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THE HESPERIAN STUDENT.
rlor, or Joan of Arc, the English legions.
And may God hasten tho time wIipij thu
women of Iho land shall awaken to tlio
consciousness that llioy are the Hercules
who Is to slay this hydru-hcudod monster.
possesses (lie power of them all. Prof.
Swing tolls the ftory, that in ancient times
a king offered a reward for any one who
should tell him what was the mosl power
ful thing on earth. Upon the day appoint
A mob. not long since, broke into a jail I ed a number of competitors assemoled,
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hum iiroimui urn i iiiiiu mm a wwniiiii winj
were imprisoned for murder. The man
wus immediately hung, and, although tho
woman confessed that she was the instlgu.
lor, principle perpetrator and cause of the
crime, no man could be found who would
put the noose over a woman's head and
and the Hist one said, "Oh I great king,
since the ruler of all things must be tho
most powerful of all things, then, great
king, tho kings of this earth are the most
powerful tilings on earth." And the court-
least discrimination, continually gorge
everything that comes within their reach.
This gorging or cramming is not digest
ing. It. is like pouring water into astrain
or; you may keep il full but the water
that was first poured in has disappeared.
We each have a lifowork to perform. To
fll'us for (bis work we must master its
prerequisites, or otherwise we will bejack
at-all-trades a master of none.
I'o acquire thu prerequisite, we must bo
iers all nodded their beads in approbation thorough in the elements the lower foun-
and in recognition of the compliment idation of lifes career. Jinny who sneer
she was spared, simply and solely because ! paid their king. Then the second one1 at the common branches cannot write
she wns a woman and possessed that pow
erful and mysterious power which belongs
to oven the person of women. A some
what similar example occulted in our own
dale. A woman charged with murder in
nnd a savage or illiterate person would
live in plenty, he, being ignorant of the
chase, would die of starvation in less than '
a fortnight. Now this ignorance in com
mon things is not nltogcthcrdiscrcdituble,
provided lie is thorough in something else.
If he is proficient in the languages, il is
not to be inferred that he has learned the'
dexterous arts of the savage, or that he is
master or the natural sciences, mcchnui:
ical branches or architecture.
It is plain Unit no one can do or learn
all tilings. If our exertions and interests
are divided and applied to several things,
our proper calling will never reach honor
or perfection. It. is not the calling that
stepped forward and Mild, "Oh! great i pure English themselves. Their cduca-
king, icmfl is the most powerful thing on lion is like a bottomless well deep but
earth." And again the courtiers nodded dry. Hut listen to what Edward Eveiett -contains the houor, but the proficiency
their heads, for they hud all seen even the !says of the common branches ,und the amount of labor bestowed upon if
king overpowered by wine. Then the next "To read tho English language, well, to for the benefit of humanity. Is not the'
the first degree, and confronted by test! ' one stepped forward and said, "Oh! great write with despatch a neat, legible hand, . mechanic, who has spent his whole life
mony that would have hung any man in ' king, tcomen are the most powerful things 'and lie master of the fiirst four rules )fj inventing a labor-saving machine, worthy
the state, was finally, after a tedious trial,
on the plea of her being a woman, sen
tenced to one year's imprisonment in tho
on earth." And again Hie courtiers nod; j arithmetic, so as to dispose of at once, 'of more honor than the essayist, professor,
ded their heads, for thov had all. no ; with accuracy, cveiy question of figures . or clergyman, who has dreamed away half
doubt, felt the power of women. But the which comes up in practice 1 call this of his life among his musty books, and is
finest edifice the Slate affords. As the fourth one stepped forward and said, ' Oh! I a goon education. And it you add tlie a- not a step forward of His predecessor,
grave judges or Athens were, and the j great king, all things beautiful are the most i hility to write pure grammatical English, j Says Lord Derby, ""Whether I am happy
American jurymen are, diverted from powerful things on earth." And to him 1 1 regard it an excellent education. These or unhappy, is not my chief affair; what
pronouncing the just judgment of tho ! was awarded the prize. So only when i are the tools. You can do much with most and first concerns me is to find my
law against enormous crimes, by tho art-: contrasted with "all things beautiful'" them, but you are helpless wilhout them. I work in life, to recognize il, and to do it."
ful display or tho beauty of the criminal, does woman become a second-rate power. 'They are tho foundation; and unless you j It is not to be understood that we should
so from what lofty purposes, from deeds . It is related of a Persian embassador to ; begin with them, all your llashy attain- j give no attention to that which pertains
of virtue, from services of philanthropy, , the Spanish court, that once, in conversa-1 ments-a little geology, and all other olo- ;not to our calling, but that wo should sub-
,..'.....,:..!.... i- '..,.. ! tir,,. -itii o Snnuidi nriioiv.j wlm verv I cics and osoohics are ostentatious rub- ordinate all others. Anon.'
