17. The Sun.
For all the kindreds and tribes and tongues of men—each upon their own meridian—from the Arctic Pole to the Equator, from the Equator to the Antarctic Pole, the eternal Sun strikes twelve at noon, and the glorious constellations, far up in the everlasting belfries of the skies, chime twelve at midnight; twelve for the pale student over his flickering lamp; twelve amid the naming wonders of Orion's belt if he crosses the meridian at that fatal hour; twelve by the weary couch of languishing humanity; twelve in the star-paved courts of the Empyrean; twelve for the heaving tides of the ocean; twelve for the weary arm of labor; twelve for the toiling brain; twelve for the watching, waking, broken heart; twelve for the meteor which blazes for a moment and expires; twelve for the comet, whose period is measured by centuries; twelve for every substantial, for every im. aginary thing, which exists in the sense, the intellect, or the fancy, and which, the speech or thought of man, at the given meridian, refers to the lapse of time.
Edward Everett, Mass., 1794-1665.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Goodness of God in Creation
16. Goodness of God in Creation.
Were all the interesting diversities of color and form to disappear, how unsightly, dull, and wearisome would be the aspect of the world! The pleasure conveyed to us by the endless variety with which these sources of beauty are presented to the eye are so much things of course, and exist so much without intermission, that we scarcely think either of their nature, their number, or the great proportion which they constitute in the whole mass of our enjoyment. But were an inhabitant of this country to be removed from its delightful scenery to the midst of an Arabian desert—a boundless expanse of sand, a waste, spread with uniform desolation, enlivened by the murmur of no stream, and cheered by the beauty of no verdure; although he might live in a palace, and riot in splendor and luxury, he would find life a dull, wearisome, melancholy round of existence; and, amid all hia gratifications, he would sigh for the hills and valleys of his native land, the brooks and rivers, the living luster of the spring, and the rich glories of the autumn. The ever-varying brilliancy and grandeur of the landscape, and the magnificence of the sky, sun, moon, and stars, enter more extensively into the enjoyment of mankind, than we, perhaps, even think or can possibly apprehend, without frequent and extensive investigation. The beauty and splendor of the objects around us, it is ever to be remembered, is not necessary to their existence, nor what we commonly intend as their usefulness. It is therefore to be regarded as a source of pleasure gratuitously superinduced upon the general nature of the objects themselves, and, in this light, as a testimony of the divine goodness, peculiarly affecting.
Timothy Dwight, Mass., 1752-1817.
Were all the interesting diversities of color and form to disappear, how unsightly, dull, and wearisome would be the aspect of the world! The pleasure conveyed to us by the endless variety with which these sources of beauty are presented to the eye are so much things of course, and exist so much without intermission, that we scarcely think either of their nature, their number, or the great proportion which they constitute in the whole mass of our enjoyment. But were an inhabitant of this country to be removed from its delightful scenery to the midst of an Arabian desert—a boundless expanse of sand, a waste, spread with uniform desolation, enlivened by the murmur of no stream, and cheered by the beauty of no verdure; although he might live in a palace, and riot in splendor and luxury, he would find life a dull, wearisome, melancholy round of existence; and, amid all hia gratifications, he would sigh for the hills and valleys of his native land, the brooks and rivers, the living luster of the spring, and the rich glories of the autumn. The ever-varying brilliancy and grandeur of the landscape, and the magnificence of the sky, sun, moon, and stars, enter more extensively into the enjoyment of mankind, than we, perhaps, even think or can possibly apprehend, without frequent and extensive investigation. The beauty and splendor of the objects around us, it is ever to be remembered, is not necessary to their existence, nor what we commonly intend as their usefulness. It is therefore to be regarded as a source of pleasure gratuitously superinduced upon the general nature of the objects themselves, and, in this light, as a testimony of the divine goodness, peculiarly affecting.
Timothy Dwight, Mass., 1752-1817.
List of Authors
AUTHORS.
