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6. The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor man that hath understanding, searcheth him out. When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden. He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth, and forsaketh them, shall find mercy.

7. He that tilleth his land, shall have plenty of bread; but he that followeth after vain persons, shall have poverty enough. A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be innocent. The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

EXERCISE II.

Hónor is unstable and seldom the same; but vìrtue is uniform and fixed. Hónor is most capricious in her rewards; but virtue is enlarged and infinite in her hòpes. Hónor is not to be depended on in the storms and tempests of human lifé; but virtue is above the storms, because her anchor is cast in heaven. Hónor is a floating shadow; but vìrtue is an enduring treasure. The former disappoints expectations; the latter crowns anticipated joys.

2. Philosophy may destroy the burden of the body; but religion gives wings to the sòul. Philosophy may enable us to look down upon earth with contémpt; but religion teaches us to look up to heaven with hope. Philosophy may support us to the brink of the grave; but religion conducts beyond it. Philosophy unfolds a rich store of enjoyment; religion makes it eternal. Happy is that heart where religion holds her throne, and philosophy, her noble hand-maid, administers to her exaltation.

3. Napoleon was the emperor of a great nation; Jefferson, a the chief magistrate of a free people. Napoleon owed his elevation to military violence; Jefferson, to the voluntary suffrage of his country. The one ruled sternly over reluctant subjects; the other was but the foremost among his equals, who respected his person in the image of their own country.

4. Napoleon sought to enlarge his influence at home, by enfeebling all the civil institutions, and abroad, by invading the possessions of his neighbors; Jefferson preferred to abridge his power, by strict constructions, and his counsels were uniformly dissuasive against foreign war..

5. Napoleon had no authority, except what was extorted by fear; while Jefferson enjoyed the unlimited confidence of his countrymen. Napoleon had no great or lofty purpose for benefitting mankind; no generous sympathy for his race disturbed his mind; but the life of Jefferson was a perpetual devotion, not to his own purposes, but to the pure and noble cause of public freedom. Napoleon expended his energies for the gratification of his own ambition; Jefferson, for the improvement and happiness of his fellow-men.

SECTION VI.

Rising Inflection.

RULE 6. The pause of suspension, denoting that the sense is unfinished, generally requires the rising inflection.

Jefferson, (Thomas,) the third president of the U. S., born in 1743, and died July 4th, 1826.

QUESTION. What inflection does the pause of suspension require, when the sense is unfinished?

NOTE 1. The rising suspensive inflection, usually occurs at a rhetorical pause, at the end of a clause or member of a series marked with the grammatical pause of the comma, or with a semicolon, when the sense is incomplete, and the emphasis slight; but it is not so intensive as the rising slide of the direct question.

EXAMPLES.

1. They, through faith, subdued kingdoms, wrought ríghteousness, obtained prómises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made stróng, waxed valiant in fíght, and turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

2. The road ambition travels, is too narrow for friendship, too crooked for love, too rugged for honesty, too dark for scíence, and too hilly for happiness.

3. Charity is the comforter of the afflicted, the protector of the oppressed, the reconciler of differences, and the intercessor for offenders. It is faithfulness in the friend, public spirit in the magistrate, equity and patience in the júdge, moderation in the sovereign, and loyalty in the sùbject.

4. Otis was a flame of fire. With a promptitude of classical allúsion, a depth of résearch, a rapid summary of historical evénts and dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance of his eyes into futúrity, a rapid torrent of impetuous éloquence, he hurried away all before hìm. American Independence was then and there born.

5. Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall be fruit in the víne; the labor of the olive shall faíl, and the field shall yield no méat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stáll; yet I will rejoice in the Lórd, I will jòy in the God of my salvation.

6. All the oriental luster of the richest géms, all the enchanting beauties of exterior shápe, the exquisite of all fórms, the loveliness of color, the harmony of sounds, the heat and brightness of the enlivening sún, the heroic virtue of the

QUESTION. When and where does it occur according to Note 1? Gire an example.

bravest mínds, with the purity and quickness of the highest íntellect, are emanations from the supreme Dèity.

7. To acquire a thorough knowledge of our own hearts and characters, to restrain every irregular inclinátion, to subdue every rebellious pássion, to purify the motives of our conduct, to form ourselves to that temperance which no pleasure can sedúce, to that meekness which no provocation can rúffle, to that patience which no affliction can overwhelm, and that integrity which no interest can shake-this is the task which is assigned to ùs; a task which cannot be performed without the utmost diligence and càre.

EXERCISE I.

The animated countenance, the strong emótion, the trembling voice, the bending fráme, the furrowed cheek, the heaving bosom, and the silent téar of an old soldier, impart an interest to his story that no pen can portráy, no eloquence imitàte. His advéntures, his toíls, his sufferings, his privátions, his hair-breadth escapes, and his struggles for victory and líberty, are all indelibly imprinted on his mind, and fresh in his rècollections.

2. Of the ten thousand battles which have been fought, of all the fields fertilized with cárnage, of the banners which have been bathed in blood, of the warriors who have hoped that they had risen from the field of conquest to a glory as bright and as durable as the stárs, few continue long to interest mankind.

3. When I consider the sources from whence Christianity sprúng, the humility of its origin, the poverty of its discíples, the miracles of its creátion, the might it has acquired, not only over the civilized world, but which your missions are hourly extending over lawless, mindless, and imbruted régions, I own the awful presence of the Godhead. Nothing less than a Deity could have done it.

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4. The powers, the prejudices, the superstitions of the earth, were all in arms against it. It had no sword nor scepter; its founder was in rags; its apostles were lowly fishermen; its inspired prophets, uneducated; its cradle, a manger; its home, a dungeon; and its earthly diadem, a crown of thorns. And yet, forth it went, that lowly, humble, persecuted spirit; the idols of the heathen fell, and princes bowed before this unarmed conqueror.

5. But tell me if there be aught of his doings that fills us with so adoring a veneration, as when we behold the high and lofty One stooping from the high and holy place, to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to counsel the ignorant, to be the father to the fatherless, the judge of the widow, to comfort the cast down, to speak to the penitent, and, drawing near to the lowly couch of the humblest of his children, to whisper in the ear of the departing spirit, "Fear not, I am with thee; be not dismayed, I am thy God; I will, strengthen thee; I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."

EXERCISE II.

ADVANTAGES OF A WELL-CULTIVATED MIND.-BIGLAND.

1. A well-spent youth is the only sure foundation of a happy old age. No axiom of the mathematics is more true, or more easily demonstrated.

2. Old age, like death, comes unexpectedly on the unthinking and unprepared, although its approach be visible, and its arrival certain. Those, who have, in the earlier part of life, neglected to furnish their minds with ideas, to fortify them by contemplation, and regulate them by reflection, seeing the season of youth and vigor irrecoverably past, its pleasing scenes annihilated, and its brilliant prospects left far behind, without

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