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Ceremony Of Opening Wearmouth Bridge;
Ave ascribe to them all due fame and honour ; for these they live in our remembrance , and remain great examples to emulate and stir up those AVIIO foil ; AV them in the paths of g lory . Their examples have succeeded : for at no time has the bravery of our fleets and armies shone forth more brilliantly conspicuous than in our present day ; and the histoiy of their achievements shall be an honourable addition to the lendid acts of their progenitors .
sp Brethren , Ave have not only transmitted to us the names of illustrious men , celebrated for their martial adiuis ; we have also those of venerable and peaceable men , remarkable for their good works ; sages and philosophers , Avhosc researches have been spent in pursuits of virtue , in the study of beneficial arts , and all the useful acquirements which ameliorate the condition of man , and increase the
substantial happiness of the human race ' Inventas ant qui vitam excoluere per artes ' Ouiqae siti niemores alios fecere irterendo . ' * Vino . JEN . lib . VI . They Avere honoured in their generations , and were the glory of their times . There be of them that have left a name behind them , that their praises might be reported , f Their characters are
revered , and they are received by us , their posterity , with a grateful lecollcction of their names and virtues . To their examples need I allude ? Need I call you to admire them—to copy them ? I should take shame to myself , " and forget the very arch 1 stand on , did I not admit that their examples also have been closely followed . In the contemplation of this ' , single-Avork , I find ample matter for the most triumphant exultationin ' this le proof of a mind endoAved with
; , amp a . spirit of beneficial improvement ; anxious for the welfare of his fellow-citizens and the general convenience of all . But I stop not here : Look to another district , ! where , by the introduction of manufacture , the same beneficent mind found employment and bread for multitudes , and by a skilful arrangement , enlarged the means of labour , and opened a door of comfort to the poor and the
industrious . Such are the" Avorks of individual merit . Proceed with me further ; and , in the capital of your county , see a Society in its infancy ,, Avhose object is the better cultivation of . your soil , and the improvement of ' its produce . § It tends , Brethren , to the ease of our lives , by the creation of plenty ; and it opens so wide a ' field for universal good , that with united hearts Ave all must pray , that the institution may fully answer the good wishes , and embrace
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Ceremony Of Opening Wearmouth Bridge;
Ave ascribe to them all due fame and honour ; for these they live in our remembrance , and remain great examples to emulate and stir up those AVIIO foil ; AV them in the paths of g lory . Their examples have succeeded : for at no time has the bravery of our fleets and armies shone forth more brilliantly conspicuous than in our present day ; and the histoiy of their achievements shall be an honourable addition to the lendid acts of their progenitors .
sp Brethren , Ave have not only transmitted to us the names of illustrious men , celebrated for their martial adiuis ; we have also those of venerable and peaceable men , remarkable for their good works ; sages and philosophers , Avhosc researches have been spent in pursuits of virtue , in the study of beneficial arts , and all the useful acquirements which ameliorate the condition of man , and increase the
substantial happiness of the human race ' Inventas ant qui vitam excoluere per artes ' Ouiqae siti niemores alios fecere irterendo . ' * Vino . JEN . lib . VI . They Avere honoured in their generations , and were the glory of their times . There be of them that have left a name behind them , that their praises might be reported , f Their characters are
revered , and they are received by us , their posterity , with a grateful lecollcction of their names and virtues . To their examples need I allude ? Need I call you to admire them—to copy them ? I should take shame to myself , " and forget the very arch 1 stand on , did I not admit that their examples also have been closely followed . In the contemplation of this ' , single-Avork , I find ample matter for the most triumphant exultationin ' this le proof of a mind endoAved with
; , amp a . spirit of beneficial improvement ; anxious for the welfare of his fellow-citizens and the general convenience of all . But I stop not here : Look to another district , ! where , by the introduction of manufacture , the same beneficent mind found employment and bread for multitudes , and by a skilful arrangement , enlarged the means of labour , and opened a door of comfort to the poor and the
industrious . Such are the" Avorks of individual merit . Proceed with me further ; and , in the capital of your county , see a Society in its infancy ,, Avhose object is the better cultivation of . your soil , and the improvement of ' its produce . § It tends , Brethren , to the ease of our lives , by the creation of plenty ; and it opens so wide a ' field for universal good , that with united hearts Ave all must pray , that the institution may fully answer the good wishes , and embrace