"These are thy glorious works, Parent of good,
Almighty, thine this universal frame,

Thus wond'rous fair; thyself how wond'rous then!
Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heav'ns
To us invisible, or dimly seen

In these thy lowest works; yet these declare
Thy goodness, beyond thought, and pow'r divine.

MILTON'S MORNING HYMN.

SUGGESTIONS

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INSTRUCTERS OF THE ART OF ELOCUTION

Those who wish to receive and impart the advantages derivable from the author's essay, the system by which he gives instruction, will please strictly to adhere to the following directions. Let the preceptor divide his classes in ten for each class, and meeting the ten, take up the first rule, or head, reading aloud the first sentence himself, and causing the first member of the class to repeat the same, and so on, until master and pupil have read the whole rule; so let him proceed with the rest of the class until the rule be gone through by all. Then let him take up the second head, following the above plan.

There are great advantages to be obtained by this method, which originated with the author. The first is, the pupil, without the drudgery of committing to memory, may become perfectly master of the two rules and their illustrations, before he leaves the class room. The second is, that by causing each member to read the same rule, twenty lessons are obtained in one meeting of the classes, for B. hears the errors of A. corrected; C. those of A. and B., and so on, until all derive the full advantage of the plan.

The master should, from the commencement, impress upon his pupils the indispensable necessity of using quantity. It not only imparts fullness to pronunciation, but also corrects one of the worst errors in readers or

speakers, which is precipitancy of utterance. The scriptures ought frequently to be resorted to not only for the purpose of laying a solid foundation for the well doing of the pupil, but as affording some of the most admirable and sublime passages within the scope of human observation.

SELECT SENTENCES.

The whole universe is your library; conversation living studies; and remarks upon them are your best

tutors.

Learning is the temperance of youth, the comfort of old age, and the only sure guide to honor and prefer

ment.

Quintilian recommends to all parents the timely education of their children, advising to train them up in learning, good manners, and virtuous exercises, since we commonly retain those things in age, which we entertained in our youth.

The great business of a man is to improve his mind and govern his manners.

Aristotle says, that to become an able man in any profession whatever, three things are necessary, which are, nature, study and practice.

To endure present evils with patience, and wait for expected good with long suffering, is equally the part of the christian and the hero.

Rise from table with an appetite, and you will not be like to sit down without one.

He that covereth a transgression, procureth love; but he that repeateth a matter, separateth very friends.

It is virtue that makes the mind invincible, and places us out of the reach of fortune, though not out of the malice of it. When Zeno was told that all his goods were destroyed, why then, said he, fortune hath a mind to make me a philosopher: nothing can be above him that is above fortune; no infelicity can make a wise man quit his ground.

Adversity, overcome, is the highest glory; and willingly undergone, the greatest virtue; sufferings are but the trials of gallant spirits.

If you will have a constant vigorous health, a perpetual spring of youth, use temperance.

It is the glory of a man that hath abundance, to live as reason, not as appetite directs.

It is a Spanish maxim-he who loses wealth, loseth much; he who loseth a friend, loseth more ; but he that loseth his spirits, loseth all.

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger, and it is his glory to pass by a transgression.

Of all passions there is none so extravagant and outrageous as that of anger; other passions solicit and mislead us, but this runs away with us by force, huries us, as well to our own, as to another's ruin it falls many times upon the wrong person, and discharges itself upon the innocent instead of the guilty. It spares neither friend nor foe, but tears all to pieces, and casts human nature into a perpetual state of warfare.

Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man, but rests only in the bosom of fools.

Pride is an abomination in the sight of God, and the judgment is just upon us, when the subject of our vanity becomes the occasion of our ruin.

There is no passion so universal, or steals into the heart more imperceptibly, and covers itself under more disguises, than pride; and yet at the same time, there is not any single view of human nature, under its present condition, which is not sufficient to extinguish in us all the secret seeds of pride, and, on the contrary, to sink the soul into the lowest state of humility.

A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and live contentedly with.

Nature bids me love myself, and hate all that hurt me; reason bids me love my friend, and hate those that envy me religion bids me love all, and hate none, and overcome evil with good.

There is no man so contemptible, but who in distress,