and sub-sti-tute their pre-texts for tem- be accepted? 2. A guilty conscience-parpests; the cov-et-ous part-ner, des-ti-tute oflyzes the energies of the boldest mind, and fort-une, states that when the steed is stolen, he shuts the sta-ble door, lest the gravi-ty of his ro-tun-di-ty tip his tac-tics into

non-en-ti-ty.

When a twister, a twisting, will twist him a twist,
For twisting tus twist, he three twines doth intwist;
But if one of the twines of the twist do untwist,
The twine that untwisteth untwisteth the twist.

Notes. 1. This dento-lingual sound may be made by bispering the imaginary word tuh, (short u) the tongue being sed against the upper front teeth, and then suddenly removed, indicated by the engraving. 2. T is silent when preceded by and followed by the abbreviated terminations en, le. Apostle, glisten, fasten, epistle, often, castle, pestle, soften, whistle, chasten, bustle, christen; in eclat, bil-let-doux, debut, haut-boy, currants, de-pot, bostler, mortgage, Christmas, Tmolus, and the first t, in chest-nut and mis-fle-toe. 3. The adjectives, blessed, cursal, &c. are exceptions to the rule for pronouncing d. 4. Consonants are sometimes double in their pronunciation, although not found in The name spelling; pit-ied, (pit-ted,) river, (riv-var,) mon-ey (mon-ney,) etc. Beware of chewing your words, as vir-chu, aa-chure, etc.

Se'f-alone, in nature rooted fast,
Attende us-first, and leaves us-last

enfeebles the stoutest heart. 3. Persons in love, generally resolve-first, and reason of

terward. 4. All contingencies have a Procidence in them. 5. If these principles of Elocution be correct, practicing them as here taught, will not make one formal and artificial, but natural and effectuous. 6. Be above the opinion of the world, and act from your own sense of right and wrong. 7. All christians believe the soul of man to be inmortal: if, then, the souls of all, who have departed out of the body from this world, are in the spiritual world, what millions of inhabitants must exist therein !

The man, who consecrates his powers,
By vigorous effort, and an honest aim,
At once, he draws the sting of life, and death;
He walks with Nature; and her paths-are

peace.

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95. Let the position be erect, and the body Proverbs. 1. Hope-is a good breakfast, but balanced on the foot upon which you stand: a bad supper. 2. It is right to put every thing to banish all care and anxiety from the mind; its proper use. 3. Open confession-is good for let the forehead be perfectly smooth, the the soul. 4. Pride-must have a fall. 5. The lungs entirely quiescent, and make every ef- lower mill-stone-grinds as well as the upper fort from the abdominal region. To expand one. 6. Venture not all in one vessel. 7. What the thorax and become straight, strike the one ardently desires, he easily believes. 8. YieldPALMS of the hands together before, and the ing-is sometimes the best way of succeeding. backs of them behind, turning the thumbs upward: do all with a united action of the body and mind, the center of exertion being

in the small of the back; be in earnest, but husband your breath and strength; breathe often, and be perfectly free, easy, independent, and natural.

96. F has two sounds: first, name sound: FIFE; off with the scarf from the calf's head; the af-fable but-foon, faith-ful to its gaf-! fer, lifts his wife's father from

the cof-fin, and puts in the fret- [Fin FIFE.] ful cuf-ty; fear-ful of the ef-fects, the frightful fel-low prof-fers his hand-ker-chief to fire of the dan-druff from the fil-ful fool's of-fensive fowl-ing-piece.

A man that breaks his word, bids others be false to him. 10. Amendment-is repentance. 11. 12. The hand of the diligent-maketh rich. There is nothing useless to a person of cense.

Patience and Perseverance. Let any of a common engine to raise water. Let one consider, with attention, the structure him observe the intricacy of the machinery, and behold in what vast quantities one of the heaviest elements is forced out of its course; and then let him reflect how many experiments must have been tried in vain, how many obstacles overcome, before a frame of such wonderful variety in its parts, could have been successfully put together: after which consideration let him pursue his enterprise with hope of success, supporting the spirit of industry, by thinking how much may be done by patience and perseverance. 97. If you read and speak slow, and arVarieties. Was the last war with Engticulate well, you will always be heard with land-justifiable? 2. In every thing you attention, although your delivery, in other undertake, have some definite object in mind. respects, may be very faulty: and remem-3. Persons of either sex-may captivate, by ber, that it is not necessary to speak very loud, in order to be understood, but very distinctly, and, of course, deliberately. The sweeter, and more musical your voice is, the better, and the farther you may be heard, the more accurate will be your pronunciatwon, and with the more pleasure and profit will you be listened to.

