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On The Love Of Novelty.
worthy of a Philosopher . - A flower , a worm , a butterfly . , may afford matter of inquiry to the wisest man , if , enlarging his views , -he does not rest there ; and if from the curious structine of a gnat he is carried to the contemplation of a Supreme Being , and an admiration of that Almighty Wisdom which , stretching itself from the smallest atom through infinite variety , actuates , . impels , and orders the whole
systemof things , hi thi ;> lig-i' he will see the uniform operations of Nature , and that the cementing power which keeps the great planets in their ; - ¦ :.: > , likewise comoiiies tiie smallest particles of matter . His enqui-¦ : ¦ - : ¦ ' iu 'hi :- view will render him the wiser aud the better man ; and ; , .::: ¦ ' .- •• skiering how each class of lower animals constantl y operate j . ; -t _ -. ' ¦ j . K .- '; e-r sphare , he will learn , that to do good to his fellow-creato tinect ail his toil and stud
f'l ;« . - -.. avJ y to the preservation of societv , is the oiiiy way of answering the great end of Creation . MELDRUM .
On The Different Modes Of Reasoning
ON THE DIFFERENT MODES OF REASONING
AMONG PERSONS WHO DIFFER IN THEIR PURSUITS .
"OfTTTHAT has been often observed of the judgment of individuals , W is equally true of particular societies : every society , like every individual , looks with esteem or contempt on other societies only in proportion to their agreement or disagreement with the ideas , passions , prejudices , rank and genius of the persons who compose that , society .
Let a Quaker , fori nstance , appear in a circle of Beaux , will he not be surveyed with tint kind of contemptuous pity which we generally bestow upon tho . ; e who ive think abandon a real for an imaginary good : —should a Conqueror enter a study of Philosophers , who can doubt that he would consider their most profound speculations as vain attd frivolous ; that he would view these Sages with that haughty '
disdain which a mind , filled with its own greatness , feels for those whom it 'despises , and with that exulting superiority with which , power looks down upon weakness . But transport one of these Sages to the royal tent , and let the Conqueror treat him with that
disrespect which he conceives him to merit : " Proud mortal ! " will the offended Philosopher reply , " who despises souls more loft }* than thine own : learn , that the object of thy desires is bur contempt ; . and that nothing appears great on earth , when surveyed by a truly elevated mind . —In an ancient forest sits a Traveller , at the foot of the cedar , which , to him , seems to touch ' the iieavensbut above the cloudswhere the eagle soarsthe tallest
; , , cedars seem to creep upon the ' surface of the earth like the humble broom , arid present to the eye of the king of birds only a verdant carpet spread over the plains . " ' - " Kk 3
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On The Love Of Novelty.
worthy of a Philosopher . - A flower , a worm , a butterfly . , may afford matter of inquiry to the wisest man , if , enlarging his views , -he does not rest there ; and if from the curious structine of a gnat he is carried to the contemplation of a Supreme Being , and an admiration of that Almighty Wisdom which , stretching itself from the smallest atom through infinite variety , actuates , . impels , and orders the whole
systemof things , hi thi ;> lig-i' he will see the uniform operations of Nature , and that the cementing power which keeps the great planets in their ; - ¦ :.: > , likewise comoiiies tiie smallest particles of matter . His enqui-¦ : ¦ - : ¦ ' iu 'hi :- view will render him the wiser aud the better man ; and ; , .::: ¦ ' .- •• skiering how each class of lower animals constantl y operate j . ; -t _ -. ' ¦ j . K .- '; e-r sphare , he will learn , that to do good to his fellow-creato tinect ail his toil and stud
f'l ;« . - -.. avJ y to the preservation of societv , is the oiiiy way of answering the great end of Creation . MELDRUM .
On The Different Modes Of Reasoning
ON THE DIFFERENT MODES OF REASONING
AMONG PERSONS WHO DIFFER IN THEIR PURSUITS .
"OfTTTHAT has been often observed of the judgment of individuals , W is equally true of particular societies : every society , like every individual , looks with esteem or contempt on other societies only in proportion to their agreement or disagreement with the ideas , passions , prejudices , rank and genius of the persons who compose that , society .
Let a Quaker , fori nstance , appear in a circle of Beaux , will he not be surveyed with tint kind of contemptuous pity which we generally bestow upon tho . ; e who ive think abandon a real for an imaginary good : —should a Conqueror enter a study of Philosophers , who can doubt that he would consider their most profound speculations as vain attd frivolous ; that he would view these Sages with that haughty '
disdain which a mind , filled with its own greatness , feels for those whom it 'despises , and with that exulting superiority with which , power looks down upon weakness . But transport one of these Sages to the royal tent , and let the Conqueror treat him with that
disrespect which he conceives him to merit : " Proud mortal ! " will the offended Philosopher reply , " who despises souls more loft }* than thine own : learn , that the object of thy desires is bur contempt ; . and that nothing appears great on earth , when surveyed by a truly elevated mind . —In an ancient forest sits a Traveller , at the foot of the cedar , which , to him , seems to touch ' the iieavensbut above the cloudswhere the eagle soarsthe tallest
; , , cedars seem to creep upon the ' surface of the earth like the humble broom , arid present to the eye of the king of birds only a verdant carpet spread over the plains . " ' - " Kk 3