Calendar: 1860-1861 Page 470

GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE 471 IV -CranSlate into Hattit tosit Self-satisfaction at least in some degree is an advantage that equally attends the fool and the wise man but 'tis the only one nor is there any other circumstance in the conduct of life where they are upon an equal footing Business books conver- sation for ail of these fool is totally incapacitated and except condemned by his station to the coarsest drudgery remains useless burthen upon the earth Accordingly 'tis found that men are infinitely jealous of their character in this particular and many instances are seen of profligacy and treachery the most avowed and unreserved none of bearing patiently the imputation of ignorance and stupidity Dicaearchus the Mace- donian general who as Polybius tells us openly erected one altar to impiety and another to injustice in order to bid defiance to mankind even he am well assured would have started at the epithet of fool and have meditated revenge for so injurious an appellation Except the affection of parents the strongest and most indissoluble bond in nature no connexion has strength sufficient to support the disgust arising from this character Hume's Enquiry -Craniate into Hatin CEUgiacS The day is done and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night As feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight see the lights of the village Gleam thro' the rain and the mist And feeling of sadness comes o'er me That my soul cannot resist