98. Irregulars, Gh and Ph frequently have this sound; Phil-ip Brough, laugh'd enough at the phantoms of the her-maph-rodite phi-los-o-phy, to make the nymph Saph-ra have a phthis-i-cal hic-cough; the seraph's draught of the proph-e-cy was lith-ograph'd for an eph-a of phos-pho-res-ent naph-tha, and a spher-i-cal trough of tough phys ic.

Notes. To make this dento-labial aspirate, press the under lip against the upper fore teeth, as seen in the engraving, bd blow out the first sound of the word fire! 2. Gh, are silent in drought, burrough, nigh, high, brought, dough, flight, etc.; and Ph and A in phthis-i-cal. 3. The difficulty of applying rus, to the pronunciation of our language, may be illustrated by th two fllowing lines, where ough is pronounced in diferent ways; as o, uff, off, cao, oo, and ock. Though the tough cough and hiccough plough me through, O'er life's dark lough my course I will pursue.

Anecdote. Natural Death. An old man, who had been a close observer all his life,| when dangerously sick, was urged by his friends, to take advice of a quack; but objected, saying, "I wish to die a natural death."

The patient mind, by yielding-overcomes.

assuming a feigned character; but when the
deception is found out, disgrace and unhap
piness will be the consequences of the fraud.
4. All truths-are the forms of heavenly
loves; and all falsities-are the forms of in-
fernal loves. 5. While we co-operate with
Nature, we cannot labor too much-for the
development and perfection of body and
mind; but when we force or contradict her,
so far from mending and improving “the
human form divine," we actually degrade
it below the brute. 6. How ridiculous some
people make themselves appear, by giving
their opinions for or against a thing, with
which they are unacquainted! 7. The law
of God is divine and eternal, and no person
has a right to alter, add, or diminish, one
word: it must speak for itself, and stand by
itself.

Who needs a teacher-to admonish him, [mist?
That flesh-is grass? That earthly things-are
What are our joys-but dreams? and what our
But goodly shadows in the summer cloud? [hopes,
There's not a wind that blows, but bears with it
Some rainbow promise. Not a moment thes,
But puts its sickle-in the fields of life,
[cares.
And mows its thousands, with their joys and

Our early days -How often-back
We turn-on Life's bewildering track,
To where, o'er hill, and valley, plays
The sunlight of our early days!

A monkey, to reform the times,
Resolved to visit foreign climes.

Proverbs. 1. A good cause makes a sout heart, and a strong arm. 2. Better ten guilty persons escape, than one innocently suffer. 3. Criminals are punished, that crime may be prevented. 4. Drunkenness-turns a man out of

99. He who attempts to make an inroad on the existing state of things, though evidently for the better, will find a few to encourage and assist him, in effecting a useful reform; and many who will treat his honest exertions with resentment and con-himself, and leaves a beast in his room. 5. He tempt, and cling to their old errors with a fonder pertinacity, the more vigorous is the effort to tear them from their arms. There is more hope of a fool, than of one wise in his own conceit.

that goes to church, with an evil intention, goes on the devil's errand. 6. Most things have handles; and a wise man takes hold of the best. 7. Our flatterers-are our most dangerous enemies, yet they are often in our own bosom. 8. Pover

100. The second sound of F, is that ty-makes a man acquainted with strange bed

of V: OF; (never off, nor uv;) there-of here-of, where-of; the only words in our language, in which F, has this sound: a piece of cake, not a piece-ucake, nor a piece-ur-cake.

[F in OF. ]

fellows. 9. Make yourself all honey, and the flies will be sure to devour you. 10. Many talk like philosophers, and live like fools. 11. A stitch in time-saves nine. 12. The idle man's head, is the devil's workshop.

