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On The Influence Of The Seasons On The Mental Powers.
But if man will view the seasons , as they operate on this island , with a philosophic e } -e , he . may in their variety discern much utility thence arising , to his intellectual pursuits , and derive from it also much moral instruction . The inclemency of h i bernal months , creates an inclination for domestic retirement ; in that state the thoughts become collected , the time is spent in reading and meditation ; former ideas are revived-a fund of new images is accumulated . Not only to the
hus-, bandman , but to the man of letters also may it be said , ; Si qu 3 ndo contin ' et i . nbcr , Mtilta , forent quas mox ccelo properanda sereno , ? - Maturare'datur . V . ULG . Geerg . I . z ; . g . And not only the earth , but the mind also may ' gather vigour for the coming years' by an interval of repose from production of any fruits .
In his usual strain of moralizing , Plorace has taught us the application of vicissitude in weather to the consolation of anxieties in life : —— ¦ Informes Hiemes reducit Jupiter : idem Summovet : non , si male nunc , etolim . Sic erit . BJ ii . Od . 10 . v . 15 .
And our own Thomson draws an inference still more important to human happiness , ' the certainty of a future life ; ' in confident expectation of which change , , —Ye good distrest ! Ye -noble few ! who here unbending stand Beneath life ' s pressure , yet bear up awhile ,
And what your bounded view , which only saw A little part , deem'd evil is no more : The storms of WINTRY TIME will quickly pass , And one unbounded SPRING encircle all ; THOMSONV Winter , 1663 , Your ' s , & c . J an . is . . 0 . S . T .
Anecdote.
ANECDOTE .
' jj * HE celebrated Montesquieu , being one day at the house of a -u- Jew , who was a rich banker , found him busily employed in sharpening a knife destined for performing some act of Jewish discip line . Montesquieu having asked him . why he sharpened his knife with so much care , he replied , because Moses had commanded that it should have no teeth . Montesquieu then . bid him continue his operation ; and when the scrupulous Jew was . satisfied' the president
, took out a . magnifying glass ; and shewed him abundance of large teeth , where the naked eye could discover nothing but a fine edge . ' Ah , Sir , ' cried the frightened Israelite , ' it is a real saw '; 1-am quite unhappy ; I must begin my labour again . 'Be easy , ' replied Montesquieu , ' and consider your knife as properly -sharpened ; he who made vo ' ur laws did not use spectacles /
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On The Influence Of The Seasons On The Mental Powers.
But if man will view the seasons , as they operate on this island , with a philosophic e } -e , he . may in their variety discern much utility thence arising , to his intellectual pursuits , and derive from it also much moral instruction . The inclemency of h i bernal months , creates an inclination for domestic retirement ; in that state the thoughts become collected , the time is spent in reading and meditation ; former ideas are revived-a fund of new images is accumulated . Not only to the
hus-, bandman , but to the man of letters also may it be said , ; Si qu 3 ndo contin ' et i . nbcr , Mtilta , forent quas mox ccelo properanda sereno , ? - Maturare'datur . V . ULG . Geerg . I . z ; . g . And not only the earth , but the mind also may ' gather vigour for the coming years' by an interval of repose from production of any fruits .
In his usual strain of moralizing , Plorace has taught us the application of vicissitude in weather to the consolation of anxieties in life : —— ¦ Informes Hiemes reducit Jupiter : idem Summovet : non , si male nunc , etolim . Sic erit . BJ ii . Od . 10 . v . 15 .
And our own Thomson draws an inference still more important to human happiness , ' the certainty of a future life ; ' in confident expectation of which change , , —Ye good distrest ! Ye -noble few ! who here unbending stand Beneath life ' s pressure , yet bear up awhile ,
And what your bounded view , which only saw A little part , deem'd evil is no more : The storms of WINTRY TIME will quickly pass , And one unbounded SPRING encircle all ; THOMSONV Winter , 1663 , Your ' s , & c . J an . is . . 0 . S . T .
Anecdote.
ANECDOTE .
' jj * HE celebrated Montesquieu , being one day at the house of a -u- Jew , who was a rich banker , found him busily employed in sharpening a knife destined for performing some act of Jewish discip line . Montesquieu having asked him . why he sharpened his knife with so much care , he replied , because Moses had commanded that it should have no teeth . Montesquieu then . bid him continue his operation ; and when the scrupulous Jew was . satisfied' the president
, took out a . magnifying glass ; and shewed him abundance of large teeth , where the naked eye could discover nothing but a fine edge . ' Ah , Sir , ' cried the frightened Israelite , ' it is a real saw '; 1-am quite unhappy ; I must begin my labour again . 'Be easy , ' replied Montesquieu , ' and consider your knife as properly -sharpened ; he who made vo ' ur laws did not use spectacles /