Addison 49
Alexander, J. A., 125
Alison, A., 21
Anon., 07, 72, 82, 84,113
Ascham, Roger, 84
Audubon, J. ,1., 52
Bailey, P. J., 68
Bancroft, Geo., 60
Barbauld, Anna L., 118
Barnes, Albert, 40
Bateman', Newton, 61
Beattie, Jas. 109
BeecherH.W 6,53,63
Bolton, Mrs. S. T., 122
Bonar, H., 124
Bryant, W. C 79,119
Bulwer, Lytton 17,64
Bushnell, H 27
Burritt, Elihu 38
Carlyle, T. 7
Channing, W. E., 12,48
Chapin, E. H., 69
Chateanbriand, P. A., 11
Child, MariaL 80
Choate, Hufus, 52
Cole, Thos., 101
Coleridge, S. T.,. 117
Cowpcr, Wm., 77,102
Dana,R.H., 5
Derzhavin, G. R., 71
Dickens, Chas., 50
Doane, Bishop, 29
Drake, J.E., 121
Drinker, Anna, 110
Dryden, J., 95
Dwight, Timo 15
Emerson, R. W., 49, 54, 55,94
Everett, Edw.,.... 10,16, 36, 44, 53,
56, 57
Fields, J. T 125
Franklin, B 57
Gage, Wm. L., 124
Goldsmith, O., 98
Grccley, H., 23,46
Greenwood, F. W. D., 21
Griffin, Gerald 69
Hale, Sarah II., 55
Hale, Matthew, 11
Hall, Newman, 60
Halleck.F. G., 70
Hcber, Bishop 19,49,94
Herbert, George, 98
Holland, J. G. 88
Holmes, O. W., 25, 74,117
Hood, Thos 128
Howitt, Wm., 18
Hunt,Lcigh, 85
Tngelow, Jean, 76
Irving, Washington,... 13, 22, 58, GO
Jewsbury, Maria J., 67
Keats, John, 73
Keblc, John, 73
Kemble, Frances A., 75
Keiupis, Thos. a 51
Kinney, Mrs. B. C., TO
Krummacher, F. A., 86
Landon, L. E., 82
Landor, W. S., 81
Leyden, J., 108
Longfellow, H. W., 9, 20, 29, 43, 71,
87, 99,112,124
Lowell, J. R., 80,103
Lynch, Anna C., 90
Macaulay, T. B., 69
Mackay, Chae., 114,121
Mann, Horace, 5,14
Milton,John 116
Mitchell, D. Q., B4
Mitchell, O. M. 18
More, Hannah, 78,116
More.Thos 107
Norton, Caroline E., 83
Norton, Andrew, 27
Osgood, Frances S., 74
Parker, Theo., 45
Pellico, Silvio, 60
Perclval, J.G 76
Pierpont, John, 84
Pollok, Robt., 91,107, 111
Pope, A., 88,123
Quarles, Francis, 51
Read.T.B., 97
Ruskln, John, 35
Scott, W 48,87,109 Young, Edw,
Shakspeare, W., 86, 91, 100,108
Sigourney, Mrs. L. H., 79
Smart, Alex., 120
Smiles, S., 45
Smith, Alex., 63
Smith, Sydney, 8, 82
Southey, Kobt., 75
Stephens, Alex. H., 62
Stewart, Dugald, 8
Sumner, Chas., 25, 28, 32
Swain, Chas., 92
Swain, Leonard, 17
Taylor, Bayard, 105,123
Taylor, Jane, 19,104
Thomson, Jas. 72,106
Todd, John 67
Trench, R. C 66,73
Trowbridge, J., 43
Vanx, Thos.,.