iroin rues oi leumuii. mini i;iuns m ui. """ " "i i -- j
rv have men been, and are hoing, turned ! nbly sot forth the many 'objections to
by the sinister charms of women. , polygamy, lie very gaiianuy answcieo,
- i i . i . i . " All. Siirnora, in mv country we are ai-
.i! Imur kiiu-M I nut men in ii m'iti"jil. ' "' "h""'" "'' J
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irk i lmvotl ,() search in a number of women
ttnii iiwiul nf tint f'ntliolip enlivens in
., , , , ,, ,-, one." And the suyinsr there is many a
England wore women" and the editor. ' ,.-,. , .
. to . . . true word sunken in iest " was never bet-
thought it argued verv little good lor me , . , , , u
,, , ,. . , , , . I ter exemplified: for in the women ol the text hook,
(iitliolii- church. I think no person will ,, ... '. , ,.,.. r. i ,i. .............. hir.-iiiieeinro
, V.liriSUIlUI.IMl win 111 .III- iwnnu mini; iihiim -
bislr
The American is noted abroad for his
promiscious smattering of knowledge.
Is be conversant with geology V Oh ! yes
I,osi! Liust!!
UBKHAl. ItBW.UU) OKKEUEI).
On Friday evening, Jlay 18, the local of
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. most suspicious circumstances. For
some time his friends have been endeavor
ing to discover a plot, which they believed
was being formed against him. All his '
movements have been " shadowed " so as
agree with him who considers that the
women of the present generation arc the
mother, if the future nations and that thu
mothers, more than all other influences,
combined, shape the minds of those in
cipient men, boys direct their course of
Ihoiighi and establish religious principles
Napoleon -jaid, "Thu future destiny of the
child is always the work of the mother." '
sons fifth and sixth readers, or he has mas
tered a f'sw technical terms iu some brief
Does be know any tiling of
V Of course; for he once sup-
virtues which fit Ihein for the high posi- erintonded the building of a house. Is he
tion for which they weie created. Holland , vereu inuieei ano muhi: uiuceu ne is . to p,.ok.L., him ,lgllj,)St any evil that might
catches this idea when he says in his open-' lor while at college no un neo iiumireiiH oi , rt.ll(u1 hl T)l(, exertions of his friends
ing of " Katlirina:"
' .More human, mom ill vino, tlinn we.
In trntli. lmlf human, luilf divine
I Involy unman, when good Mar- aire
To tumpur. with thlr lamms henipii.
As his head is crammed with
Tim hour of her nttt i itv
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The reason for ilii i. that we are the f.mi,OI1 of tll(. worid given us in Genesis that which does nol pertain to the allairs,
that the woman was made from that part "- ""S reaso.iauie limine
est and I should show a depioraoie ignorance in
I ihe common everv day things. I hat he
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( leaves iu Homer, i nueymucs nuu norace pres(.rml ,,,, UII,j, lhu cvi!ing of the'
Iu short, he knowsevervtbing and nnliting 'KSlli xvh.a Ul (.II(.im1,,s Krowll ,esperute
of any tiling. He forgets the old Latin a- hy .,,, niiul.t. ,i(.lL.nulned to risk
thwX,,,, omnia poxemiiti omne. , a lp(UI 0J() IS( nh glltmiians,
llow us .1 uuu un- so canon c.ass.cai , becomi1 , a,1)rlse( of hi, danger, re-'
treatures of education and are instructed
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.y m,r ......e,s ... j ., , of tIl0 mans anatomy that lies neare;
period oi our lives .,.. i. .,.., .,.. flirilgheR t,R. ,,, pn)te(!t5on lo ,j. heart
cuaraciers are easuy iimmucu, im u. U)Us t lfvi r ial she ,lou,(1 li(. nenrcsl
cannot oven express himself in his own
lessons we learn are never erased. Our , - ... .lffec!t0Ils ag j lauguuge but prntus that of some old for.
