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On The Circumstances Which Render The Retrospect Of Past Ages Agreeable.
the bare pleasure of understanding ancient languages , and of conversing with men of enlightened souls , dead , indeed , to the illiterate , but still living to the learned , is of itself abundant conpensation for the labours of study . . If , moreover , thev in a manner are always Children , who are ignorant of facts which happened before they were born , it should seem that , by carrying our researches regularly back , ¦ and most valuable '
by collectingthe . parts of knowledge from antiquity we lengthen the term of our lives as intellectual ' , beings . ^ There isyet another circumstance connecting us with those of ancient ~~ days , a circumstance which should be universal in its influence as it is universal in . its extent . The race of man from trie beginning of the . worldbe that beginning fixed either 6000 or from eternity
, years ago , , is all kindred derived from the same Almi ghty Creator , God , the Father of us all : for we of the present age , as the Primitive Parents , are alike His offspring ; sent into this world to carry on the same great , though inscrutable , plan ; in accomplishing which divine ap-. pointment , whether we are born a thousand years sooner or later , we are still but one species of beings , connected and concerned in one for the
system , completion of the same purpose , that purpose which ' was the object of our creation , which will be the end proposed in our existence . In this point of view the mind passes from the first moment that gave man life to the present hour , with rapidity ; it comprehends mankind through every age , and in every clime , with facility : - all that have beenand all that areit includes in one fraternal tie j
, , and , in consideration of that tie , it should glow with universal philanthropy , it should exult in exercising the most unbounded bene-. yplence , Yours , & c . ' 0 . S . T ,
On The Fascinating Power Of Serpents.
ON THE FASCINATING POWER OF SERPENTS .
BY M . I . E VAILLANT , 1 __ ( Q ) UR eyes were naturally attracted by the objects before us . Mine V indeed , by an involuntary impulse , are sure to be directed to whatever trees are in si ght . We perceived the branches of one near us to move . Immediately we heard the piercing cries of a shrike , and it tremble if in convulsions '
saw as . Vie first conceived that it was held in the gripe of some bird of prey ; but a closer attention led us to discover , upon the next branch of the tree , a large serpent that , with stre'tched-out neck , and fiery eyes , though perfectly still , was gazing at the poor animal . The agony of the bird was terrible ; but fear haddeprived it of strength , and , as if tied by the leg , it seemed to have ? os"t the power of fli ght . One of the company ran for a fusee ; hut he * i ' org he returned the shrike was dead , and we shot only the serpent
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On The Circumstances Which Render The Retrospect Of Past Ages Agreeable.
the bare pleasure of understanding ancient languages , and of conversing with men of enlightened souls , dead , indeed , to the illiterate , but still living to the learned , is of itself abundant conpensation for the labours of study . . If , moreover , thev in a manner are always Children , who are ignorant of facts which happened before they were born , it should seem that , by carrying our researches regularly back , ¦ and most valuable '
by collectingthe . parts of knowledge from antiquity we lengthen the term of our lives as intellectual ' , beings . ^ There isyet another circumstance connecting us with those of ancient ~~ days , a circumstance which should be universal in its influence as it is universal in . its extent . The race of man from trie beginning of the . worldbe that beginning fixed either 6000 or from eternity
, years ago , , is all kindred derived from the same Almi ghty Creator , God , the Father of us all : for we of the present age , as the Primitive Parents , are alike His offspring ; sent into this world to carry on the same great , though inscrutable , plan ; in accomplishing which divine ap-. pointment , whether we are born a thousand years sooner or later , we are still but one species of beings , connected and concerned in one for the
system , completion of the same purpose , that purpose which ' was the object of our creation , which will be the end proposed in our existence . In this point of view the mind passes from the first moment that gave man life to the present hour , with rapidity ; it comprehends mankind through every age , and in every clime , with facility : - all that have beenand all that areit includes in one fraternal tie j
, , and , in consideration of that tie , it should glow with universal philanthropy , it should exult in exercising the most unbounded bene-. yplence , Yours , & c . ' 0 . S . T ,
On The Fascinating Power Of Serpents.
ON THE FASCINATING POWER OF SERPENTS .
BY M . I . E VAILLANT , 1 __ ( Q ) UR eyes were naturally attracted by the objects before us . Mine V indeed , by an involuntary impulse , are sure to be directed to whatever trees are in si ght . We perceived the branches of one near us to move . Immediately we heard the piercing cries of a shrike , and it tremble if in convulsions '
saw as . Vie first conceived that it was held in the gripe of some bird of prey ; but a closer attention led us to discover , upon the next branch of the tree , a large serpent that , with stre'tched-out neck , and fiery eyes , though perfectly still , was gazing at the poor animal . The agony of the bird was terrible ; but fear haddeprived it of strength , and , as if tied by the leg , it seemed to have ? os"t the power of fli ght . One of the company ran for a fusee ; hut he * i ' org he returned the shrike was dead , and we shot only the serpent