69
Washington, Geo., 23
Ware, Henry W., Jr. 65
Wayland.F 61
Webster, Dan'l 80,34
Webly, Amelia B., ... 80
Whately, R., 42
Whipple, E. P 24, 33, 39, 47
Whipple, Bishop, 10
Whittier, J. G., 77,96,112
Wilson, John, 106
Winthrop, R. C., 46
Wolfe, Chas., 41
Wordsworth, Wm., 90,115,120
Young, Edw, 78,93
Addison 49
Alexander, J. A., 125
Alison, A., 21
Anon., 07, 72, 82, 84,113
Ascham, Roger, 84
Audubon, J. ,1., 52
Bailey, P. J., 68
Bancroft, Geo., 60
Barbauld, Anna L., 118
Barnes, Albert, 40
Bateman', Newton, 61
Beattie, Jas. 109
BeecherH.W 6,53,63
Bolton, Mrs. S. T., 122
Bonar, H., 124
Bryant, W. C 79,119
Bulwer, Lytton 17,64
Bushnell, H 27
Burritt, Elihu 38
Carlyle, T. 7
Channing, W. E., 12,48
Chapin, E. H., 69
Chateanbriand, P. A., 11
Child, MariaL 80
Choate, Hufus, 52
Cole, Thos., 101
Coleridge, S. T.,. 117
Cowpcr, Wm., 77,102
Dana,R.H., 5
Derzhavin, G. R., 71
Dickens, Chas., 50
Doane, Bishop, 29
Drake, J.E., 121
Drinker, Anna, 110
Dryden, J., 95
Dwight, Timo 15
Emerson, R. W., 49, 54, 55,94
Everett, Edw.,.... 10,16, 36, 44, 53,
56, 57
Fields, J. T 125
Franklin, B 57
Gage, Wm. L., 124
Goldsmith, O., 98
Grccley, H., 23,46
Greenwood, F. W. D., 21
Griffin, Gerald 69
Hale, Sarah II., 55
Hale, Matthew, 11
Hall, Newman, 60
Halleck.F. G., 70
Hcber, Bishop 19,49,94
Herbert, George, 98
Holland, J. G. 88
Holmes, O. W., 25, 74,117
Hood, Thos 128
Howitt, Wm., 18
Hunt,Lcigh, 85
Tngelow, Jean, 76
Irving, Washington,... 13, 22, 58, GO
Jewsbury, Maria J., 67
Keats, John, 73
Keblc, John, 73
Kemble, Frances A., 75
Keiupis, Thos. a 51
Kinney, Mrs. B. C., TO
Krummacher, F. A., 86
Landon, L. E., 82
Landor, W. S., 81
Leyden, J., 108
Longfellow, H. W., 9, 20, 29, 43, 71,
87, 99,112,124
Lowell, J. R., 80,103
Lynch, Anna C., 90
Macaulay, T. B., 69
Mackay, Chae., 114,121
Mann, Horace, 5,14
Milton,John 116
Mitchell, D. Q., B4
Mitchell, O. M. 18
More, Hannah, 78,116
More.Thos 107
Norton, Caroline E., 83
Norton, Andrew, 27
Osgood, Frances S., 74
Parker, Theo., 45
Pellico, Silvio, 60
Perclval, J.G 76
Pierpont, John, 84
Pollok, Robt., 91,107, 111
Pope, A., 88,123
Quarles, Francis, 51
Read.T.B., 97
Ruskln, John, 35
Scott, W 48,87,109 Young, Edw,
Shakspeare, W., 86, 91, 100,108
Sigourney, Mrs. L. H., 79
Smart, Alex., 120
Smiles, S., 45
Smith, Alex., 63
Smith, Sydney, 8, 82
Southey, Kobt., 75
Stephens, Alex. H., 62
Stewart, Dugald, 8
Sumner, Chas., 25, 28, 32
Swain, Chas., 92
Swain, Leonard, 17
Taylor, Bayard, 105,123
Taylor, Jane, 19,104
Thomson, Jas. 72,106
Todd, John 67
Trench, R. C 66,73
Trowbridge, J., 43
Vanx, Thos.,.
69
Washington, Geo., 23
Ware, Henry W., Jr. 65
Wayland.F 61
Webster, Dan'l 80,34
Webly, Amelia B., ... 80
Whately, R., 42
Whipple, E. P 24, 33, 39, 47
Whipple, Bishop, 10
Whittier, J. G., 77,96,112
Wilson, John, 106
Winthrop, R. C., 46
Wolfe, Chas., 41
Wordsworth, Wm., 90,115,120
Young, Edw, 78,93
Universal Education
I5. Universal Education.
Education must bring the practice as nearly as possible to the theory. As the children now are, so will the sovereigns soon be. How can we expect the fabric of the government to stand if vicious materials are daily wrought into its framework ? Education must prepare our citizens to become municipal officers, intelligent jurors, honest witnesses, legislators, or competent judges of legislation,—in fine, to fill all the manifold relations of life. For this end it must be universal. The whole land must be watered with the streams of knowledge. It is not enough to have, here and there, a beautiful fountain playing in palace gardens; but let it come like the abundant fatness of the clouds upon the thirsting earth.
II. Mann, Mass., 1796-1839.
Education must bring the practice as nearly as possible to the theory. As the children now are, so will the sovereigns soon be. How can we expect the fabric of the government to stand if vicious materials are daily wrought into its framework ? Education must prepare our citizens to become municipal officers, intelligent jurors, honest witnesses, legislators, or competent judges of legislation,—in fine, to fill all the manifold relations of life. For this end it must be universal. The whole land must be watered with the streams of knowledge. It is not enough to have, here and there, a beautiful fountain playing in palace gardens; but let it come like the abundant fatness of the clouds upon the thirsting earth.