Anecdote. School master and pupil. A 101. Muscle Breakers. Thou waft'd'st school master-asked a boy, one very cold the rickety skiff over the mountain height winter morning, what was the Latin-for cliffs, and clearly saw'st the full orb'd moon, the word cold: at which the boy hesitated, in whose silvery and effulgent light, thou saying, I have it at my finger's ends. reef'd'st the haggled sails of the ship-wrecked vessel, on the rock-bound coast of Kam- Ourselves and Others. That manscat-ka. He was an unamiable, disrespect deserves the thanks of his country, who conful, incommusicative, disingenuous, formi- nects with his own-the good of others. dable, unmanageable, intolerable and pusi-The philosopher-enlightens the WORLD; lanimous old bachelor. Get the latest the manufacturer-employs the needy; and amended edition of Charles Smith's Thu- the merchant-gratifies the rich, by procu cyd-i-des, and study the colonist's best in-ring the varieties of every clime. The miser, altho' he may be no burden on society,

terests.

happiness, that man will, of course, have the largest portion, who makes himself—a partner in the happiness of others. The BENEYOLENT―are sharers in every one's joys.

102. Irregulars. V has this vocal aspi-yet, thinking only of himself, affords no one rate; also Ph in a few words; my vain neph-else-either profit, or pleasure. As it is not ew, Ste-phen Van-de-ver, be-lieves Ve-nus of any one-to have a very large share of a ves-tal vir-gin, who viv-i-fies his shiv-ered liv-er, and im-proves his vel-vet voice, so as to speak with viv-id viv-ac-i-ty; the brave chev-a-lier be-haves like a vol-a-tile con-ser-va-tive, and says, he loves white wine vin-e-gar with veal vict-uals every warm day in the vo-cal vales of Vu-co-var. 103. FAULTS in articulation, early contracted, are suffered to gain strength by habit, and grow so inveterate by time, as to be almost incurable. Hence, parents should assist their children to pronounce correctly, in their first attempts to speak, instead of permitting them to pronounce in a faulty manner: but some, so far from endeavoring to correct them, encourage them to go on in their baby talk; thus cultivating a vicious mode of articulation. Has wisdom fled from men; or was she driven away?

Notes. 1. This diphthongal sound, is made like that of f,

Varieties. 1. Ought not the study of our language be made part of our educatin? 2. He who is slowest in making a promise, is generally the most faithful in performing it. 3. They who are governed by reason, need no other motive than the goodness of a thing, to induce them to practice it. 4. A reading people-will become a thinking people; and then they are capable of becoming a rulionat and a great people. 5. The happiness of every one-depends more on the state of his own mind, than on any external circum stance; nay, more than all external things put together. 6. There is no one so despica

with the addition of a voice sound in the larynx: see engraving. 2ble, but may be able, in some way, and at A aedification of this sound, with the upper lip over-lapping the under one, and blowing down on the chin, gives a very good imitation of the humble-bee. 3. Avoid saying gim me some, for give me some; I haint got any, for I have not got any; I don't luff to go; for, I don't love, (like rather,) to go; you'll haff to do it; for you will have to do it.

What is a man,

If his chief good and market of his time,
Be but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more.

He, th't made us, with such large discourse,
Looking before, and after, gave us not
That capability-and god-like reason,
To rust in us-unused.

some time, to revenge our impositions. 7
Desire-seeks an end: the nature of the de
sire, love and life, may be known by its end
When lowly Merit feels misfortune's blow,
And seeks relief from penury and wo,
Hope fills with rapture-every generous heart,
To share its treasures, and its hopes impart ;

Sure, As, rising o'er the sordid lust of gold,

It shows the impress-of a heavenly mould!

Whose nature is-o far from doing harm,
That he suspects none.

104. In all schools, one leading object should be, to teach the science and art of reading and speaking with effect: they ought, indeed, to occupy seven-fold more time than at present. Teachers should strive to improve themselves, as well as their pupils, and feel, that to them are committed the future orators of our country. A first-rate reader is much more useful than a first-rate performer on a piano, or any other artificial instrument. Nor is the voice of song sweeter than the voice of eloquence: there may be eloquent readers, as well as eloquent speakers.

Proverbs. 1. He that seeks trouble, it were a pity he should miss it. 2. Honor and ease-are seldom bed-fellows. 3. It is a miserable sight to see a poor man proud, and a rich man avaricious. 4. One cannot fly without wings. 5. The fairest rose at last is withered. 6. The best evidence of a clegyman's usefulness, is the holy lives of his pariskoners. 7. We are rarely so unfortunate, or so happy, as we think we are. 8. A friend in need, is a friend indeed. 9. Bought wit is the leave truth in the middle, and the parties at both best, if not bought too dear. 10. Disputations-ends. 11. We must do and live. 12. A diligent pen supplies many thoughts.