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subsequent Hie in u.o worm acii, on.y as a hs goud (j ,0 Mfi gprjitiml. j gotten sage, baysjiuuer:
pr.tter's kiln to lender harder tno nrst " An(1 Uirough the many succeeding goner
previous. Then the associations of home atlonstho llftUgit.rs of Eve have been the
cling to us through all our alter life, and enl ilrtuencej, vvlllc, i,uvu moVed
ionuui is the complemental feature, tlie , . f , ,lklJ .,.,. Illoss 0ll
organic eleinunt of tlie home, which, e-1 tho COHSt of heland, a strong bulwark to j
sides reaching out over land and sea and , withtin(1 un(1 clieck ,jK. gn.t waves or
ever editing its inlluence over man, con- ( 1on taUo:, nnd ,.in Umt ,iash against tho j
Mitutc.s tlie corner stone of the social edi-; hcnrte swr jmd ircalei, to sl,bmorgo ils '
nee, upliolding its order ana ueiiuij. as , bnmlious llUl 0f,0 jow j,is r morali- J
anlerior to the church and statu, His more , n Ug ljackjsi, waiers destroying, tlie
Biicred than eitlier more necessary than
both. JiCt the temples or religion and
science and tho academics or art decay,
let the hall or justice and legislation crum
ty
fruits of virtue, and converting itsonoiisKs
of resolutions, iUs grand undertakings, and
statuesqe purposes into slum-covered ru.
ins, and piling high the blaek drifts ol
"For the more laiitfiiiiguH ii uinruii cpt'iik,
IIIh tnliuil Iihh hut Bpninj: the greater h-ok:
Ami for tlm Industry Im hns npont upoii'i,
Muct full honnt oilier wny illccounl.
Tim llulirow, Ohalillc and tho Syrlc
Ho like tluiir letlurn, bet inonn reason buck
Alul tuni their wltH that strive to understand
it
(Like tlnifco that write the cliurai-turM leU
liamled
JIu that in lint able to oxprurB
no ooiiBe at all in sevural lanj;uat;en -
doubled their efforts, and hud the satisfac
lion of seeing him stop bis labors and
start homeward about eleven o' clock.
Not coming home as soon as was expected,
tears were entertained that he had beeu
waylaid, and a search was immediately
instituted but all iu vain. A Senior re
marks having seen him about four o
clock in the morning, but as be approached
jliim be skulked away in tlie shadows
'disappeared and left no trace; but this
is not generally credited. We wish to say
! that we have no malice against those who
led him -istray, but we seriously need bis
help, and if they will return him un
harmed we will forgive them all let them
go Scott free Eu.J
AW Tilings.
hie to the dust, constitutions be subveited j w.pVoA ihmu thoughts and actions
and anarchy be proclaimed, and ocnoain
the shadows or an unstained domestic al
tar, whore women officiate as priestesses,
law and order, religion and happiness,
would again urite and flourish.
Sheridan wrote. " Women govern us, let
us try to render thorn perfect. The more
they me enlightened, Iho moiy so we shall
be. On the cultivation of tlie minds or
women depends the wisdom r men."
Tho reason for this is that men are gov.
erned by the beautiful. And as woman is.
the' embodiment or so many beauties she
C. M. !
Conld ii nan be serure
That his 6ays might enduri'.
Ah of o'rt. for a thousand lonji ynr.
What thing miRbt he know!
What deeds might he do!
And all without hurry and care."
That our intellect has limits, that we can
not fathom or eucircle every thing, is not
to be refuted. Man's life is to short to
know everything. Yet many, without the
Will pass for loarnodcr than ho thatV known j EmiATA : We are not inclined to ex-
To 8pcak tho strongest reason iu hU owu." , 0UrgeiVes for any direliclion of duty,
Should this learned schoar fall into the jbu( hU.aI ,',,., in this
mill-pond will, out bis lifo-preservor , numi;er (J ,00 grtWbIina(urelobocxcU8od
lie WOUKl DO tirownuu. annum nu mv
persued on foot by a murderous savage,
though he might have five miles the start,
the savage would overtake him with tlie
greatest of ease. If he should leave Ills
watch at home he could no more tell the
hour from Natures .timepiece, the sun,
simply on the plea of being overlooked.
We refer to notes on "Our Exchangee.'
The proof-sheets were read aud properly
corrected, but by some unaccountable acci
dent the typos overlooked tlicm. The re
marks upon the Jiecordur and Tablet are
absolutely unintelligible. If there was
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Uin lie COUIll lium ....- ...w..u. ,...,, , W- llmW ,,f mUlnlcna urn
the ""' '"' " m - "-
would correct ineui nere, uui us nicy are
us "the sands upon the seashore," wo shall
he probably has not looked at
Min overhead since his boyhood days.
Should he get lost iu the woods
without his compass, he could not find his
way out. Should be be cast-on a desolate
island, though there were plenty of game,
be obliged to "pass." Ed,
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