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College Musings.
period of the solar day all nature seems hushed in tranquil slumber , while nought is heard to disturb the pensiveserenity of the night but the rattling through the street of some distant vehicle conveying perhaps its dissipated owner from the bustle of some festive revel to a sleepless agitated couch . At this dread hour what fitful reveries flit athsvart my brain ' VV hat strange events the passing day has brought to life ! What griefs ' What strifes its moodbeams have witnessed ! rest
y A curse on the soul of him svho first invented gaining ! How shall I mourn over the weakness , the rashness , the folly of a who , disregarding all nature ! sense , all social decency , all honourable feeling , could meanly stoop to insult a — disabled by the ties of nature antl of duty to defend himself from brutal outrage . Ah , lucre , filthy lucre , thou sower of tli » dragon s teeth , thou stirrer up of bitter ire , antl fierce dissension , how paltry is th y recompense when sveighed against the meannesses some submit to m acquiring thee !
Did mine ears deceive me ? or svas it but the delusion of a dream ? H f ! l were a d « am ! Alas , it is too true-the indignant throbbing of my heart replies ! My character odiously stigmatisedmy honour grossly impeached _ my filial esteem attributed to mercenary motiyes-my svhole conduct arrai gned svith the most opprobious epithets -y J ring loudly , „ my ears pealing a doleful truth to doubting
increnf 'i't inq ! f - ^ ich ins , L ntly su ^ ests itsel f is > did I merit the tirade fit V ^ ° ' ^ a " bmtaI at tack-which svas made on my finest teel ngs ? No Conscience wholl y acquits me of any malicious view in B ^/ Tf- the / f ty tllat had been taken with my name to assist the circulation of a document whereb y my reputation might ultima ely be sullied . Nothing , therefore , can justif y those ill-tim ° ed vhulent censures ; nor shall they be forgotten to the latest hour of
my Mvfm ™ r ° t th , V onfidence * ey have helped to forfeit ever be restored . My immediate determination is to quit this inauspicious city and my evil genius svith all his nefarious chimeras , to the keen remorse of a distracted mind and the perpetual condemnation of the "still small voice
eambll'r Nn w rf W a - rdelU ! y ex P ? tiatin S « P ° n the immorality of fn ™ er P 1 C pr 6 SentS ltSeIi t 0 illustra 'e the foibles of The mind of man under a state of violent irritation becomes as it rSgmtf by the . " ^ k of opposition , and , Uke ^ sudden mosftv " w magaZ ^ ° combustib H blazes forth with all the impetuosity and terror of ungovernable rage . I know not if the remark
has ever been made before , but a man in a state of intoxication and a man under the influence of passion are much in a similar condton In each case the individual loses the posver of reason , giving utterance to whatever rises uppermost in his thoughts , From this cfrcumstenCe I contend that a man , in either state , svill most probably Tpeak the real sentiments of his heartand truth spontaneous truth
; , , ^ KoluntariS burst out unrestrained b y the cheek of cool , calcukting reason The judgment of the mind is necessarily relaxed , interest and selfishness for the moment lose their ssvay , and the victim of either passion be he drunk or mad , rashly offends , unconscious of the irreparable mischef he has committed against his own interest , until sober KSJ
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College Musings.
period of the solar day all nature seems hushed in tranquil slumber , while nought is heard to disturb the pensiveserenity of the night but the rattling through the street of some distant vehicle conveying perhaps its dissipated owner from the bustle of some festive revel to a sleepless agitated couch . At this dread hour what fitful reveries flit athsvart my brain ' VV hat strange events the passing day has brought to life ! What griefs ' What strifes its moodbeams have witnessed ! rest
y A curse on the soul of him svho first invented gaining ! How shall I mourn over the weakness , the rashness , the folly of a who , disregarding all nature ! sense , all social decency , all honourable feeling , could meanly stoop to insult a — disabled by the ties of nature antl of duty to defend himself from brutal outrage . Ah , lucre , filthy lucre , thou sower of tli » dragon s teeth , thou stirrer up of bitter ire , antl fierce dissension , how paltry is th y recompense when sveighed against the meannesses some submit to m acquiring thee !
Did mine ears deceive me ? or svas it but the delusion of a dream ? H f ! l were a d « am ! Alas , it is too true-the indignant throbbing of my heart replies ! My character odiously stigmatisedmy honour grossly impeached _ my filial esteem attributed to mercenary motiyes-my svhole conduct arrai gned svith the most opprobious epithets -y J ring loudly , „ my ears pealing a doleful truth to doubting
increnf 'i't inq ! f - ^ ich ins , L ntly su ^ ests itsel f is > did I merit the tirade fit V ^ ° ' ^ a " bmtaI at tack-which svas made on my finest teel ngs ? No Conscience wholl y acquits me of any malicious view in B ^/ Tf- the / f ty tllat had been taken with my name to assist the circulation of a document whereb y my reputation might ultima ely be sullied . Nothing , therefore , can justif y those ill-tim ° ed vhulent censures ; nor shall they be forgotten to the latest hour of
my Mvfm ™ r ° t th , V onfidence * ey have helped to forfeit ever be restored . My immediate determination is to quit this inauspicious city and my evil genius svith all his nefarious chimeras , to the keen remorse of a distracted mind and the perpetual condemnation of the "still small voice
eambll'r Nn w rf W a - rdelU ! y ex P ? tiatin S « P ° n the immorality of fn ™ er P 1 C pr 6 SentS ltSeIi t 0 illustra 'e the foibles of The mind of man under a state of violent irritation becomes as it rSgmtf by the . " ^ k of opposition , and , Uke ^ sudden mosftv " w magaZ ^ ° combustib H blazes forth with all the impetuosity and terror of ungovernable rage . I know not if the remark
has ever been made before , but a man in a state of intoxication and a man under the influence of passion are much in a similar condton In each case the individual loses the posver of reason , giving utterance to whatever rises uppermost in his thoughts , From this cfrcumstenCe I contend that a man , in either state , svill most probably Tpeak the real sentiments of his heartand truth spontaneous truth
; , , ^ KoluntariS burst out unrestrained b y the cheek of cool , calcukting reason The judgment of the mind is necessarily relaxed , interest and selfishness for the moment lose their ssvay , and the victim of either passion be he drunk or mad , rashly offends , unconscious of the irreparable mischef he has committed against his own interest , until sober KSJ