105. G has three sounds: first, name Authority and Truth. Who has not sound, or that of J, before e, i, observed how much more ready mankind are and y, generally: GEM; Gen-orto bow to the authority of a name, than al Ghent, of gi-ant ge-nius, sugyield to the evidence of truth? However gests that the o-rig-i-nal mag-ic strong and incontestible—the force of reaof the fragile gip-sey has gener-a-ted the gen-e-al-o-gy of Georsiming, and the array of facts of an individgi-um Si-dus; the geor-gics of George Ger--will weigh and measure him by the obscu ual, who is unknown to fame, a slavish world man are ex-ag-er-a-ted by the pan-e-gyr-ics rity of his name. Integrity, research, sciof the log-i-cal ser-geant; hy-dro-gen, og-y-ence, philosophy, fact, truth, and goodness-gen and ging-seng, ger-min-ate gen-teel ginger-bread for the o-rig-i-nal ab-o-rig-i-nes of

Ge-ne-va.

[G in GEM.]

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sentation. Now this is exceedingly humiliaare no shield against ridicule, and misrepreting to the freed mind, and shows the great 106. It is of the first importance, that the necessity of looking at the truth itself for the reader, speaker and singer be free and unre- evidence of truth. Hence, we are not to bestrained in his manner; so as to avoid using lieve what one says, because he says it, but the chest as much as possible, and also of because we see that it is true: this course is being monotonous in the flow of his words: well calculated to make us independent reathus, there will be perfect correspondence soners, speakers, and writers, and constitute of the feelings, thoughts and actions. Look us, as we were designed to be-FREEMEN, ÍÐ out upon Nature; all is free, varied, and ex-feeling, thought and act. ¡ressive; such should be our delivery. Naure-abhors monotony, as much as she does

a vacuum. *

Varieties. 1. How long was it, from the discovery of America, in 1492, by Columbus, to the commencement of the Revolutionary

107. Irregulars, J generally has this War, in 1775! 2. Most of our laws would sound. The je-june judge just-ly jeal-ous of Ju-lia's joy, joined her to ju-ba James in had not made them necessary. 3. The grand never have had an existence, if evil actions June or July; the ju-ry jus-ti-fy the joke, in jerk-ing the jave-lin of Ju-pi-ter from the secret-of never failing-in propriety of jol-ly Jes-u-it, and jam-ming it into the jo-deportment, is to have an intention—of ali-al Jew, to the jeop-ar-dy of the jeer-ing jock-ey.

Notes. 1. This triphthongal sound, as are most of the other vocal consonants, is composed of a vocal and aspirate. To make

it, compress the teeth, and begin to pronounce the word judge, very loud, and when you have made a sound, e. i. got to the u, stop instantly, and you will perceive the proper sound; or be

gin to pronounce the letter g, but put no e to it: see engraving,

2 The three sounds, of which this is composed, are that of the

name sound of d, and those of e, and h, combined. 3. Breath as

well as voice sounds, may be arrested, or allowed to escape, ac

cording to the nature of the sound to be produced.

Anecdote. A pedlar-overtook another of his tribe on the road, and thus accosted him: "Hallo, friend, what do you carry ?" "Rum and Whisky,"- -was the prompt reply. "Good," said the other; "you may go ahead; I carry gravestones."

The quiet sea, Th't, like a giant, resting from his toil, Sleeps in the morning sun.

which is sown here, will be reap'd hereafter. ways doing what is right. 4. Only that, 5. Is there more than one God? 6. The human race is so connected, that the well intentioned efforts of each individual-are never lost; but are propagated to the mass; so that what one-may ardently desire, another

may resolutely endeavor, and a third, or tenth, may actually accomplish. 7. All thought is dependent on the will, or voluntary principle, and takes its quality there from: as is the will, such is the thought; for the thought-is the will, in form; and the state of the will-may be known by that form.

Go abroad, upon the paths of Nature, and when
Its voices whisper, and its silent things [all
Are breathing the deep beauty of the world,
Kneel at its simple altar, and the God,
Who hath the living waters-shall be there.

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