the ax, and the awl, and the needle, we are to feel it a far higher honor than, if in their place, we could have dragons, and helmets, and cross-bones, and skulls.

6. Our country's greatness is to be the result, not of foreign war, but of domestic peace; not of the plunder of the weak, but of the fair and even principles of a just commerce, a thriving agriculture, and beautiful and industrious art. Let us glory in every thing that indicates this fact, as an index also of our desire for renown. This great lesson-honor to the working classes, in the proportion of their industry and merit-the world will yet completely learn.

7. And when the great, exaiting, levelling system of Christianity gains its universal reign, mountains will be brought down, and valleys will be filled; a highway shall be made for human prosperity and peace for the elevation, and dignity, and security, of man-over which no oppressor's foot shall pass; the poorest of the sons of Adam shall dwell unmolested and fearless beneath his own vine and fig-tree; the united families of earth shall all compete to acquire and encourage the arts of peace, nation shall not rise up against nation, and men shall learn war no more.

QUESTIONS.-1. With what observations does this piece commence! 2. In what respect are we lifted far above European display! 3. What is the province of America? 4. What is said of the moral dignity of labor in the 4th paragraph? 5. What of " our heraldry" in the 5th paragraph? 6. How does the piece close!

LESSON LXXI.

SPELL AND DEFINE-1. TRIBUTE, something said or done in token of regard. 2. BAY' O NET, a short broad dagger attached to a gun. 3. TENT ED, Covered with tents. 4. HE ROES, Warriors; brave men. 5. VALIANT, Courageous; brave. 6. SPOIL, booty. 7. CRAFT, art or trade. 8. COM' PEN SATE, to pay for.

Avoid blending the termination of one word with the beginning of another, as woodman's sacks for woodman's ax, let tart for let art, hero strue for heroes true, &c.

TRIBUTE TO GENIUS AND LABOR.

1. The camp has had its day of song;

EPES SARGENT

The sword, the bayonet, the plume,
Have crowded out of rhyme too long
The plow, the anvil, and the loom.
O, not upon our tented fields

Are Freedom's heroes bred alone;
The training of the workshop yields

More heroes true than War has known!

2. Who drives the bolt, who shapes the steel,
May, with the heart as valiant, smite,

As he who sees a foeman reel

In blood before his blow of might!
The skill that conquers space and time,
That graces life, that lightens toil,
May spring from courage more sublime,
Than that which makes a realm its spoil.

3. Let Labor, then, look

up

and see
His craft no path of honor lacks;
The soldier's rifle yet shall be

Less honored than the woodman's ax:
Let Art his own appointment prize,
Nor deem that gold or outward hight
Can compensate the worth that lies

In tastes that breed their own delight.

4. And may the time draw nearer still

When men this sacred truth shall heed,
That from the thought and from the will
Must all that raises man proceed!
Though Pride should hold our calling low,
For us shall duty make it good;
And we from truth to truth shall go,
Till life and death are understood.

QUESTIONS.-1. By what have the plow, the anvil, and the loom, Deen too long crowded out of rhyme? 2. How does the writer celebrate the praises of labor in the 2d stanza? 3. What exhortation in the 3d stanza? 4. What prayer in the 4th !

LESSON LXXII.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. IN ZER' IT, to get by will or descent. 2. ES TATE', fortune; possession. 3. MA JES TIC, noble. 4. NO BIL' I TY, the quality of being noble. 5. DI VIN' ER, more divine; more heavenly. 6. PROMPT ING, urging. 7. SA' BER, a sword with a broad blade. 8. CLAM' OR, outery. 9. RE SULTS', effects; products. 10. EN FRAN CHIS ED, set free; released. 11. MA LIG NANT, ma licious. 12. CLAN, tribe; race.

TRUE NOBILITY.

1. What is nòble? To inherit

CHARLES SWAIN.

(<) Wealth, estate, and proud degreé?
There must be some other merit
Higher yet than these for me !
Something greater far must enter
Into life's majestic span,
Fitted to create and center
True nobility in man!

2. What is noble? "Tis the finer
Portion of our Mind and Heart;
Linked to something still diviner
Than mere language can impart:
Ever prompting,—ever seeking
Some improvement yet to plan;
To uplift our fellow-being,

And, like man, to feel for Man!

3. What is noble? Is the saber
(<) Nobler than the humble spáde?
There's a dignity in labor,

Truer than e'er pomp arrayed!
He who seeks the Mind's improvement,
Aids the world, in aiding Mind;
Every great commanding movement
Serves not one,—but all mankind.

4. O'er the Forge's heat and áshes,
(<) O'er the Engine's iron héad,
Where the rapid shuttle fláshes,
And the spindle whirls its thread,

There is Labor lowly tending
Each requirement of the hour;
There is Genius still extending

Science and its world of power!

5. Mid the dust, and speed, and clamor
Of the loom-shed and the mill;
Midst the clink of wheel and hammer
Great results are growing still!
Though, too oft, by Fashion's creatures,
Work and workers may be blamed,
Commerce need not hide its features!
Industry is not ashamed.

6. What is noble? That which places
Truth in its enfranchised will;
Leaving steps, like angel traces,
That mankind may follow still!
E'en though Scorn's malignant glances
Prove him poorest of his clan,
He's the Noble-who advances

FREEDOM and THE CAUSE OF MAN!

QUESTIONS.-1. What answers are given, in this piece, to the question, "What is noble ?” 2. What moral lessons does the author design to teach in these several answers?

What Rule for the falling inflection on noble? What, for the rising inflection on degree and spade 1st and 3d stanzas ?

LESSON LXXIII.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. HAUGH' TY, proud; arrogant. 2. CON' FIENCE, trust; faith. 3. CON CEIT, fancy; opinion. 4. Oв SCURE', destitute of light. 5. FU' RI OUs, wild; raging. 6. MED DLETH, interfereth. 7. TALE'-BEAR ER, a tattler.

Articulate distinctly st in seest, th in maketh, despiseth, refuseth, &

SELECTIONS FROM THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON.

BIBLE

1. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

2. He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul; but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

3. The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is humility.

4. Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

5. He that is slow to anger, is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

6. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. 7. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

8. Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth; and a foot out of joint.

9. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink; for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.

10. He that hath no rule over his own spirit, is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

11. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

12. Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

13. Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

14. Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

15. He that covereth his sins, shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them, shall have mercy.

16. Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shall not go.

17. Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

18. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth.

19. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging; and whosoever is deceived thereby, is not wise.

20. Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.