II. Mann, Mass., 1796-1839.
Labor
14. Labor.
Without labor what is there? Without it there were no world itself. Whatever we see or perceive, in heaven or on earth, is the product of labor. The sky above us, the ground beneath us, the air we breathe, the sun, the moon, the stars,—what are they? The product of labor. They are the labors of the Omnipotent, and all our labors are but a continuance of His. Our work is a divine work. We carry on what God began. "VVhat a glorious spectacle is that of the labor of man upon the earth! It includes everything in it that is glorious. Look around and tell me what you see, that is worth seeing, that is not the work of your hands and the hands of your fellows,—the multitude of all ages.
Wm. Ilowltt, England, 1795—.
Without labor what is there? Without it there were no world itself. Whatever we see or perceive, in heaven or on earth, is the product of labor. The sky above us, the ground beneath us, the air we breathe, the sun, the moon, the stars,—what are they? The product of labor. They are the labors of the Omnipotent, and all our labors are but a continuance of His. Our work is a divine work. We carry on what God began. "VVhat a glorious spectacle is that of the labor of man upon the earth! It includes everything in it that is glorious. Look around and tell me what you see, that is worth seeing, that is not the work of your hands and the hands of your fellows,—the multitude of all ages.
Wm. Ilowltt, England, 1795—.
Resolution
13. Resolution.
It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, ahd working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles. Nature seems to delight in disappointing the assiduities of art, with which it would rear dullness to maturity, and to glory in the vigor and luxuriance of her chance productions. She scatters the seeds of genius to the winds, and though some may perish among the stony places of the world, and some may be choked by the thorns and brambles of earthly adversity, yet others will now and then strike root even in the clefts of the rock, struggle bravely up into sunshine, and spread over their sterile birthplace all the beauties of vegetation.
W. Irving, New York, 1783-1859.
It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, ahd working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles. Nature seems to delight in disappointing the assiduities of art, with which it would rear dullness to maturity, and to glory in the vigor and luxuriance of her chance productions. She scatters the seeds of genius to the winds, and though some may perish among the stony places of the world, and some may be choked by the thorns and brambles of earthly adversity, yet others will now and then strike root even in the clefts of the rock, struggle bravely up into sunshine, and spread over their sterile birthplace all the beauties of vegetation.
W. Irving, New York, 1783-1859.
The Beautiful
12. The Beautiful.
Beauty is an all-pervading presence. It unfolds in the numberless flowers of the spring. It waves in the branches of the trees and the green blades of grass. It haunts the depths of the earth and sea, and gleams out in the hues of the shell and the precious stone. . . . The ocean, the mountains, the clouds, the heavens, the stars, the rising and setting sun, all overflow with beauty. The universe is its temple; and those men who are alive to it cannot lift their eyes without feeling themselves encompassed with it on every side.
Now, this beauty is so precious, the enjoyments it gives are so refined and pure, so congenial with our tenderest and noblest feelings, and so akin to worship, that it is painful to think of the multitude of. men as living in the midst of it, and living almost as blind to it as if, instead of this fair earth and glorious sky, they were tenants of a dungeon. An infinite Joy is lost to the world by the want of culture of this spiritual endowment.
W. E. Damning, R. I., 1780-1842.
Beauty is an all-pervading presence. It unfolds in the numberless flowers of the spring. It waves in the branches of the trees and the green blades of grass. It haunts the depths of the earth and sea, and gleams out in the hues of the shell and the precious stone. . . . The ocean, the mountains, the clouds, the heavens, the stars, the rising and setting sun, all overflow with beauty. The universe is its temple; and those men who are alive to it cannot lift their eyes without feeling themselves encompassed with it on every side.
Now, this beauty is so precious, the enjoyments it gives are so refined and pure, so congenial with our tenderest and noblest feelings, and so akin to worship, that it is painful to think of the multitude of. men as living in the midst of it, and living almost as blind to it as if, instead of this fair earth and glorious sky, they were tenants of a dungeon. An infinite Joy is lost to the world by the want of culture of this spiritual endowment.
W. E. Damning, R. I., 1780-1842.
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